Optimus Prime Lives

Wednesday, June 28, 2006

In China!

With the need to fill the void created after Mao passed, the Chinese embraced Optimus Prime’s leadership values and his embodiment of good. His image can be seen everywhere over here, from truck doors to t-shirts and badges. The Transformers is free of the political undertones of other cartoons from that era, such as GI Joe, and lacks the sexually explicit nature of Jem and the Holograms so was an obvious choice for the Communist Party to adopt as suitable entertainment for the proletariat. 

Holy crap that is awesome. W.O.W. If I ever go to China, Yunnan Province is the first place I am visiting.

Story and photos by a writer over at Karate Blog. Read the full story.