Anime recommendation #5

We haven't written in a while, sorry :/ But now I'm back with another jewel <3

We had an Italy themed day at school yesterday and I had some free time so I ended up drawing. I went by the theme of the day and a lil Romano (South Italy) found his way onto the paper x3 The day triggered my inner Hetalian and I'm back in the fandom of one of my fav animes :3 Here, some info about it for the interested ones:

Yes, Hetalia is about history. No, you don't have to be necessarily interested in it. History is actually one of my worst subjects at school but I love Hetalia <3 It has also helped me with it xD The main idea behind the show is that the countries of the world are portrayed by people, mostly men (really stereotypically though) This is actually one of the reasons I love APH (Axis Powers Hetalia), it has so many awesome characters and I just can't choose a favourite x3

The old studio Deen art with almost purple skin might be a turn off for some watchers but I saw a Tumblr post about it: ''Only the strongest will get to see the 'Beautiful World'!'' or something like that. To put it simply. the first seasons looked like this:

And the latest two like this:

The ones who found Hetalia early enough had to go through the ''dark age'' (if it's okay to call it that) to get to see the beautiful artwork of the new seasons. I think I got into it around the time Beautiful World started airing.

Shortly about the characters:

The axis powers are pretty much the main characters: the Italy brothers (North and South aka Veneziano and Romano), Germany and Japan. They are portrayed pretty stereotypically. The brothers are all about pasta and other foods, Germany is extremely strict with training etc and Japan is really modest.

The allied forces (USA, France, UK, China, Russia and Canada) also play a big part in the series. The biggest stereotype is USA, mostly called America, who eats nothing but burgers and fries. France is pretty much a personification of love, England just can't cook, China loves pandas, no one sees Canada (T_T) and Russia is big and mysterious (and kind of scary xD)

There are way too many awesome characters to name, but most fans really like the Nordics who are the winter weirdoes of the anime x) (My babies :3) Icey's such a cute little cinnamon bun <33

So, if you want to watch a comedy with dozens of cute characters, you should check this out x3 It is also really educational if you ask me :D If you don't want to start with the old seasons, the newer ones are just okay to start with because Hetalia doesn't really have an actual plot. It's just random skits about the time of the world wars (most of them are comical, APH doesn't get sad/deep that often) and other times. I really recommend this wonderful piece of anime to everyone ;) At least it'll make history classes way more interesting xDDD

~ZANI~

Anime recommendation #3,5 & 4

Hiyaaaaaa :)

Yes, I have again finished another anime, but this time I'll recommend something else :P But here, have a short one for the newest anime I watched:

Planetes (=planets or wanderers, it's Ancient Greek) is an anime that was made back in 2004. The art was kind of a turn off, but I enjoyed the show anyway. Basically it's about debris collectors but the plot gets more and more complicated later on and there're also some adorable moments between the main characters. I needed to have some actual romance after the disappointing ones from the winter season, and this was amazing, especially the ending :33 Planetes was pretty dramatic from time to time, but it kind of worked out in the end anyway ^^ I really liked Hachimaki's voice because his seiyuu also voices the younger coach Ukai from Haikyuu <33 But now, let's get into the another one x3

No matter how many times I come back to this, it's always enjoyable. This wonderful piece of art is called Kimi to Boku, which means You and I. It doesn't really have that much romance in it but the cute blushing moments are worth it <3 Kimi to Boku is about a group of high school boys who have known each other since kindergarten. The funny thing is the blonde little guy Chizuru who joins the group. (He's such a cutie :3) Everyone of the 5 has a small romance going on at some point ;)

There is a pretty good amount of characters. Even some family members are introduced which I think is kinda rare. Anyway, these are the main 5:

Chizuru, the blonde ball of pure energy and happiness. He'd be cute enough just as he is, but when he starts to fall for a girl, he tends to blush and gets shy x33 My lil' baby x) Also, he's voiced by Miyo Irino <3

Shun is the ''mom friend''. He's often thought to be a girl, especially in the beginning when he has long hair. He looks pretty cute with the short hair, so why not x3

Yuuki and Yuuta are twins who seem really boring at first but turn out to be pretty amusing. Telling them apart might be hard at first, but their voices and hairstyles are the easiest ways to do it. They like to tease Kaname a lot :3

Kaname. He's pretty much the embodiment of perfection to me. A pretty tall, smart and responsible guy who gets embarrassed easily. Also, he has dark hair and glasses. That's like 100% what I'd want from a guy <3 I love how he always blushes when the others talk about his first love x333

Kimi to Boku is one of the light and soft animes that are meant to be watched when you want or need to relax. Yes, there is some drama between the characters, but it doesn't get dark or too serious. I recommend this jewel to pretty much everyone who doesn't mind some fluff or two seasons :)

~ZANI~