The Goodness of Hetalia
---At first I thought it was just a bunch of trivia and not that interesting, but...
But the more I watched it, the more I began to understand how interesting it was.
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Surreal expressions, world view
I was shocked when I saw this scene.
why all white , since they are the personification of the countries
means that they are not having a meeting as representatives of the country ...?
or this
Why, are they flying?
□□When they are placed in a square frame
the scene changes abruptly ,and I feel the way of expression becomes unrealistic.
I wonder if this is a characteristic of old anime.
It's interesting, though.
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Expression technique
noticed points
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Sometimes stick people or white fluffy people
If the one push him he will sometimes fly away。
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with arrows and letters
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Also, old version (Axis Powers) Japan's eyes tend to be black and square.
I think it is mysterious and good.
Mysterious feeling
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Many (small) animals. I guess it's the author's taste.
Sometimes they are cats or mochi.
Appearance with other characters from the same author
It was surreal to see mochi America walking around with legs.
Sometimes the picture looks like a photograph The food is so shiny.
Sometimes the background looks like a colored pencil drawing.
close-ups of faces switches in an instant
With blur mosaic
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I think the interesting point is that ordinary people and people living as a nation exist together.
Born suddenly, may disappear suddenly, may live a long time......
To ordinary people, it seems strange.
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※ They represent not only a “country," but also imaginations of nationhood in ethnic jokes, or occasionally one of their citizen.
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Since they are short animations about 5 minutes per episode
It's quick and easy to see.
Each one is short and interesting.
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season 7 can be seen here (Japanese)
https://gyao.yahoo.co.jp/title/6062c5d9-8771-4e4d-ac12-0bb67eacfbfb
