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Armitage III is a 1994 animated SF/mystery OAV series,
set in the city of Saint Lowell, the capital of a future habitable
Mars (also known as Armitage III:
Poly-Matrix, in compliation-movie form. A 2002 sequel,
Armitage III: Dual Matrix, was set on Earth). The plot
involves a spate of murders, the victims of which all turn out to
be “Thirds”, highly advanced androids passing as humans.
The two detectives investigating the case (one of them a Third
herself) eventually
discover the murders are being quietly perpetrated by the Mars
government itself, for political reasons; Mars is in the midst of a
diplomatic rapprochment with Earth, whose government is ideologically
hostile to self-replicating machines, and eliminating the Thirds is
the price of a new treaty.
Near the end of the movie, the Chairwoman of the Earth
Federation arrives on Mars for a state visit, during which setpiece the
flags of the two entities are repeatedly shown.
Eugene Ipavec, 27 Jun 2010
by Eugene Ipavec, 27 Jun 2010
The Mars flag is a horizontal tricolor of green, white and orange-red,
with — in the white stripe — a tree cradling a red sphere among its
branches, presumably the planet?
Eugene Ipavec, 27 Jun 2010
by Eugene Ipavec, 27 Jun 2010
The Earth flag is a UN knockoff, with some
modifications: the Earth is inclined ~30 degrees from the ecliptic and shows
only one hemisphere, centered on the Pacific Ocean. The moon is also present,
and five stars are nestled in the wreath.
Eugene Ipavec, 27 Jun 2010
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