Over the last year I’d heard a
lot about an anime web series called Hetalia. I’d thought about watching it a
few times but never really got to it....... up until the day before yesterday.......
aaaand now I’ve found a new obsession! I’ve already finished the first
season and am about to start the others after I finish writing this.
Now, if you're an otaku (someone
who loves anime) then I think you should totally start watching or reading Hetalia, if you haven’t already. If you're not an otaku, I think this particular series will be a
great way to start getting sucked into the amazing vortex of exaggerated facial
expressions and a lot of subbing and dubbing that is anime.
The series is based on
different countries represented by different characters and gives a lot of
insight into our history in a fun and entertaining way. One little word of
caution- the show can get VERY stereotypical. It doesn’t mean to offend anyone;
it just very blatantly incorporates common stereotypes into each characters
personality. Like Greece being a total cat lover (and I mean TOTAL) or Italy’s
obsession with pasta.
The English dubbing is very
good with each country having their own distinct accent, in contrast to most
anime that I watch that is either dubbed very badly or just has wrong
subtitles. My favourite Hetalia characters as of now are (roughly in order)-
- Germany (Ludwig Beilschmidt) - I could write a whole paragraph explaining why he’s my number one but I'm trying to make this as short as possible. HE. IS. AWESOME.
- Italy (Veneziano/Feliciano Vargas) - Because pasta!!!
- France (Francis Bonnefoy) - I don’t know why he’s on this list. Though his hair’s pretty, well, pretty!
- Hungary (Elizaveta Hédeváry) – She’s by far my favourite female character on this show, what with psychotic Belarus and... Oh wait, Lichtenstein is also a pretty good girl character... the others usually freak me out.
- Russia (Ivan Braginski) – Cute and cuddly on the outside, practically pure evil on the inside, what’s not to like?
Hetalia just happens to have
one of the most ridiculous theme songs of all time. Each character has his or
her own rendition of this song. And I, being the utterly weird person I am,
have memorised almost all of them.
When I sleep, the only thing I
hear is Feliciano’s voice singing, “marukaite chikyuu” again and again. I need
help.
Hetalia is very informative
when it comes to most history topics. Seriously speaking, I don’t see why we
all don’t just watch Hetalia episodes instead of sitting through history class.
But one thing’s for sure, I’m not gonna be able to keep a straight face while
learning history because each topic will trigger some sort of idiotic but still
funny memory. Thank you Hetalia, you have turned me into a retard that randomly smiles to
herself while the teacher explains about the hundreds of deaths during a war.
I leave you all with a random Hetalia GIF
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