Confirmation of Petition

[squeaky-spooky.livejournal.com]

Apparently the rumors about a petition in Korea to cancel the Hetalia anime are true:

http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2009-01-13/korean-protests-call-for-hetalia-anime-cancellation

No plans to cancel it as of yet. Interestingly enough, there were never plans for Korea to be in the anime.

Comments

[arashiyukawa.livejournal.com]

Wait, "A Korean character does not appear in the anime version"? But isn't Korea has already been designed?

I hope the petition won't work... ;_; blocking the anime from Korea, maybe, but to actually cancel it, I doubt it.

[atlikarinca.livejournal.com]

I'm not gonna say anything about the touchy protest business. But.

No Korea in the anime? Really? My icon begs to differ 8)

[dochii.livejournal.com]

SOULLESS EYES, JESUS

[arashiyukawa.livejournal.com]

you mean your soulless icon?

[dochii.livejournal.com]

Well...fine I suppose. Though I highly doubt the lack of Korea and they can't possibly get the anime canceled.

Guess we'll just have to see how everything goes.

[monoboo.livejournal.com]

But... yeah. Korea's in the characters section on the website, and I can't imagine they'd put up characters who aren't going to be in it. Unless they've changed their mind.

I'm more surprised Lithuania isn't there.

[okay.livejournal.com]

Woooow.

[minjii.livejournal.com]

-Busy laughing at her kind, brb-

[ryo-hakkai.livejournal.com]

If there's no Korea in it i'm gonna cry :[ even though i doubt they'd cancel him out anyways, still. Koreaaaaaaaaaaaaa.

[meltedpeep.livejournal.com]

Oh, that is unfortunate.

To be honest, I kind of think Korea is the most AWESOME of the Asian nations portrayed in the comic, but yeah. Definitely not my call to dictate what people may and may not find offensive in this case. Hopefully it'll work out in the end.

[summer-queen.livejournal.com]

I think it *is* likely that Korea isn't in the anime. Sure, there may be a character design, but there's no seiyuu listed, and by this point, someone would've been cast. Unless Korea's going to be voiceless, probably no Korea. (Similarly, Belarus and Greece have designs, but no listed seiyuu....)

Conversely, Lithuania *is* in the anime and has been cast, even though there's no character design.

[na-ka-ma.livejournal.com]

like... whatever D:


the funniest thing is that this fandom probably adore Korea, but Koreans "hate" him (not all of them, though)


yes I'm aware of the problem between Korea and Japan

[na-ka-ma.livejournal.com]

oh and one more thing:

I love KOREA-tan

I want him to be in anime D:




I wish I knew how to make those superb backgrounds behind the text, help? anyone?

[herbalriver.livejournal.com]

... By soulless you mean Seoul-less?
lame pun.

[tsumibatsu.livejournal.com]

Ditto on Korea's awesomeness in the webcomic.

[madhatterarashi.livejournal.com]

If they said that Korea is not going to be included in the anime, it probably means he would just make a brief appearance during the Meeting of the World and then stop. He has just a line, in the coloured version of the Meeting, so they probably turned him into a silent character like Belgium, who appear but does not talk.

[na-ka-ma.livejournal.com]

I need Korea in this anime

[kuromitsu.livejournal.com]

Oh, for... *facepalm* It's not the news, it's that it's on ANN. That's the sort of publicity I would've been happier without.

[noelrain.livejournal.com]

Thank God there is NOT a Vietnam/North Korea character.
Sorry but this concern is plausible.

[minjii.livejournal.com]

_{Actually there is a Vietnam... (I'd think North Korea would be South Korea's 'evil twin' in any case ~)}

[minjii.livejournal.com]

_{-Gives you a golden star sticker for the pun ~-}

[herbalriver.livejournal.com]

Vietnam only appears on a sketch in Himaruya's blog.
:C

[herbalriver.livejournal.com]

*grabs golden star sticker and sticks to cellphone*

[noelrain.livejournal.com]

Really? I guess I have to dump my almost-finished fancomic then since it has N and S.Vietnam seperately DDDX
LOL Russia dressed in Korea's clothes maybe?

[minjii.livejournal.com]

Oh dear. D8

Korea with a Russian look? Oh mai!