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Tuesday Otaku Debate: The Anime Presidential Elections!
by God Len, 11/04/2008
Tuesday Otaku Debate: The Anime Presidential Elections! photo


We have a great Tuesday Otaku Debate today, but before we get to that lets discuss last week’s winners. Last time it was the battle of the horror anime: Elfen Lied vs. Higurashi vs. Ghost Hunt. All joking aside, it was a slaughter. Higurashi won, placing itself in the emperor’s seat of greatest horror anime ever. The reason why I think it is so successful is that, for the most part, it isn’t scary. It makes you think you are watching your average harlem show, but then right at the last moment it pulls the rug out from underneath you; but by the time you realize this, you look down and the rug is right there under your feet again. Does an anime exist that is scarier than this show? I have no idea. 

Elfen Lied: 22
Higurashi no Naku Koro ni: 40
Ghost Hunt: 4

Your local polling place can be found after the jump.

Remember way back to our Super Tuesday Otaku Debate when we voted for the delegates of the Anime Presidential Election? Well, it’s finally time to finish what we started and elect ourselves a president that will rule over otakudom with an iron fist. First, let me introduce the candidates of this election.

Representing the Republican party is Light Yagami for president with Rossiu Adai as the Vice President. Representing the Democratic party is Haruhi Suzumiya for president with Eikichi Onizuka as the Vice President. Representing the Independents is Kafuka Fura as President with L as the Vice President. Finally, the Gurren party with Kamina as President and Bright as the Vice President. Vote now or hold your peace.  



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(124) COMMENTS



Brad Rice

RAITO! RAITO! RAITO! He's president of change!
 
Benu

President Haruhi of course! http://twitpic.com/jyw1
 
serial

Haruhi commands us to have fun and search for Aliens, Time Travelers and Espers. I think that's much better than Genocidal Egocentrism, don't you agree?

Vote Hope.
Vote Happiness.
Vote Haruhi.

 
Niko

Haruhi, especially because if/when Light dies, Rossiu would be president, and I don't wish that on anyone.

 
Koiyuki

Kafuka for a better world. She'll fill the world with sunshine and fluff(and murder)
 
Ryan xVx

Haruhi.

 
nilcam

I'm voting Haruhi.

It would be very interesting to see Light and Rossieu in action. Would Rossieu overthrow Light before Light wrote his name in the Deathnote? The suspense.
 
darkcyder

I write-in Kamina/Bright of the WIN party.
 
Jay

Kafuka Fura didnt have any money for campaign poster?

(I vote for Fura)
 
Catrophy

I'll put my vote in for the SOS Brigade of America. I would have thrown a vote in for Kafuka, but the VP's just seal the deal.
 
mega324386

Haruhi, because who do you want for president,
Some one who WANTS to be god,
or someone who IS god.
In God We Trust.
 
lunarmoth

mmm... love them all but Haruhi seems like she would be more fun in office.
Ya! Higurashi won.

 
Short Circuit

I vote for Haruhi, she'd bring more happiness to the world.

Light is already dead anyways.
 
kamanashi

I vote Haruhi. I like Light an all, but I want Haruhi just because she is more interesting and wont kill me if I get in her way. She is also good looking.
 
Necros

@ darkcyder

I second his write-in, Kamina/Bright is the only way to go.

If that's not allowed, I'd have to go with Light, since he has concrete plans for change and Haruhi is just too damn unpredictable. Plus, changing reality whenever she's in a mood swing? Screw that.
 
Hamblasto

I like all the candidates but I have to say that it doesn't really matter. If Haruhi doesn't win, she'll just recreate the world to have her as President.

With that, I vote for Haruhi.
 
Edward Baylon

Kamina/Bright!!! They both have mecha. That's why.
 
ChapelofChaos

I third the Kamina/Bright duo. If we only use the spirit of brotherhood to deal with problems of the world everything would be solved.
 
Heero Yuy

WHOO! I started a trend!



Make your vote pierce the Heavens! Vote Bright Kamina for 2008!

But seriously, there's tons of independents and write-ins in the real election, so can we add this one?
 
dragonlink13

My vote is for Haruhi, Not only would she have the whole world remade if she wasn't elected but what if Light was elected? Homeland security would take a very bloody turn. I can see people having heart attacks because they downloaded the lasted Soul Eater Ending song.

My vote is for Haruhi.

 
Kougeru

If either of them would be president, I'd be very unhappy. and im not sure what dragonlink meant by that soul eater comment but it seems completely random lol
 
Niko

I want to change my vote to Kamina/Bright. Haruhi can continue to be god in the mean time.

 
kashai

INDEPENDENT
 
TessR

Light would kill anyone who defied him, quite the tyrant. Haruhi would be great as president, things would be very interesting, but I fear she could wipe us from history at any given moment. Maybe that's a good thing in terms of war though. :/

Going with Kamina. Can't go wrong.

 
abune

Kamina!!
and if not then Raito
 
SourGr8pes

Bah! I vote for Hiiragi/Fujibayashi of the National Tsundere Party. If Kagami can win Saimoe, then she can win out hearts in the election.

On a funny note, as I feel that the Presidential popular vote is a joke, I actually did do a write-in for Haruhi Suzumiya.
 
Alice

Suzumiya-sama for the win!

But my second choice is a Kamina write-in.

No Light because we don't need a president who's psyche can be destroyed by a British kid that needs a good night's sleep.
 
duckdealer

Light/Rossiu

 
animefanboy

hmmmmmmmm ummmmmmmmm

thats a hard one but i am going to vote for
Light













 
Das Inchworm

finally a vote i actually care about. HARUHI!!
 
Kurono K

Can't believe i'm doing this.

Light/Rossiu
 
Hei

Kafka is the only one willing to face the true problem we americans face: frowning
 
Ben Huber

Kamina and Bright is the only way to go.
 
raasbo

Light wins.
 
Jak Cadden

Kamina for president!
 
Seravi

Vote "Friend" for president OF THE WORLD!
 
Heero Yuy

Wow....

So far it's:
13 for Haruhi/GTO
8 for Kamina/Bright
3 for Light/Rossiu
2 for Kafuka

....never since the election of 1812 has a third party come so close to winning!

The Grr'n'WIN party promises to move current expenditures on the War in Iraq to decreasing the Federal Debt within a week, and then later put that money towards making numerous Social Security and Medicare reforms. When asked how they plan to finish the war in Iraq so expediently, they simply replied with this:

 
Heero Yuy

(those numbers were as of Das Inchworm's vote btw)
 
Syn

I would like to vote for Light, but now I cannot.

I think Goku should win

GOKU FOR PRESIDENT!
 
lalala1234

HARUHIIIIIIIII FOOOOR PREZZZZZ XD
 
Kageryu

I want to vote for Kamina/Bright, I really do, but I'm the First Husband, so Haruhi/Onizuka is what I write on my ballot.
 
Vampt Vo

I think that I've gotta go with Haruhi. Light could probably kill me and anyone else who voted for Haruhi, but I feel like Haruhi's God powers trump Light's "God-like" power.

Even if I didn't want to vote Haruhi originally, she'd just remake the world so I would want to vote for her anyway. No point.

Final verdict: Haruhi
 
Zanduar

Haruhi
 
Heero Yuy

@Kageryu: It's alright, we understand. If Rin was running I'd do the same thing.

(also I spotted a typo in one of my earlier posts, I meant to say "election of 1912", not 1812)
 
Al-mal

Haruhi.

 
Ramage

Light
 
yuetheguardian

I vote for haruhi.onizuka I feel safe writing in this ballot as I believe kira does not have access to my face yay for confidentiality.
 
Zeouterlimits

Plenty of material here for a Death Note.
Even so, I think I'd live in a happier (if much less efficent) world if Haruhi became president, so she gets my vote (just about).
 
wakethedead

Light gets my vote... "making a better tomorrow, one death at a time."
 
Faceless One

I vote for Haruhi because if she losses who knows what might happen.
 
kuro_ko

Oh defiantly Haruhi! But what the hell, Kafuka doesn't get a poster!! >:C

 
Wedge Jaeger

woah, I'll place my vote on Kamina/Bright, a vote for Kamina is a vote to kick reason to the curb!
 
Rawr KonaKona

Haruhi!!!!
Light kills -.-
 
The dark prince

Kamina/Bright, who else will pierce your heaves?

 
ady_hime

HARUHI!!
 
Izumi

And +1 vote goes to... Kamina!
 
goggles333

Write in for L/Lelouch
 
fionan

Kamina/Bright in '08.
Just who the hell do you think they are!?
 
mega324386

I take it back Kamina/Bright for president.

Pierce The Heavens 08.
 
tripdragon

Kafuka Fura ! Ron Paul 08!
Light should sooo not be Repbup.

 
kuro_ko

WAIT cancel my vote on haruhi I'm having second thoughts about that(now that I think about it all hell would break loose if she won -__-,), Kamina/Bright!!!!!!!!!!
 
Kiriska

KAMINA~!!
 
Entonias

The future is BRIGHT WITH KAMINA 08!
 
Knil

Kamina/Bright for president! Pierce through to the heavens with your vote!
 
meluckycharMS113

Kamina/Bright 2008! Who the F do you think I'm voting for?! Believe in Kamina who believes in you!
 
Kresin

Light all the way!
 
Dale North

Light would make a wonderful president, but after Len's cosplay gallery the other day, I'm picking Haruhi.

 
Kyonshiro

Haruhi.

~

The only Kamina I know is the one from RahXephon. And while I like Light(Raito).... I prefer Iori Yagami.

~

And besides, a vote for Haruhi IS a vote for Change.

HARUHI '08.
 
redroses3164

Oh my gosh I love the third parties!

Kamina/Bright ftw!
 
EvilThoughts

Light Yagami for President! Ryuk can be VP.

 
The_Kenji

If were gonna rock the third party then my vote would go to Megatron.

DECEPTICONS FOREVER!



but really I'm gonna go with the Haruhi and Onizuka ticket. That's a combo that just cant be beat, even by Megatron himself.
 
Gee-Man

Write-in for Kamina/Bright for president and vice!

Psh, Raito may be able to kill entire swaths of people with just a writing utensil and a literary device, Haruhi may be able to find aliens/espers/time travelers, and Onizuka may be able to take the Japanese college entrance exams with 3 bullet wounds and only 60 minutes left and still get a perfect score, but can any of them PIERCE THE HEAVENS!?

Kamina will make your vote count and pay you back 10 times over!
 
GFC

Kira ! Kira ! Kira !
 
Sigue

Haruhi.
 
Sigue

WAIT NO I TAKE BACK MY VOTE KAMINA FOR PRESIDENT
 
mega324386

@Sigue

Good...now my snipers can lower their repticles
 
ServantSaber

Kamina FTW! But from the given choices, I'd have to pick Haruhi.
 
God Len

You are in charge! If you want Kamina as president then your votes will count!
 
Cheesus

Haruhi will just change the world so that Kamina is somehow also on her party and everybody wins!
The godess pierces the heavens!
Haruhi!
 
Burd

Haruhi.

YES SHE CAN!
 
Kahl

Haruhi-sama 4 president!
 
Niko

We must continue our support for Kamina/Bright.
 
President Stalin

Kamina/Bright is the party you can believe in!

I imagine their cabinet would look like...

SoDefense- Char Aznable (able to destroy 4 battleships by himself, willing to fund Mobile Armors)
SoState- Reinhard von Lohengramm (experience handling a vast number of planets and political situations)
SoInterior- Simon (Drill Baby Drill!)

 
Paustinj

I support President Suzumiya Haurhi-san.
 
Shadow Master

Ok Kamina WINS by default like seriously
 
The Nesta

Wow... I hate politics, I have no idea wtf a "Bright" is, and even though I love Gurren Lagann all this Kamina fanboyism is driving me nuts.

Bad week for me I guess. Anyway, vote goes to Haruhi.
 
DeadMovieStar

Kamina. He'll kick ass and be manly.
 
Heero Yuy

@The Nesta: You don't know of the great Noa Bright!? He's a tactical and political genius!

... You're going to vote for Haruhi due to fanboyism for Kamina? That's an irony if I've ever heard one.

Anyhow, assuming I've been able to keep up with everyone's vote changes and stuff, the current standing as of The Nesta's vote is:

Light/Rossiu: 10 votes
Haruhi/GTO: 30 votes
Kefuka/L: 5 votes
Kamina/Bright: 26 votes

This is Heero Yuy here giving you Tuesday Debate Election '08 (hey that rhymes!) coverage.

(I think I counted them right...)
 
Chicken008

Kamina! Even in zombie form!
 
KomugiStyle

HARUHI!!!!!!!!!!


OBEY!!


 
Pangloss

Kamina/Bright '08!
Go beyond the impossible and kick recessions to the curb!
 
Zidane

I feel safer with Light in office. And I'm not sure why...
 
darkcyder

@Heero/citzens of Jtor: The count as of Zidane's post is:

Light/Rossiu: 11 votes
Haruhi/GTO: 29 votes
Kafuka/L: 6 votes
Kamina/Bright: 29 votes
Hiiragi/Fujibayashi: 1 vote
Goku: 1 vote
Lelouche: 1 vote
Megatron 1 vote

YOUR VOTE DOES MATTER!

Kamina/Bright will pierce the heavens!
 
Ramage

[quote]Light[/quote]

You know what F that.

I change my vote to Kamina.

(I actually didn't read the post...I just saw the pics and got excited to have a sinister badass as my prez)

KAMINA FTW
 
Wasen

Kafuka! She'd keep things just as entertaining as Haruhi, but have L to actually run things for her between moments of inspiration. She'd also worm her way into the international community's heart and then ignore anything they say and do as she pleased.

AKA Bush/Cheney without the evil.
 
The Ansel Adams of Anime Figures

HARUHI! yay democracy

 
God Len

looks like the haruhi camp might have to turn to Gaia online for help!
 
ReddHeretic

Light damn it!

LIGHT!!!
 
Cyber34

So Kamina is basically Ron Paul?

*Votes Kamina*
 
Heero Yuy

WOOO!!! HECK YEAH! And with you Cyber34, Kamina and Bright finally pull ahead!!

Let's keep it up everyone!
 
fight the powahh

KAMINA
KAMINAAAA
dude
seriously.

but someone answer me,who/what is bright? OTL;;
 
God Len

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bright_Noa
 
Rob_Jedi

Our goddess and master Haruhi for the win. When elected fun will be compulsory. With Konata as head of Otaku affairs.
 
 
chief

I was waiting till I thought it really mattered. So I'm going to vote...

Haruhi!!
 
Heero Yuy

Hmmm....dunno what's up with my images....they're uploaded to my googlepage account, so I'm kinda curious why they wouldn't work now even though they worked before... (I mean, google, running out of bandwidth? come on...)

So once again the votes are tied...
 
Gee-Man

Oh wow, with the polls this closely tied, makes me wonder why we didn't bother nominating Kamina and Bright in the first place. I guess Kamina really wouldn't fit into either Republican or Democrat party anyway though. Independent candidates ftw.

Keep voting guys, your choice can make the difference! (provided it's a vote for Kamina)
 
Brakah

Kamina/Bright '08
 
Kaidori

Kamina/Bright 08'
 
Gatoh

Drills. And mecha.
 
Shinigami Sama

Kamina would be the most pimp president evarz!! dunno bout his vp but kamina < than all.

dunno about onizuka and L as only vp tho...
 
Shinigami Sama

kk maybe kamina isn't < than all but he's better than his his current opponents....

hmm if only rl options were this freakin awsome why do we have to settle with what's available.....
 
Amayirot Akago

Haruhi. She's God. Period.
 
The Nesta

Okay, I'm Back.

No wonder I didn't know who Bright was, I only jumped on the Gundam bandwagon with Wing. Yeah, I'm really digging my own grave here.

Also, Heero, No I didn't vote for Haruhi just because Kamina fanboyism. I like Haruhi and I think she'd naturally make an interesting and fun President. I also think it's silly when people vote outside of the choices that Len provides... kinda makes the original Debate pointless, no? But that's just me.

And just for the record, I do like Kamina, and I do like Light.

 
darkcyder

@Nesta: Considering this is emulating the ACTUAL presidential elections we can write in whoever we want. Unless you think that only two candidates should be allowed to run in the presidential election. And no, not pointless. Also what Heero meant was that it is ironic that you said the Kamina fanboyism was driving you nuts and then you subsequently voted for Haruhi. Considering that the fans for Kamina pale in comparison to the fans of Haruhi both in number and in craziness (no offense to anyone).

Anyway!

Light/Rossiu: 11 votes
Haruhi/GTO: 33 votes
Kafuka/L: 7 votes
Kamina/Bright: 36 votes
Hiiragi/Fujibayashi: 1 vote
Goku: 1 vote
Lelouche: 1 vote
Megatron 1 vote
 
Heero Yuy

Darkcyder pretty much summed up what I meant, sorry if it wasn't clear.

And not only did Len approve of the write-in, this would be the first time ever an external option has won the debate....doesn't that strike you as the least bit amusing? That and if he did drop out of it at this point there'd be no chance in heck of anyone beating Haruhi and everyone knows it, so it'd be just plain boring.

It really does surprise me just how few people even know who Captain Bright is though...
 
chief

I'm gonna say its probably cuz all the Gundam series he was in weren't as popular or didn't appear on US tv.

I know I watched Gundam Wing first then started watching Mobile Suit Gundam and I didn't even finish watching it on tv. I watched most of it along with Mobile Suit Z Gundam, Mobile Suit Gundam ZZ, and Char's Counterattack either on my friends dvds or fansubs.

and I'll be honest in saying I didn't remember who he was until you wrote out his full name and then I felt dumb...
 
Heero Yuy

Jeez...and if I put Char instead I bet everyone would've known who he was...
 
darkcyder

Lol true that. In retrospect I could've said something different when I put the first write-in but you already had the poster so I just ran with it.
 
Niko

@Heero: I too am surprised by the amount of people not knowing who Bright is. Everyone would have known who Char is, but they need to learn about the great captain Bright Noa. Plus, Bright does have a better record in leading people and in not dropping colonies/asteroids.

 
Heero Yuy

@Niko: Yeah, that's the reason why I went with Bright instead, he wouldn't try to backstab or manipulate Kamina either. If I could have one adviser in my Cabinet it'd probably be Bright because he'd just come out and say it whenever there was something he objected to or wanted to recommend, instead of trying to scheme through it.
 
Blue Mage

Kamina/Bright!
 
Ariolander

Kamina/Bright the presidency that will pierce the heavens!
 
strikerbolt

Kamina/Bright
Then I would join the military to pilot a Mecha with my FIGHTING SPIRIT.
 

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