00:00I HAVE THE POWER OF GOD AND ANIME ON MY SIDE!
00:03W-WHA-
00:03It sort of seems like everything ever has had an anime version.
00:06Years ago, there was that Penguin Girl,
00:08nowadays every game that comes out on Steam has an anime style,
00:11it has infected everyone around the world because it's popular.
00:13Well, there are some institutions that haven't been animified yet, right?
00:16We've yet to see an anime girl run for office.
00:19Yet.
00:19And big institutions typically remain untouched.
00:22Maybe Wendy's gets an anime girl or something,
00:24but it's not like the FBI Twitter account has a waifu mascot.
00:27It's not like religions have a ma-
00:29Oh.
00:29Oh no.
00:30Yeah, on your screen right now is, no joke, a mascot for the Vatican.
00:35The blue-haired girl named Luce, who looks strangely similar to Rei Ayanami from Evangelion,
00:39which is really funny considering the religious aesthetics of that anime, was designed by
00:43Italian artist Simone Legno, and it's official.
00:46Catholics are trying to market to a younger crowd, to Gen Z, to the weebs, and it's honestly
00:50kind of a cute design.
00:51This will be like the anime version of VeggieTales, just you wait, they're gonna have Luce anime
00:55cartoons by the end of next year, I'm calling it.
00:57The official Vatican YouTube account posted Luce on October 28th, 2024, which garnered
01:02tens of thousands of views in just one day.
01:04She has a cross around her neck, a dog named Santino, and is often holding a stick, inspired
01:09by Catholic pilgrims.
01:10Luce means light in Italian, and it has been named the official mascot of the holy year,
01:152025.
01:16I mean this is just insane, look at this picture, this is like a Nendoroid, oh god, they're
01:19gonna make a Nendoroid of this, aren't they?
01:21Every religion around the world better act fast, because they're gonna need to compete.
01:25We're gonna have an entire religious anime universe, I'm excited to see what the Buddhists
01:29cook up.
01:30Maybe, just maybe, this will actually work.
01:31Internet users around the web immediately started posting about this, from 4chan to
01:35Twitter, to this Instagram post by the original artist.
01:38One 4chan user wrote, the church vs Satan isekai, when?
01:42I don't know if the anime world needs the 100,000th isekai of next season, but one Twitter
01:48user posted this image of Luce's character sheet with a bunch of symbolism explanations
01:53on it with the caption,
01:54The Vatican now has the power of God and anime on its side.
01:58I have the power of God and anime on my side!
02:02I mean it's really peak design, I hate to say it, but I want to win this character in
02:05a capsule machine in Tokyo, I think I'm Catholic now.
02:08Many users also began posting fanart, here's a few on the screen for you, very cute.
02:13The yellow raincoat meant to symbolize journeying through the storm reminds me of that anime,
02:18Wonder Egg Priority.
02:19The discourse continues about this religious anime mascot, and some users have begun posting
02:23fake screenshots, like this one which jokes about a 47th Catholic Twitter civil war between
02:30the Luce supporters and the anti-anime Catholics.
02:33I don't know how you could protest against this mascot, this is what Catholicism needs
02:37in my opinion.
02:38God birthed this anime girl into existence, all hail Luce.
02:42Obviously in terms of fanart, this is also the second coming of Christ because there's
02:46a plethora of it, like my favorite, Jesus holding Luce.
02:50One user wrote a top comment on our Know Your Meme page, quote,
02:53The Vatican being a patron of contemporary art is actually a return to form, in a way,
02:58end quote.
02:59Anyway, what religion do you want to see get animified next?
03:02The Church of Scientology has been real quiet since Luce dropped, maybe they're cooking
03:06up some Xenu anime girl.
03:08Fingers crossed!
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