[NEWS] ANIME SUBBING NEWS

[pierio.livejournal.com]

It's official....
AARINFANTASY WILL BE SUBBING THE HETALIA ANIME!

aarinfantasy.com/forum/f12/t483-current_future_projects_updated.html#post1974554

Thoughts, comments, complaints(?)

This totally isn't my first posting to a community, no way.

Comments

[mhikaru.livejournal.com]

...I have to admit that I started reading Hetalia for the gay, so maybe I fall into the category you're talking about. The idea of anthropomorphic countries was interesting but the real reason I picked it up was after seeing a huge thread of Hetalia fanart on 4chan.

That said though, I've fallen in /love/ with Hetalia because of the history, the intelligence of the fandom and all the other things you mentioned. I think it's a little unfair to say that just because someone comes in for the gay, they won't stay for the history. (Or at least consider the history an integral part of the gay) I hope that the new fans we get from the anime will feel this way too. :3

[starshards.livejournal.com]

I appreciate if I sounded like an intolerant dickhead. xD
But like... hmmm... I need to rephrase that, I feel.
What I mean is... the typical yaoi fangirl who hates any female characters in a series, and immediately reads too deeply into things. The great thing about Hetalia is that Hidekaz playfully provides some risque stuff when it comes to the gay stuff like 'vital regions', or when France practically tries to rape every other character. xD
What I fear are the kinds of fans who twist things to suit themselves, including butchering an existing character, or quoting a specific line or action as justification of their ship as opposed to looking in a book, or indeed looking on Wiki, because one look into history is pretty much a justification for any ship. Hahaha. xDDD

I hope I'm making some kind of sense.

Basically, if new people come and they get interested in the joy that is learning history the fun way, then kudos, that's awesome. If we get an influx of people using fanart in their signatures on Gaia and on their myspaces and such... not so much. :'D

[mhikaru.livejournal.com]

Ah, I think I understand now. Actually, I agree. I think in order to write or draw a Hetalia character as "in character", you really do need to consider canon as not only the manga but also history itself!

Anyway, I hope that the new fans won't be rabid fangirls either... :D

[bearhive.livejournal.com]

Word to this, too. You're making perfect sense. |D