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Originally Posted by undersealcpl

I watched a few episodes hoping that Axis Power Hetalia would be something like that, but it doesn't seem to be. Like most anime, it just confuses me, and I didn't see a single piece of military hardware. Perhaps one needs a more thorough understanding of Japanese culture to understand it.

Rather than having actual military hardware, it is more a comedic look of the Pre WWII, and later in the series WWII, international relations dynamic with countries represented by individuals who are suppose to personify that particular country, like the image in the original post of this thread. It is suppose to particularly focus on that dynamic from the view point of Italy, who from watching the series is personified as the bitched guy since "Grandfather Rome" left.

I like the idea behind personifying the nations, could be good for a kids' history show or maybe a historical comedy, if the history was correct.

If you like nations personified and the entire mecha-musume sub-genra, may I direct you towards Strike Witches. I haven't watched the series myself, but it is highly spoken off in that circle. As for the history, because they are dealing with nations as individuals the events between those nations are depicted in often weired almost nonunderstandable ways. And sometimes it is done just for comedy. Such as, in this series one of the greatest exports that Italy boast is pasta, and white flags.