,Hetalia,What is Hetalia?,Hetalia: Axis Powers ( Axis Powers ) is a manga and anime series by Hidekaz Himaruya placed in a World War-era setting in which the countries are represented by anthropomorphic characters. Hetalia is a made-up word combining hetare Japanese for useless and Italia . This is to make light of Italys apparent cowardice during World War II. Himaruya originally created Hetalia as an online webcomic, and so far two tankbon have been published by Gentosha Comics, the first on March 28, 2008 and the second on December 10, 2008. The series was later adapted into drama CDs, and an anime series created by Studio Deen has also began streaming online.The main historical events portrayed in this work occur between World War I and World War II. The series often uses satire and comedy to address well-known and lesser-known historical facts.,List of minor characters in Hetalia,Asia!,Name: China: Wang Yao Age: 5000 Status: The oldest brother in Asia Personality: Energeticoptimistic Name: Hong Kong Age: ? Status: Wang Yaos young brother. Personality: He doesnt like speaking, but he really love his brother.Name: Taiwan Age: ? Status: Wang Yao young sister. Personality: She doesnt want to go home. Wang Yao is worry about her.,Name: Japan: Honda Kiku Age: About 2000 Status: One of Axis powers Personality: Always says “I may think about it and reply to you.”When he is only a baby, China is his brother and China taught him a lot. Then he grew up, but he rebelled.,Name: Korea :Im Yong Soo Age: ? Status: One of Wang Yaos brother. Personality: He always says:” Im the origin of everything!” But everyone will hit him.,Some important countries in America!,Name： The USA: Alfred F Jones Personality：He styles himself as the hero of the world. He is the UKs brother.,Name :Canada: Matthew Williams Personality：His presence is so thin that nobody realize him, although he is standing in front of you, you must leave out him. He is the USAs twin brother.,Some important European countries.,Name: Russia: Ivan Braginski Personality: He dreams to have a home in warm country. He loves sun flowers. Although he is the tallest in allied powers, his voice sounds like a small boy. He has two sister, Belarus and Ukraine .,Name: The UK: Arthur Kirkland Personality: He was the empire on which the sun never sets . He cant drink wine, because something scary will happen if he does that.,The badcompany,They are bad companies, but they are also friends.,Name: Prussia France:Francis Bonnefeuille Spain: Antonio Fernandez Carriedo Gilbert Beilschmidt He is narcissism but he is This is an enthusiasm He is my favorite character very handsome and romantic. country . He loves tomato in this comic, he is very He is the first love of Europe. and south Italy. conceit, but because he is lonely.,enthusiasm,German：Ludwig He is Italys nurse. = =| He has a old brother Prussia and some clansmen :Austria , Hungary , Switzerland and Liechtenstein (列支敦士登). He is very serious and careful, but Italy is usually caught by the UK or the USA. He have to save his friend. He is an unlucky man because he has Italy. But he is an lucky man because he has Italy too.,Italy: Feliciano Vargas / Lovino Vargas They are twins, but they have different haircut and different character. For example, North Italy likes German because German always helps him, but south Italy doesnt like him . He calls German” Potato Nuts!”,Northern Europe Family,This is a large family, including Denmark, Norway, Iceland, Sweden, Finland and Zealand. This is also a happy family. Although they fought with each other in the past time, they are friendly to each other now.,Now Ill show some beautiful pictures to you!,What can we learn from it ?,As you can see, this is a story about the things that happened among the different countries. It is very interesting, isnt it? When you see the newspapers or watch the news on TV, you could imagine the country as person, what they are saying or what they are doing. It will make you are interested in international events.Do you think history is boring sometimes? Now you can learn it while watching cartoons. It will tell you about the history from Roman Empire to present-day. Please believe me that Hetalia is a really interesting and helpful comic, you can read it when you are tired or unhappy, it will cheer you up. Welcome come to talk with me abou it!,Thanks for listening to me!,