News and Merch!

Recently I found an interesting news page on the Hetalia wiki that points out the releases of many items that I was not aware of. The ones of you that enjoy Hetalia have perhaps already known about this, but at least this is intriguing to me.

In regards to that page, I would like to share my thoughts on some of the items I was not aware of.

• Travel and translation guidebooks (UK version): I think this a very interesting and cute idea for fans of Hetalia, though I am a bit worried about it teaching "Hetalia-like British English," considering how England typically talks. Also... I don't think that most Hetalia fans could think of England teaching English without remembering "This is a pen."

• History books? (WWI and WWII): I didn't think Hetalia would ever properly cover WWI and WWII, considering Japan's views on it... but I am quite curious as to what they have chosen to include and the jokes that were likely made.

• Beautiful World Drama CD: After having listened to all of the Goodnight with Sheep drama CDs and the Ghost at America's House mini-drama, I am very interesting in knowing that there are many more drama CDs to be heard. Considering that I heard the ones I did simply because I stumbled upon them on YouTube, I was entirely unaware that there were more.

Another page I recently found is the merchandise store on the official Hetalia website. As a big fan, this is really exciting to me, although I likely will never be able to get many of the products.

Even so, I would like to share my thoughts on some of them.

• Asterisk Series dolls (England and Japan): I could not believe just how cute these were when I first saw them. The dolls look highly poseable, if not fully, even seeming to come with two or more high-quality cloth outfits and interchangeable hands. If I could get anything from the store, I would definitely choose both of these, although that is not going to happen considering they cost over $125 and $116 respectively.

• British tea time snacks: Want to buy England's cooking? Well, it seems now you can. The box comes with heart-shaped cookies and two seals. I am quite curious as to that they taste like because they look pretty good considering what they are.

• Adorable keychains: They are quite cute and have appealing designs, although I am a bit confused as to why France's hair is lighter than his skin tone. Perhaps it is a reference to the musical, but it is a bit odd because the characters do not have the musical clothing designs.