Friday, July 6, 2012

Italy Italy (Italia)
Italy, the primary protagonist and the title character, is a bright, energetic and sweet young man. He is depicted at various points as the grandson and successor of the powerful but deceased Roman Empire (known as Grandpa Rome), and is recognized as the weakest character in the series who is a carefree and cowardly soldier that relies on Germany to resolve issues. His artistry and extreme love of pasta and pizza are references to Italian culture. He uses his adorable ways and cute face to charm any girl he meets and is intended to be a "lovable loser". 
Germany (Germany)
Germany is a hard-working, efficient, bureaucratic, and the serious character in the anime. In the series, Germany is primus inter pares among the Axis Powers, and takes responsibility for the training of Italy and Japan. Another aspect of his character is his relative inexperience with relationships, leading him to be a very literally by-the-book person with the belief that things will go wrong if people do not follow instructions to the letter. His extreme devotion to the military lifestyle would make him an effective leader, if not for the fact of constantly baby-sitting Italy. Despite this, as the series progresses he forms a close relationship with Italy.
Japan (Japan Nihon)
Japan is a reclusive, painfully polite, and hard-working character. When he introduces himself to Italy, he says that his hobby "is to read the atmosphere of a conversation and answer in the least offensive way possible." He seems to have a problem with others being in his personal space, for he gets uncomfortable if anyone touches him or gets too close. In the series, he is shown to be inexperienced with the Western world, and prone to culture shock. He looks young, but claims he is very old, and his character design features dark brown eyes and black hair. He often tries to adopt the cultures of other countries he meets such as France, but ends up secretly shocked or awkwardly confused in the end. Generally quiet, he is often depicted with the attitude of a businesslike old man. His human name is Kiku Honda. In the anime series, he is voiced by Hiroki Takahashi in Japanese and Christopher Bevins in English.

Allied Forces

The Allied Powers, primary characters within the series. From left to right: Russia, England, America, China, France.
The Allied Forces group consists primarily of the characters America, Britain (also known as England), France, China and Russia. These characters are often depicted as comically failing to reach consensus in their war meetings. The representations of countries also part of the historical Allies of World War II, such as Canada, make additional appearances.
United States (America Amerika?)
America is an energetic, well-meaning, headstrong 'hero' type character. In the series, he was raised by England and later fought for his independence. The self-proclaimed leader of the Allied Forces, his catchphrase is "I'm the hero!" His ideas for solving international problems are often absurd, and he is usually oblivious to the opinions of others. America's ideas and inventions are grand, but rarely go anywhere. His crippling fear of the supernatural is at odds with his friendly acquaintance with a grey alien named Tony, who lives in his house. America is frequently seen clutching a hamburger, or eating while speaking. Despite his unhealthy habits, he has incredible superhuman strength as seen in one episode when his younger self swinging an adult buffalo around in the air (episode 40) and in another episode where he picks up England's car and drags it across the forest where England was training, just to ask permission to borrow it (episode 7). He is often portrayed as a rude fellow and one who has disregard for whom his actions affect or just what the consequences might be. Despite his faults, he has a sweet side and is a good-hearted, cheerful person that is always willing to help his friends and try to do the right thing. He has dark blonde hair, vivid blue eyes, and he wears glasses (Which represents Texas).
He also wears a US Army Air Force officer's uniform and a leather flight jacket. In the anime series, he is voiced by Katsuyuki Konishi in Japanese and Eric Vale in English, both of whom also voice Canada. As a child, America is voiced by Ai Iwamura in Japanese and Luci Christian in English.
United Kingdom (England Igirisu)
England, also known as the United Kingdom, UK, or Britain, is depicted as an irritable young man with big, bushy eyebrows. A former pirate and punk, he is now a cynical and sharp-tongued gentleman. Some of his notable character traits include his wonderful scones, love of rum, amazing language, ability to see supernatural creatures (Flying Mint Bunny), and ability to perform dark magic on his enemies. Britain is most antagonistic towards France, with whom he shares a long rivalry (the "snail slurping surrender monkey"), and has mixed feelings towards America, his former charge. He's usually recognized for his bushy eyebrows, spiky blond hair, green eyes, and his green RAF uniform. In the English release of the anime, when asked why they opted to choose the name "Britain" over "England", Funimation explained that it was a request from the Japanese studio. Tokyopop, the English publisher of the manga, refers to him as "England."
In one strip he notes that he has an older brother named Scotland. Himaruya has confirmed that England represents both the UK and England, while Scotland, Northern Ireland, and Wales are his siblings. England's other relation is Sealand, a micronation whom England considers to be an annoying little brother due to his continued attempts to get other countries to recognise him as an independent country. In the anime series, England's voice actor is Noriaki Sugiyama, and his English voice actor is Scott Freeman.
France (France Furansu)
France is a romantic and carefree character. In the series, he is shown to have a long-held rivalry with Britain. Parodying the cliché of the romantic French, France frequently makes romantic and sexual passes at many characters, including England, and strips naked with his privates censored by roses. France explains away his long history of military defeats by attributing them to a joke from God. He regards himself as the eldest brother among the European nations and is referred to as such by some of them, though he calls Spain his elder brother in turn. However, he gets very upset when another nation refers to him as an 'old man', as he claims he's still young. When he is happy, the way he laughs is intended to be a stereotype of him being French. He is often depicted wearing flashy blue and red clothes with a rose in his hand. In the anime series, he is voiced by Masaya Onosaka in Japanese and J. Michael Tatum in English.
Russia (Russia Roshia)
Russia is a large nation who at first appears to be sweet, but has the innocence and cruelty of a child deep down. He adores vodka and sunflowers. His primary target of resentment is General Winter, because despite using the cold to his advantage in war, he is also attacked by him every year. Russia has a kind face, but has mentally cracked from the strain of his bloody history. Despite his brutalities towards others, he truly means well and wants to live with everyone in a warm place surrounded by sunflowers. The other nations are terrified of him, especially the Baltic Trio (Latvia, Lithuania, and Estonia). He also has two sisters: his older sister is Ukraine who is kind but easily upset, while his younger sister absolutely terrifies him; Belarus. He becomes gloomy and depressed when either of them is on his mind because Ukraine left him to try to make friends in the European Union and Belarus is obsessed with the idea of forcing him to marry her. Russia happily promises that eventually "all will become one with Russia". Another favorite phrase is "kolkolkolkol", used when he is angered. Russia is often seen carrying a water faucet pipe. For unknown reasons Poland is not afraid of him. In the anime series, he is voiced by Yasuhiro Takato in Japanese and Jerry Jewell in English.
China (China Chūgoku)
China, also known as Yao, is one of the oldest nations, being depicted as nigh-immortal and over four thousand years old, making him the eldest brother among the East Asian nations. He is disturbed and distrustful of Russia, reflecting the Sino-Soviet Split that actually occurred after the war. China's favorite food is variety, and as such has certain tastes for things and gets irritated if a food has a certain pattern of tastes. He is a big fan of Hello Kitty and tends to end his sentences with the suffix -aru, a Japanese stereotype of how Chinese people speak. However, he replaces the customary -aru with the suffix -ahen, which means opium, when speaking to England, as a reference to the Opium Wars. After China's defeat in the Opium War, he became the cook for England and France. During the fight between the Axis and Allies, China fights Germany and Japan with a Wok (round cooking pan) and ladle, which became his weapon of choice that also serves the stereotype that China serves good food. China's boss was introduced as a green Chinese dragon with an intimidating appearance, but in reality, he is quite relaxed and moderate as well as shown to be bullied by China in a comedic way. China is often depicted with pandas. In the anime series, he is voiced by Yuki Kaida in Japanese and Clarine Harp in English.
 
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 result image  Switzerland (Vash Zwingli):
His territory is a mountainous area blessed with crops, and because he’s held between strong nations in every direction that all followed a history of hardships, he tries to hold a different sort of honor and involvement.

He’s always cool and undisturbed, but Germany and Italy keep throwing him off his groove.
He’s very loving towards Liechtenstein.

One of the movies I enjoyed was Hetalia painted white.
 
 

Hetalia to me is a great show if you see it you would like it to. 

Go Hetalia!!!!!