Hetalia: Axis Powers

Axis Powers Hetalia (ヘタリア Axis Powers, Hetaria Akushisu Pawāzu) is a webcomic with a manga and anime adaption, by Hidekaz Himaruya (日丸屋秀和 Himaruya Hidekazu).

Plot
The series presents an allegorical interpretation of political and historic events, particularly of the World War II era, in which the various countries are represented by human-like characters. Hetalia (ヘタリア) is a portmanteau combining hetare (へタレ, Japanese for "unreliable") and Italia (イタリア). This is to make light of Italy's apparent cowardice during World War II and overall character.

Achievements
Hetalia: Axis Powers Volume 2 had been the #No.1 New York Times Manga Bestsellers Of 2011.

Characters
Known human name
 * Feliciano Vargas (North Italy/Veneziano)
 * Ludwig (Germany)
 * Honda Kiku (Japan)
 * Alfred F. Jones (America)
 * Arthur Kirkland (England)
 * Francis Bonnefoy (France)
 * Ivan Braginsky (Russia)
 * Wang Yao (China)
 * Matthew Williams (Canada)
 * Lovino Vargas (South Italy/Romano)
 * Antonio Fernández Carriedo (Spain)
 * Roderich Edelstein (Austria)
 * Elizabeta Héderváry (Hungary)
 * Gilbert Beilschmidt (Prussia)
 * Feliks Łukasiewicz (Poland)
 * Basch Zwingli (Switzerland)
 * Natalia Arlovskaya (Belarus)
 * Tino Väinämöinen (Finland)
 * Berwald Oxenstierna (Sweden)
 * Eduard von Bock (Estonia)
 * Raivis Galante (Latvia)
 * Tolys Laurinaitis (Lithuania)
 * Heracles Karpusi (Greece)
 * Sadik Adnan (Turkey)
 * Im Yong Soo (Korea)
 * Peter Kirkland (Sealand)

Unknown human name
 * Australia
 * Belgium
 * Bulgaria
 * Cameroon
 * Cuba
 * Cyprus
 * Denmark
 * Egypt
 * Holy Roman Empire
 * Hong Kong
 * Hutt River
 * Iceland
 * India
 * Kugelmugel
 * Ladonia
 * Liechtenstein
 * Luxembourg
 * Macau
 * Moldova
 * Molossia
 * Monaco
 * Netherlands
 * New Zealand
 * Niko Niko Republic
 * Norway
 * Portugal
 * Romania
 * Seborga
 * Seychelles
 * Taiwan
 * Thailand
 * Ukraine
 * Vietnam
 * Wy

Fanon
Due to the majority of characters being male, slash is the most popular ship type in the fandom.

Fandom
FAN FICTION
 * Hetalia: Axis Powers tag on FanFiction.Net
 * Hetalia: Axis Powers tag on FanFiction.Net

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