Now while the movie does follow a straight storyline, there are a few short skits that are thrown in at random places in the movie that have absolutely nothing to do with the actual plot of the movie and are there more for complete comedic purposes or reference little known historic facts. Now newcomers obviously won’t be able to understand a few of the characters’ interactions with one another nor a few of their personalities but it is certainly possible to be laughing extremely often and occasionally very loudly at all of the comedy that is happening nearly nonstop. Actually this structure makes the series a bit more welcome to newcomers than some would believe. However fans should appreciate seeing their favorite country (if he hasn’t been turned into a Pictonian) in an actual full length adventure rather than the short gags from the original series. Now as I mentioned earlier, the movie itself structures itself as nearly a continuous storyline which may throw some people off considering the jump in structure. Can the Allied and Axis nations work together to try and repel the alien invasion? Will there be hilarity on the way? Pasta!? With the countries thrown in disarray and their weapons unable to do anything to stop them, the Pictonians even begin to change some of the various side countries into faceless Pictonians as well. However even the world’s strongest military forces cannot do anything against an enemy who can turn every missile or vehicle of war into something limp, useless and lame. Well… everyone except for Italy unless you count a white flag as a weapon. With America being the only country with an idea, every country has decided to try and fight against the Pictonian menace and throw their best weapons against them. Of course this doesn’t sit well with most of them and the bickering continues until everyone gets fed up and leaves except Canada because no one knew he was there. The only person who even manages to make any type of suggestion is America who thinks that the best idea is to use military power to repel the aliens. Of course however, the guys (countries) cannot reach any form of agreement and instead start bickering and fighting with one another. Now with the world in danger, all of the countries have organized a meeting to try and figure out what they should do to try and stop the invasion. Throughout every country in the world these strange aliens known as Pictonians have invaded and transformed the countries occupants into Pictonians themselves. The story of Hetalia Axis Powers: Paint it, White! is that a strange new threat has come to Earth, and it has begun changing people into strange white faceless humanoid blobs with green lights sticking out of their heads like anglerfish. Now as I mentioned, the biggest change with Hetalia Axis Powers: Paint it, White! is the fact that it deviates strongly from the short sketch comedy that was originally seen in the anime and now contains a plot driven storyline that in my opinion actually helps keep the comedy and the personalities of the various characters flowing at a steady and enjoyable rate. Now Paint it, White! is a full length movie which is new territory for a series that originally follows a short skit format. To be more precise it is called Hetalia Axis Powers: Paint it, White!. Hetalia: Axis Powers has been brought over to North America by FUNimation and the company is continuing to do so into next year with Season 3, but until then we have been treated to a Hetalia movie. But what made Hetalia such a success? Well it actually is the fact that the series actually takes various countries from World War II and creates stereotypical characters from them and has them interact in hilarious ways. If that doesn’t sound like a rise to success for a writer then I don’t know what is. It was originally based off of an online webcomic that then became a manga, which then became an anime series. Perhaps one of the strangest yet most intriguing anime that I have ever come across is the Hetalia series.
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