In October 2024, the Vatican unveiled "Luce," a blue-haired anime-style mascot designed by Italian artist Simone Legno to engage a younger audience for the Holy Year 2025. The announcement sparked widespread online reactions, including fan art and memes, with many humorously speculating about a potential "religious anime universe."
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00:00I HAVE THE POWER OF GOD AND ANIME ON MY SIDE!
00:02Wait, you have-
00:04Oh no.
00:05Yeah, on your screen right now is, no joke, a mascot for the Vatican.
00:08The blue-haired girl, named Lucce, who looks strangely similar to Rei Ayanami from Evangelion,
00:12which is really funny, considering the religious aesthetics of that anime,
00:14was designed by Italian artist Simon Legnò, and it's official.
00:17Catholics are trying to market to a younger crowd, to Gen Z, to the weebs,
00:20and it's honestly kind of a cute design.
00:22This will be the anime version of Veggie Tales, just you wait.
00:24They're gonna have Lucce anime cartoons.
00:25By the end of next year, I'm calling it.
00:27The official Vatican YouTube account posted Luce on October 28th, 2024, which garnered
00:31tens of thousands of views in just one day.
00:33She has a cross around her neck, a dog named Santino, and is often holding a stick inspired
00:37by Catholic pilgrims.
00:38Luce means light in Italian, and it has been named the official mascot of the holy year,
00:422025.
00:43I mean, this is just insane.
00:44Look at this picture.
00:45This is like a Nendoroid.
00:46Oh god, they're gonna make a Nendoroid of this, aren't they?
00:47Every religion around the world better act fast, because they're gonna need to compete.
00:50We're gonna have an entire religious anime universe.
00:52I'm excited to see what the Buddhists cook up.
00:54Maybe, just maybe, this will actually work.