![]() ![]() Note that the dub deviates from the original to a large extent. The show is TV-MA, so an account on either is required. Likewise, a sub of World Series is also officially available on YouTube and Hulu. (As does Funimation's YouTube Channel and the DVD release). Hulu also has both subtitled and dubbed versions of the Axis Powers. The dubs of seasons 1-2 are now available on FUNimation's website. Still, some of the subbed episodes can be viewed at FUNimation's website or on Veoh. Because of this, any casual fan watching streamed episodes on YouTube might get confused when they see the episode where teenage Prussia realizes that Hungary has breasts. While 2 of the 3 Fan disc episodes were just compilations of actual story arcs (Chibitalia and Storage cleaning, respectively) one of the episodes featured a story about the Cat Festival and when Prussia & Hungary were little. However, it should be noted that for whatever reason, they never subbed or dubbed the episodes that were on the Japanese Fan Disc. Both the series and the movie have been licensed by FUNimation. A movie ("Paint It White") has been released in Japan and became available in North America in November 2011. A compilation can also be found at this site, which is very readable and easy to navigate, but which is missing many of the newer strips.Īn anime adaptation by Studio DEEN began airing in January 2009, and currently has completed four seasons, (along with three additional "special episodes") with the third and fourth seasons under the title Hetalia World Series. ![]() In the meantime, the original webcomic can be read here, with scanlations at the Hetalia LiveJournal community (note that some entries are locked, so you will need a LJ account to view them) or here. However, they went bankrupt before the third was finished, and the series has yet to be picked up by another publisher. The manga adaptation was originally licensed by Tokyo Pop and two volumes were released. ![]() You know, with the Axis powers, it's not bad to be bad at being bad.įour volumes have been printed in Japan, the most recent in the summer of 2011. The word "Hetalia" is a portmanteau of hetare and Italia (Italy), which means "hopeless Italy", as Germany soon discovers. A series of drama CDs were made later an Anime adaptation has been released, but broadcast on television was canceled in favor of alternate means. Starting off as a web comic, Hetalia garnered a strong fan following, and was eventually published in print form. Surprisingly, it gets many of the more subtle and less well known relationships between European countries rather well represented, which you usually wouldn't expect of foreign writers. Axis Powers Hetalia is at once educational, irreverently silly, occasionally touching, and quite probably very offensive to certain people. if they can reach an agreement, that is.Ī popular Japanese series by Hidekaz Himaruya that is an allegorical tale of the history of Europe, especially during World War II, with anthropomorphizations of different countries and the various stereotypes associated with them. At the same time, the "Allied Forces" are getting ready to counter attack. Poor Italy is scared and has no idea what the hell is going on, so Germany takes him under his wing, where he remains until World War II. Germany waits at the Italian front, ready to face the heir to the mighty Roman Empire. But all he wanted to do was cook, draw, and flirt with women.Ĭut to World War I. Then it collapsed, leaving his grandson Italy in his place. Once upon a time, the Roman Empire ruled the Mediterranean. ![]()
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