Austria - As if you couldn't tell from my avatar. *Cough*. When he first wormed his way into my favorites list I couldn't really figure out why I liked his character so much until I realized it's because I can relate to him in some ways. I've talked to other Hetalia fans who have expressed dislike towards him due to him being 'plain.' Welcome to my world, I'm about as plain as they come, though I don't think Austria plain in the least anyway. Austria is also, for the most part in least: a quiet fellow, though impatient, he gives higher priority to his hobbies rather then work, makes a fuss out of wasting things, has no sense of direction and hey, he likes cake! That's me in a nutshell folks.
America - Well, I have to like my own country, don't I? He's an obnoxious jerk with an unhealthy obsession with being a hero and junk food and basically every American stereotype rolled into one. It amuses me probably more then it should. When I first started watching Hetalia I was actually mildly offended by his character, but I've obviously gotten over it by now.
England - I always seem to like the temperamental type. Not to mention the whole bit with his 'magical friends' is pretty hilarious. I've been interested in the countries of the United Kingdom since childhood, so it really was fun to see England in Hetalia. The creator needs to hurry up and make characters for Scotland, Wales, Ireland and Northern Ireland though. Like, now.
Denmark - He's a viking, no need for any other explanation.
Seriously though, he seems like a pretty interesting character even if he hasn't been in the anime much yet. I tend to like the characters you don't know a lot about to, the side characters if you will.
Sweden - This is another country I've really liked since childhood. I've gotta admit though, I was expecting him to be a woman. Lol. I find it amusing that everyone is scared to death of him and all he really does is just look at them.
Russia - Because I've been pretty interested in this country in the past few years as well. Russian history never fails to interest me. Besides, he might be a psycho, but he's a lovable psycho! Not to mention I always like a character with a tragic past and Russian history is indeed quite tragic.
South Korea - I'm rather disappointed he's not going to be in the anime, I'm rather interested in Korean history to, though he ended up being quite different from what I expected. Very er...eccentric.
Belgium - She only gets shown for like 5 seconds in the first episode, but I already know she's cool.
Vietnam - Only a character sketch out for her so far, but I like her already to. Don't judge me, I need not explain my logic!
Ukraine - Her personality completly threw me off, I was expecting her to be really tough and she ends up being a big cry baby instead. Still like her any other way, she's the only semi-normal person in her family. Poor woman.
North Italy - Pasta! He's the main character, there is something wrong with you if you don't like him.
Japan - It is because of him anime in general is possible after all! I love how he comes across as the most sane person in the whole series to by the way.
China - His Hello Kitty obsession is quite entertaining. Can you tell I'm getting lazy with my explanations now?
Germany - Considering the series is supposed to mostly take place during World War II, I like to think about actual history while watching the show, even if it's meant to be a comedy. I was a bit worried when first watching this anime that Germany would come across as evil, but it seems the series tries to actually avoid mentioning incidents like the Holocaust and only make gags about Germany's 'crazy, insane boss'. Anyway, he's a pretty cool dude.
France - Yet another country I've had great interest in since I was a kid. His personality is very er...questionable if you know what I mean, but I have a crude sense of humor anyway obviously, so I find him amusing.
The Netherlands - He's only showed up in the web-comic once so far and not at all in the anime yet if I'm correct, but he tops my favorite character list along with Austria. This may very well be due to the fact I was informed by my mother that we have Dutch ancestry, so my interest in the Netherlands has greatly increased since then. From what I can tell from his personality he so far he seems very stoic and blunt. Which can make quite an interesting combination in my opinion. Though people usually play him off as a drug addict and being a lolicon. I'm just going to ignore that as I obviously don't approve.
Norway - I just really like the Scandinavians I guess. I don't know.
Anyway, yeah...I like pretty much all of them so I better just stop now. I'm getting tired of writing anyway, evidenced by my lack of proper explanations. If you actually read all this you are amazing. Have a cookie!
Anyway, sorry if most of my explinations and such don't make sense. I'm tried...and weird.
:hits_self Probably heading off to bed soon.
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Technically it's both. The manga goes by Hetalia: Axis Powers. The anime is Axis Powers Hetalia and then Hetalia: World Series. xD
