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Hetalia Movie Gets Title, Site (Kinda)

Here's the good word!


At an event on February 19th Studio Deen announced the title of its upcoming anime film based on the popular web anime series Hetalia Axis Powers. The title is Axis Powers Hetalia Paint It White! (Shiro Kumere!).

Deen also declares the entry of a Hetalia event news site at the url 俺様.com, which it calls "tentative," which may explain why no matter what browser or OS I use, the page that opens does not appear to be Hetalia-related at all (it's a blog named after tempura donburi that hasn't updated since May 2009 and it's making me hungry).   On the other hand, that may also be an encoding issue with the kanji 
 
For those unfamiliar, Axis Powers Hetalia was originally a webcomic about anthropomorphized versions of vaguely World War II-era nations, which sounds like it should be rather dire but is in fact a really bizarre comedy. The anime adaptation-- a series of shorts --was originally scheduled to air on TV in Japan, but South Korea put up a huge fuss about their depiction as a kimchi-lovin' free-spirited gamer, and shortly thereafter it was announced that the anime would only air on the 'net. 
 
Which hasn't stopped Hetalia from gaining immense popularity, both in Japan and abroad, propelling it into movie theaters later this year!
HSaabedraon Feb. 22, 2010 at 9:55 a.m.
That certainly was fun trying to figure out the URL, but it had to be about tempura....curse the Japanese and their obsession with food!
lanaswifton Feb. 22, 2010 at 10:08 a.m.
I've never gotten around to watching the Hetalia TV series, but I'm looking forward to it. Would like to see the film too. 
 
Tempura is delicious.
XChileon Feb. 22, 2010 at 10:21 a.m.
Awsome great news!
@lanaswift: Its the most funny politics/ History will ever get.   You should check it out.
John_Martoneon Feb. 22, 2010 at 2:53 p.m.
@XChile: Hmm.. but is it more or less ridiculous than Strike Witches.
Konandaon Feb. 22, 2010 at 5:27 p.m.
@John_Martone:
Well I don't know about Strike Witches but Hetalia gets pretty ridiculous. Although I think the fans outweigh the actual franchise for ridiculousness.

Dig Deeper into Axis Powers Hetalia: Paint It White!

Hetalia: Axis Powers - The Movie: Paint it, White (Ginmaku Hetalia - Axis Powers: Paint it, White, literally Hetalia - Axis Powers on the Silver Screen: Paint it, White) is the first feature-length film adaptation of Hetalia: Axis Powers, released on June 5th, 2010. The film marks the first animated Iceland, who has been trying to get more tourists to help out his economy, notices a strange green mist in the atmosphere. Elsewhere, a woman is being chased through the streets by a mass of strange white blob-like aliens, who capture her and change her into one of their own. At the world meeting, the World 8 (consisting of the former members of the Axis Powers and Allied Forces) try to figure out a way to solve the situation, but wind up only arguing with each other and causing Germany to call the meeting off. North Italy is left alone, unaware that Canada had also attended the meeting and is there with him. Although the nations attempt to ward off the aliens in their own ways, the blob aliens manage to succeed in draining the color of various cities and transforming them and the people (including the nations themselves) into white blobs. Belarus and Ukraine attempt to search for their brother in the middle of the chaos. The aliens proceed to convert Poland, South Italy, Greece, and Finland. However, Switzerland and Liechtenstein are unaffected by the attacks due to their barrier of "permanent neutrality" and manage to evade the disaster. Though Tony is first suspected of being the cause, the World 8 discover that the aliens (known as the Pict) originated from a dying white star and have come to Earth looking for things to drain color and happiness from and to turn others into their race. Before Tony can explain further, the Pict capture him and convert him into a blob creature, leaving the World 8 to have to figure out a solution on their own. Elsewhere, Canada and Cuba attempt to help out humans that have been halfway converted into Pict. The eight nations then discover a spaceship and attempt to sneak onboard amidst the converted Earth population. America declares that he'll be the one to lead them, but this idea is shot down by Germany, who orders them to split up. France and England are forced to pair up, but wind up becoming caught quickly due to their arguments. America, Russia, and China find a control room, but wind up triggering an alarm and become ambushed by the aliens. Germany, Italy, and Japan attempt to sneak through the air vents in the spaceship, but a cat that Italy brought along in his suit attacks Germany and the three fall through the vent and fail as well. In an attempt to ward the Pict off and bring them happiness, the nations showcase their special talents: China and France show the aliens their food, Japan demonstrates the Bon festival, Russia shows them the art of ballet (and has dressed the Baltic Trio up in ballerina costumes), while America offers them gambling. The Pict seem to approve of the gambling, but wind up disgusted when they have to eat England's scones and attack the nations. The eight bail from the ship and wind up falling into a vast ocean, but reunite on a deserted island. They try to figure out another plan to defeat the Pict, but are found out by them and shown visions of the world turned into white blobs to depress them more. But Sealand has also found the group and has engineered his entire platform to move across the ocean. He tries to fight off the Pict with cannons on the platform, though they overtake him and transform him. The World 8 then decide to fight off the Pict (with the exception of Italy, who runs away to hide) and become engaged in a very physical battle, with Germany and America doing most of the fighting. The nations become overwhelmed by the Pict though, and America is the first to fall and become transformed (to England's horror). One by one, the nations are transformed into Pict, leaving Italy as the survivor and frightened at being the last one. Suddenly, as the Pict corner Italy, Ancient Rome rises from the sea to sing a song (previously heard in Episode 18) about "Heaven and Hell on Earth", using the transformed landmarks of the world as his stage backdrops. The Pict become baffled by the bizarre event, giving Italy his chance to "attack" them in his own way: Having found a felt-tip marker, he proceeds to draw strange faces all over the Pict and his transformed allies, causing them to laugh and find happiness. The happiness of the Pict cause the transformed nations on the island to revert to their human forms, and a strange faceless girl known as the Pict Princess appears to apologize for the destruction caused. She asks for Italy's marker (as such an object never existed in her world to create laughter) and thanks the group for showing her the meaning of happiness. The Pict Princess then returns the Earth to normal and departs with her race in the spaceship. The next morning, the World 8 wonder how they'll be able to leave the island, though Japan suggests that they all simply do Bon dancing.

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