Hetalia Axis Powers
Hetalia Axis PowersSummary
Based on a popular web-released manga series by Hidekazu Himaruya, this has been described as a "cynical gag" story set in Europe in the years between WW1 and WW2 (1918-1939), using exaggerated caricatures of the different nationalities as portrayed by a gaggle of bishōnen. For example, the Italia Veneziano character is into pasta and women. The Deutsche (German) bishi loves potatoes and sausages, and Nippon is an otaku boy. Installments of the manga have jumped back and forth in setting from the ancient times to modern-day geopolitics. The manga's title comes the Japanese words for "useless" (hetare) and Italy (Italia).
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- Format
- ONA
- Number of Episodes
- 52
- Episode length
- 5 min
- Estimated total length
- ≈ 4 h 20 min (52 × 5 min)
- Season
- Winter 2009
- Start date
- January 24, 2009
- End date
- March 5, 2010
- Status
- Finished
- Source
- Manga
- Country of origin
- Japan
- Studios
- Studio DEEN
- Romaji title
- Hetalia Axis Powers
- English title
- Hetalia Axis Powers
- Native title
- ヘタリア Axis Powers
Characters 25
Main characters
- IgirisuイギリスMain
- AmericaアメリカMain
- DoitsuドイツMain
- Japan日本Main
- ItaliaイタリアMain
- FranceフランスMain
- RussiaロシアMain
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- LiechtensteinリヒテンシュタインSupporting
- CanadaカナダSupporting
- GreeceギリシャSupporting
- CubaキューバSupporting
- EgyptエジプトSupporting
- SuisseスイスSupporting
- Minami Italia南イタリアSupporting
- UkraineウクライナSupporting
- BelarusベラルーシSupporting
- HungaryハンガリーSupporting
- EstoniaエストニアSupporting
- SealandシーランドSupporting
- AustriaオーストリアSupporting
- Ancient Romeローマ帝国Supporting
- FinlandフィンランドSupporting
- LithuaniaリトアニアSupporting
- SpainスペインSupporting
- BulgariaブルガリアSupporting
Staff and studios
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Key staff
- Bob ShirohataDirector
- Hidekazu HimaruyaOriginal creator
- Takuya HiramitsuSeries composition
- Masaaki KannanCharacter design
- ConischMusic
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- Katsuyuki KonishiTheme Song Performance
- Hiroki YasumotoTheme Song Performance
- Hiroki TakahashiTheme Song Performance
- Daisuke NamikawaTheme Song Performance
- Masaya OnosakaTheme Song Performance
- Chuck HuberADR Script (English)
- Yuki KaidaInsert Song Performance
- Yasuhiro TakatoTheme Song Performance (ED4)
- Jamie MarchiADR Script (English)
- Gen FukunagaExecutive Producer (English)
- Scott SagerADR Director (English)
- Justin CookProducer (English)
- Carly HunterProducer (English)
- Michael HarcourtAssistant Producer (English)