Anime is a huge industry in Japan and many of people grew up with it, such as me. I can imagine there is a large amount of people who works for this industry so I am not surprised at all to see Japanese artist create below campaign to celebrate the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.

In this unofficial promotion campaign, artist from world-flag.org re-imagine the participating countries as bad-ass characters who are ready to go into combat. Each “competitor” is created with the culture, history and national identity of the corresponding country in mind, offering a pretty visual harmonious diversity.

According to the artists: “We started this project after recognizing the diversity between all of the people in the world. Also, we believe that illustration is the perfect tool to highlight this. We want to remind that World Flags is not a part of the Olympics. We just wanted to contribute. We believe that art — and anime in particular — can truly do wonders when it comes to both celebrating the bond between the Japanese culture and the rest of the world and acknowledging their differences.”

1. Japan
Anime Characters Inspired by Countries

2. Mexico
Anime Characters Inspired by Countries

3. UK
Anime Characters Inspired by Countries

4. Vietnam
Anime Characters Inspired by Countries

5. Philippines
Anime Characters Inspired by Countries

6. South Korea
Anime Characters Inspired by Countries

7. China
Anime Characters Inspired by Countries

8. Malaysia
Anime Characters Inspired by Countries

9. Sweden
Anime Characters Inspired by Countries

10. South Africa
Anime Characters Inspired by Countries

11. Italy
Anime Characters Inspired by Countries

12. Canada
Anime Characters Inspired by Countries

13. Belgium
Anime Characters Inspired by Countries

14. France
Anime Characters Inspired by Countries

15. Finland
Anime Characters Inspired by Countries

16. Germany
Anime Characters Inspired by Countries

17. Switzerland
Anime Characters Inspired by Countries

18. Spain
Anime Characters Inspired by Countries

19. Argentina
Anime Characters Inspired by Countries

20. Norway
Anime Characters Inspired by Countries

21. Brazil
Anime Characters Inspired by Countries

22. Indonesia
Anime Characters Inspired by Countries

23. Netherlands
Anime Characters Inspired by Countries

24. Russia
Anime Characters Inspired by Countries

25. Singapore
Anime Characters Inspired by Countries

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