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Nonetheless, some continue to believe in there being some sort of conspiracy theory about a Philippines character. It was later revealed in a series of blog sketches that " Asia3" was actually Vietnam with her ponytail worn differently. In the sketches, Vietnam was shown with various different hairstyles including one with a bun and one with flowers like the chibi sketch.

Fact : Debatable and unconfirmed. The early days of Prussia are something that have yet to be delved into in full, although a young Prussia in his Teutonic Knight incarnation appears in the third and fourth portions of the webcomic Extra Story entitled Liechtenstein's Journal Of Swiss Dopiness. In his official profile, it is said that Prussia was born as the "St. Mary's Hospital in Jerusalem. This period on his profile is followed by a space reading "a bunch of other stuff", before skipping to his incarnation as Prussia.

It is notable that he has not been depicted as representing Old Prussia , a historical Baltic region which the Teutonic Knights later conquered and divided into Royal Prussia a province of Poland and Ducal Prussia. The latter would later become Brandenburg-Prussia , and then the Kingdom of Prussia. Its final incarnation after it was annexed by Germany was known as the Free State Of Prussia , which was later dissolved de jure by the Allied Forces in As Prussia starts off as a Teutonic Knight, fans have theorised that he killed the original and took their name when he conquered their land, or simply merged with them and became the dominant personality.

Alternatively, Old Prussia may not have had any character to represent it, and may simply have been a piece of important territory or a "vital region" for the Baltics as Silesia was to Austria.

In Japanese fandom, it is common for Pruqsas the Old Prussian name for Prussia to be used as a "true name" of sorts for Prussia, though this is troublesome in light of the greatest discrepancies between the states represented by Prussia in the series and Old Prussia: Prussia's depiction as entirely Germanic compared to Old Prussia's Baltic nature. The union of Brandenburg and Prussia is also something yet to be depicted in the series, leaving fans to speculate what may have happened to the other country.

As Prussia's profile stated that he avoided any marriage, it is commonly assumed that he may have physically merged with Brandenburg, or killed him off as well. A few different rumours and theories exist for the fate of Prussia after the state's dissolution in , especially in strips set later in history for Hetalia :.

Fact : Prussia's exact status in the modern-day strips is something that has yet to be explained in full. The common fan theory before he appeared in contemporary strips was that he was dead, and the dissolution of Prussia became a subject explored in fanworks. The alternate theory is that Prussia "evolved" to become East Germany, and fell under the control of Russia. In a response to a fan question, Hidekaz Himaruya explained that in the modern-day strips, Prussia finds himself lonely due to being more like an enclave than an actual nation, and that he freeloads off of his brother and Austria.

A series of production notes by Himaruya indicates that the second or third theories might be valid for Hetalia canon, as Prussia is described to have been under the control of Russia after WWII and was stuck working unprofitable jobs for some time.

It has also been stated that Prussia hates Russia, and he has been shown to refer to his younger brother as "West" though he also refers to him as such before Germany was historically split.

Regardless of what name he may have taken on later, he is still referred to as "Prussia" in events as recent as the April Fools' 09 storyline and site event, where he hijacked Kitayume and created his own blog. Another piece of evidence that could point to the East Germany theory is a Christmas game idea by Himaruya that was abandoned: In the game, the Hetalia nations are ordinary humans living in New York City, with Finland still working as a Santa Claus.

An "East German" man was mentioned in the original text for the game, who seems to bear some resemblance in personality to Prussia. As Himaruya scrapped the game idea, it is uncertain if the East German was intended to be the human version of him or not. The Kaliningrad theory had also had doubt thrown on it, as it is still considered a part of Russia at present, as well as the consequences of the expulsion and killing of ethnic Germans having affected it and its populace having become mostly Russian.

Some believe that Prussia could simply represent the Germanic minority of the exclave, and that as it is a highly militarised territory, he would fit more in the role due to Prussia being known best for being a military state. A sentence in Prussia's profile in volume 3 of the published manga also gives it as a possibility, mentioning that though he lives with his brother, he has also become an exclave of Russia.

While some believe it indicates he is Kaliningrad, others believe that it is simply his "house" that is now Kaliningrad. Prussia was dissolved and a remaining portion of it was transformed into part of the German Democratic Republic German: Deutsche Demokratische Republik , with traces of its Prussian past eliminated.

The theory also seems to be the most likely due to the aforementioned notes by Himaruya and his statement that Prussia does not like Russia. Theory 2 : Himaruya is taking the history of old Prussia territory into account and Prussia refers to his brother as "West" as he used to be western Prussian territory. However, though non-Prussian German territories were somewhat west of Prussia, the most common division historically was Prussian in the north and German in the south.

Theory 3 : "West" is short for Westphalia , after the Kingdom of Westphalia , which was created a year after the dissolution of the Holy Roman Empire. Parts of Westphalia had also once been Prussian territory, including the Electorate of Hesse a Hesse is mentioned as one of Germany and Prussia's other siblings. Rumour : Prussia is voiced by Subaru Kimura , most famous for being the later voice of Gian in the series Doraemon. When Episode 10 was released, many fans in both the Japanese and international fandoms assumed that an uncredited Kimura had voiced Prussia, due to the distinct type of voice used for the character.

However, Prussia's voice actor was never officially confirmed for a long time, and fans wondered if the "mystery" voice actor would be recast if Prussia got a larger role in the series. The speculation came to an end when an interview in Comic Birz revealed that Atsushi Kousaka had voiced Prussia in episode 10, and would continue to voice the character. It was also revealed that Hidekaz Himaruya had approved the casting and had anticipated that Kousaka would be the best choice for Prussia.

Fact : While his design does invoke the image of an albino, it has yet to be outright confirmed or commented on by Himaruya. In most fanart, he is simply coloured with grey or white hair, though Prussia's actual hair and eye colouring vary in the series:.

It is notable that contrary to popular belief, not all albinos have red or pink eyes, but may also have light blue eyes that may appear to be lavender due to the pigmentation of blood. Fact : Debatable. While it is confirmed that he is an older brother to Germany, there has been no official confirmation if he is the same to Holy Roman Empire or what HRE's connection to Germany may even be. Prussia having appeared to have originated as a Teutonic Knight would suggest that he is in fact the younger "brother" to HRE instead, if HRE and Germany were the same.

If this were still the case, Prussia would be the younger of the two. Though it is possible that Himaruya was only referring to the historic Prussia, or hadn't yet decided what to do with his childhood, as his plans for characters are subject to change through the series. But in the theory of him having been originally Baltic Prussia which would place him as older , it would be of note that he would not even be Germanic, but a Baltic instead and likely not a child of Germania.

To reconcile this, some theorize elaborately that Germania may have kidnapped Baltic Prussia or that he split in two and became Germanic or at least one half of him. Detractors of the separate-character theory point to the Old Prussian place names still being intact after the conquering, which would seem unlikely to be kept around. Similarities are also drawn between Old Prussia being conquered and America being conquered by various nations, to where it is pointed out that there was no character death involved for the personification of America who seemed to be born after "New Sweden" , so it is theorized it would be unlikely for Old Prussia to have been killed, instead having been "Germanified".

Some fans believe that if Germany is the older brother through being HRE or through the original Kingdom Of Germany , it could be that he simply lets Prussia believe that he is older and act as such. Before Himaruya confirmed the two to be brothers, some fans in the Japanese fandom presented alternate theories for their relation, one being that Germany was Prussia's nephew while another had the two as cousins.

Rumour : Gentosha Comics discontinued production of the collected editions of Hetalia: Axis Powers , due to controversy and the South Korean protests. While there was a noticeable lack of announcement for the release date of Hetalia: Axis Powers volume 3 , it was never confirmed if the published manga had in fact been stopped due to the protests.

Gentosha did later put out two "storyboard collections" and a guide World Wide Walking for the animated adaptation, which suggested that they had not completely stopped publishing Hetalia-related materials. After a long hiatus, the third volume of the series was finally announced on 24 September , and was released in May of the following year.

The title of the series, more specifically the order of the words, has been up for debate ever since the published manga and anime came out. While most fanworks use the abbreviation APH , the published manga and anime render the title as Hetalia Axis Powers or Hetalia: Axis Powers , which is the official "international" title for the series in both of those incarnations, although the actual manga volumes show the logo with the APH ordering.

It may be that the original title was intended to be read as "Axis Powers: Hetalia", though it remains uncertain. It would appear that either title is valid for the series, although the APH ordering would apply to the webcomic and some of the merchandise, while the HAP ordering would apply to the anime, published manga, and other merchandise.

Two of the commercial drama CDs leave out the "Axis Powers" part altogether, and simply refer to the series as Hetalia. The Polish translation of the published manga released on 13 November opted to use the original APH order for its release, though it remains to be seen what order other countries will use to refer to it by.

Rumour : Character designs of a teenage Holy Roman Empire and Italy brothers can be found in the special edition booklet of Hetalia: Axis Powers Volume 2, and are meant for the Shotalia storyline. Fact : The sketch in question was actually drawn by Himaruya as a tribute to a fangame he liked that was loosely based on his Shotalia idea which he said would cover the Thirty Years' War.

It first appeared on his original blog and Kitayume in early , and was reposted to his new blog, Bamboo Thicket. The fangame, Gloria Hetalia , has yet to be completed due to changes and complications in its development. A canon sketch of an older HRE does exist, and was created when Himaruya first announced his plan for Shotalia. Neither of these sketches can be found in the Volume 2 booklet, though sketches for other characters are displayed, including theoretical RPG designs for the Axis and Allies which were later used for Hetalia Fantasia.

Although the storyline was first planned back in January , no further announcements about it have been made, leading to speculations that it has either been postponed or scrapped entirely, possibly along with the idea of HRE as a teenager.

Fans have noticed that the teenage Italy appears to be wearing papal robes in the fangame that the sketch was based on, the implication being that the original artist meant for Italy to represent the Papal States , which has to lead to some criticisms over the inaccuracy.

The teenage version of HRE appears as a knight in the game, and dresses in a similar fashion to the Teutonic Knight incarnation of Prussia. A teenage version of Italy has made brief appearances in Hetalia canon, while the teenage version of Romano has only appeared in a few blog sketches and was briefly shown from behind in Maria Theresa And The War Of Austrian Succession where Italy appeared as well.

While the pairing has been given attention in canon, and Sweden has been shown to have clear feelings for Finland, there has been no evidence given that Finland returns these feelings. He also told Hanatamago in the Christmas Event that Sweden was not his husband. Fact : Though the above rumour is in fact old information that was later lost, it remains confirmed as true in the Japanese fandom for Hetalia.

The information could originally be found on Himaruya's original update logs from , which were later deleted. In the original question, a fan asked if Sweden was homosexual and Himaruya confirmed that Sweden was indeed actually homosexual, but also told the fan to feel relieved as Sweden only had feelings for Finland.

The statement has been seen as somewhat controversial due to the implication of the characters having set sexualities, the idea that Himaruya might be "playing favourites" with characters' relationships, or the possibility of there being homophobia in the series with the "strange" Sweden being the only confirmed homosexual. As Himaruya's plans for characters tend to change, there is also debate as to whether this statement could still be considered canon or not.

Rumour : Taiwan wants to marry Japan or stated in a strip that she planned to marry Japan, explaining why she told China to leave him alone and does not get along with China.

Fact : Taiwan has not expressed any sort of feelings for Japan so far, and there is no evidence of her having said that she wished to marry Japan. The doodle where Taiwan tells China to leave Japan alone is often brought up by some Japan x Taiwan shippers as evidence for their pairing, but some go as far as to suggest that Taiwan has been longing to marry Japan due to her defending him.

Some China x Taiwan fans will also suggest that it is China that she wants to marry and that she is his little sister, though it has yet to be seen what her actual relationships with both are like. In China's drama track, it appears that Taiwan does not see China as a brother or a lover, but as a teacher. As the track was written by Himaruya, it could stand to reason that this is valid for the strips.

Rumour : It is Prussia that coins the term "vital regions" in the comics, and his favourite hobby is to invade them and to threaten to seize them. However, when he grew up, he staged a revolution against England through his desire to grow up into an individual country.

Beyond the humor and history, Hetalia owes much of its popularty to people shipping the various countries. Considering the fact that each country has its own type of charm, it's almost impossible to not imagine the possibilities. Italy's homoerotic relationship with the Holy Roman Empire until the latter had to leave was a romance sprinkled across multiple episodes.

Meanwhile, pairings like Switzerland and his caring little sister Liechtenstein give the show some light-hearted moments.

Some aspects of Hetalia: Axis Powers are controversial. One element of this show is that the Axis Powers are put in a more sympathetic light. Historically, the Axis Powers aimed to take over Europe and the rest of the world piece by piece. However, within this show, the Axis countries are the main perspective characters at least for the first couple more WWII-focused seasons , while the Allies are the aggressors towards Germany's group.

An example of this situation comes in the form of a gag where the Axis Powers are sitting on a beach. They mind their own business as they talk about their plans, and then the United States marches in alongside Allied Powers to capture them all.

In this gag the United States sends China in to fight them, who manages to defeat both Germany and Japan before Italy calls out for help. Italy always takes the brunt of the abuse; the title Hetalia itself is a pun roughly translating to "useless Italy. Once, Russia listened to Lithuania's dreams and went so far as to share his own of "living in a warm place with sunflowers"; soon after, Russia allowed Lithuania to fall asleep on his shoulder, though he replaced himself with a panda when Lithuania woke up the second time.

The two have argued with each other at least since the early s, when Poland succeeded in capturing Moscow. Russia's revenge for this was taking part, together with Prussia and Austria, in the partitions of Poland. In , Russia decided to partition Poland again, this time in conjunction with Germany.

Their relationship was further soured by the years of post-war Soviet domination. It should be noted that Poland is not afraid of Russia; he actively defends Lithuania from Russia, despite the inherent threat. Russia's older sister, who acted as mother to both him and Belarus. She has giant breasts that make sounds when she moves. She was also the one who gave Russia his scarf. Though she wants to be with him again, she either winds up running away at the chance due to the issues that have arisen between them such as paying for gas , or due to being blocked from seeing him in some way such as her boss prohibiting her from seeing him.

In his own way, Russia also cares about her, describing her in quite fond terms in the manga. Russia appears at the meeting in Episode 01 , stating that he only wants to see a troubled Lithuania come running back to him.

His plan is quickly thwarted by Poland , who threatened to make his capital Warsaw. Russia's design is relatively the same in the anime adaptation, though the color of his scarf was changed from tan to pink.

His hair is also colored more beige than blonde. His given name is believed to have come from Ivan the Terrible or, equally as likely, Ivan The Great. Ivan happens to have been a common name for Russian czars there were six Czar Ivans, including two Romanov Ivans , as well as being a common name for Russian males. Ivan is also the name of most protagonists in Slavic fairy tales, such as The Death of Koschei the Deathless. Ivan has frequently been used as a stereotypical slang name for a Russian male.