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Happy Bastille Day!

We had our Fourth of July last week, but did you know France has an independence day too? It’s called Bastille Day, celebrated on July 14. Today marks the day the citizens of France, frustrated and hungry after the Royal family squandered the country’s riches, stormed the fortress in Paris, a place symbolic of Noble rule.

Granted, part of the reason France went poor is helping us pay for our own Revolution, but never mind that. What we really think of when it comes to French excess is the Palace of Versailles and the time leading up to and including Marie Antoinette. Before her time, though, was the time of Louis XV and the opulent setting of Le Chevalier D’Eon.

What better way to enjoy the height of over-the-top French fanciness than through an aggressively Rococo anime full of action and Royal intrigue? I certainly can’t think of any.

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How about we commemorate this event with a video?

Tags: Bastille Day, French Bread, Le Chevalier D'Eon

19 Responses to “Happy Bastille Day!”

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Cathy on July 14th, 2009 at 8:02 am says:

ah nothing like slapstick comedy to start off the day. Happy Bastille Day.

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shivbot on July 14th, 2009 at 8:45 am says:

…and Rojas takes another one for the team. Glorious!

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Hannah on July 14th, 2009 at 9:04 am says:

Yeowch. I bet that hurt…

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Huskyboy on July 14th, 2009 at 9:06 am says:

That was some damn good french bread though

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dragon0 on July 14th, 2009 at 9:17 am says:

Rojas… how bout a stunt double because dam that had to hurt. It hurt me just wathing.

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Tyrenol on July 14th, 2009 at 9:30 am says:

Hey, Rojas!

Less videos of you making a fool out of yourself.

More Le Chevalier D’Eon and how AWESOMAGE orz it is.

Please.

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Alexis N Vazquez on July 14th, 2009 at 9:32 am says:

poor Rojas that rally look like it hurt alot buy iof is for a good reason (Bastille Day!) then theres no problem expt for you Rojas you realy take the hit

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wolve on July 14th, 2009 at 10:17 am says:

Don’t try this as home kiddies! Only trained professionals know how to take a shot to the family jewels.

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Corey Lucas on July 14th, 2009 at 10:33 am says:

Rojas: Will there be any panels at Otakon on how to get into the industry like for me in the case working for FUNimation since i have a diploma in Film and that I’m good in Script writing and adaption and currently working in acting and CG? Oh, and lol to the vid!

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Soymilk Purin on July 14th, 2009 at 10:34 am says:

Chevalier is good stuff. So is French bread. I don’t think I’d fancy getting hit by either one, though. Happy Bastille Day. XD

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UmmYeahOk on July 14th, 2009 at 11:12 am says:

Looks like Young finally got his revenge for your Scarborough Fair victory. And as I remember the video correctly, it ended with the caption “Marketing Wins!!! This round…” Looks like the Art Dept got you back in this one.

Oh, and I just wanted to let everyone know, should any one here be casted for the new National Treasure 3 (2011) that the Bastille Key, the historic symbol of liberty, still hangs in the hall of Mount Vernon where George Washington placed it. It is the key to the west portal of the Bastille, long used as a political prison, in France. When the Paris prison was stormed, it marked the beginning of the French Revolution. The Marquis de Lafayette, who had served under Washington in the Revolutionary War, sent the key to Washington in 1790.

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joelgundam01 on July 14th, 2009 at 11:17 am says:

Umm…ouch!

Note to Rojas: Wear a cup at all times in the Funimation office.

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Pearl on July 14th, 2009 at 1:05 pm says:

@UmmYeahOK, wow that brings back memories of elementary school field trips to Mt. Vernon. But talk about lame, it was a repeat field trip for me – I went once in the second grade, as well as the fourth grade. And of course every time we had family visit from out of town, that was one of several places we always took them. I swear I went to Mt Vernon at least twice a year for the 5 years I lived there.

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UmmYeahOk on July 14th, 2009 at 1:58 pm says:

@Pearl, Where did you live? For a brief period I live in the Fredericksburg-Spotsylvania area. I loved all those field trips. Although I cant seem to remember if I went as a student, a girl scout, a bored local, or just as a tourist. Last time I went, it was in 1999 as a tourist. Thats the thing about Virginia, EVERYTHING is historical! Even my house was built on the old civil war battlefield. I used to play in the old trenches after school.

I think 4th and 7th grade is when you learn state history in school, only I moved away in 3rd. The state I am now however, its history was mostly how it used to be almost half the size of the US, its own country, and how it should, once again, become its own country. No field trips whatsoever

When I visited in 1999, I revisited all these great places, and my mom got me a Bastille Key necklace charm from the Mt Vernon Gift shop. Since it represented freedom I wore it for several years, even to Paris. No one seem to know what it was, other than just an odd looking key. Not even when I was right outside the Bastille. In fact, in college I took a course on the French Revolution, and they never even brought up the whole key and Washington story.

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Richard J. on July 14th, 2009 at 3:02 pm says:

@ UmmYeahOk: Yeah, Virginia is the place for historical field trips. The battle grounds and the National Park musuems are amazing. It’s really too bad there’s such a strong movement to erase all of that history.

@ Rojas: That video was so wrong. Yet so funny. I like slapstick in small doses where you don’t see it coming. I mean, I’ve never even heard of someone using a loaf of French bread like that! (Only thing funnier would have been if it kept being chopped and you had to keep buying more, like poor Charlie Brown.)

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NormalMar on July 14th, 2009 at 4:39 pm says:

I don’t think that lady made the five second rule.

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Pearl on July 14th, 2009 at 4:48 pm says:

@UmmYeahOk, Holy shiznit. I also used to live in Fredericksburg, and went to Spotswood Elementary. My mother was president of the Historical Fredericksburg Foundation Inc., the organization that puts on the Candle Light Tour every year. When I lived there she dragged me to every Civil War site in the state. And it’s always fun to be playing in the dirt and finding civil war musket balls, ne?

And yes everything is historical… I mean you have colonial history, revolutionary war history, civil war history.

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UmmYeahOk on July 14th, 2009 at 5:04 pm says:

@Richard, What do you mean erase? I know Disney wanted to make a historical park. I dont see anything wrong with that. I mean, Do you think Busche Gardens destroyed the historic Williamsburg? I know when I returned in 1999, much more of Fredericksburg was developed. I cant see anyone needing to move there unless they had to work in DC or Richmond. To be honest, thats probably why we had to move. Theres just not any local jobs that not in the retail/food industry that is.

Then again, in 1990 our neighborhood was developed on that battlefield, so I dunno. Its historic, but practically ALL of that area was at one point used for something historically. Cant preserve everything, especially if its just land and nothing more.

@Pearl, I went to Chancellor Elementary K-3rd. I think my best friend may have gone there. I dont remember, I remember a bunch of people including teachers transferring. Im not sure what elem or middle school she went to, but she eventually went to Chancellor High, then Courtland. Class of 2000. Did you go to any of these?

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Pearl on July 14th, 2009 at 6:58 pm says:

@UmmYeahOk, My sister went to Courtland High when I was there (mid 80′s). But I was only ever at Spotswood Elementary (grades 1-5, I moved in February of my fifth grade year). They were just starting to get to the point that they were expanding and building new schools when I moved away. The only thing I remember about Courtland, is they used to have paw prints painted on the road leading up to the school. And since Courtland was the Cougars, Spotswood was the Cubs.

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