
A musical of the wildly popular if quite rotten country anthropomorphization anime Hetalia has emerged, as well as a surplus of images revealing the costumes of its many actors and garnering some rather positive acclaim due to the level of detail present, a happily common theme amongst live action adaptations of late.
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A brand new season of country anthropomorphisation comedy Hetalia has been announced in the form of “Hetalia: The World Twinkle”, sure to enrapture fans the world over – and likely inspire its legion of fujoshi fans to further devotion.
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Legions of fujoshi have lent their aid in determining the best BL anime of the year, although their obsession with Free! and Shingeki no Kyojin may owe as much to the volume of rotten doujin content spawned as it does actual BL action.
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Anime fans have selected their most anticipated upcoming anime of the 2013 winter season, quite possibly ready once again to have their hopes dashed hard.
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- Author: Artefact
- Categories: Manga, News
- Date: Jul 25, 2011 02:32 JST
- Tags: Comiket, Doujinshi, Events, Fujoshi, Hetalia, Otaku, Sengoku Basara, Statistics, Touhou, Yaoi

Comiket 80 is not far off, and with the participating circle numbers and types duly tallied up, observers have noted the event is now all but monopolised by Touhou fans and fujoshi…
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Anime fans asked which anime they have trouble understanding the popularity of seem mystified by the huge popularity enjoyed by several recent blockbusters.
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The latest Japanese object of Korean fascination and outrage is excrement themed anime “Unko-san.”
Koreans allege that a character named “Kim Ben” (“Ben” is a pun on the Japanese character for excrement), who loves kimchee, has narrow eyes and is “easily angered,” is in fact an attempt to liken Koreans to nightsoil. He is visible in the top right of the above illustration.
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This pair of MADs featuring Korea’s favorite anime Hetalia are both sitting high on Nico’s Anime Rankings – the first being a fully hand-drawn piece set to Baccano!’s OP theme, and the other a parody of Juuden-chan‘s catchy ED.
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The Korean furore over supposedly racist WWII parody anime Hetalia, which resulted in a partially successful campaign to force the anime off the air in Japan, did not stop at threats of cyber-terrorism; it appears even death threats have been issued against the author, 日丸屋 秀和 / Hirumaya Hidekazu.
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Not satisfied with forcing a cancellation of the main TV broadcast of WWII parody anime Axis Powers Hetalia in Japan, or rather, perhaps emboldened by the ease with which the station was overcome, Koreans have redoubled their efforts and are taking action to see the rest of the online broadcasts, DVD sales, and presumably manga, cancelled.
A new petition (below) has already gathered 5,000 signatures, and extremists are advocating attacking Japanese websites connected with the anime to force a cessation of its distribution. The previous petition with more signatures led in part to the cancellation of the TV broadcast…
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In an outrageous attack on freedom of speech, nationalistic Korean protests have forced the upcoming satirical WWII anime Hetalia Axis Powers off the air entirely; the issue was even taken up in the National Assembly, where the anime was denounced as being “equivalent to criminal conduct”, such was the hysteria against any possible affront to Korea’s dubious claims over Dokdo/Takeshima.
Craven broadcaster Kids Station apparently felt they had no option but to cave in to the Korean claims of “discrimination”, despite the anime apparently not even including the elements which upset the hypersensitive nationalists.
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Furious Koreans have begun an effort to force the Japanese broadcaster of WWII parody anime Axis Powers Hetalia to cancel the series, based on angry accusations that its political satire dares to impugn the mighty nation of Korea.
However, the broadcaster points out that the “Korea” character doesn’t actually appear in the TV version at all…
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