High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Hetalia: Axis Powers (???? Axis Powers , Hetaria Akushisu Pawazu?) is a Japanese webcomic, later adapted as a manga and an anime series, by Hidekaz Himaruya (?????, Himaruya Hidekazu?). The series presents an allegorical trivialisation of political and historic events, particularly of the World War II era, in which the various countries are represented by stereotyped anthropomorphic characters. The main characters are the countries which made up the Axis powers and Allies of World War II, namely Italy (North Italy in particular), Germany, Japan, United States, England (representing the United Kingdom), France, Russia and China. Hetalia (?????) is a portmanteau combining hetare (????, Japanese for "gutless" or "pathetic") and Italia (?????). This is to make light of Italy's domination by neighboring states since the Italian War of 1521–1526. Данное издание представляет собой компиляцию сведений, находящихся в свободном доступе в среде...