Story: 8/10
The main part of the story revolves around World War 1 and 2. A part from that we get a lot of small side stories like the stories of Italy and the Holy Roman Empire. Hetalai jumps around a lot and it covers many aspects of world history in and interesting, funny and entertaining way.
Art: 8/10
I find the art very cute and funny. I like how they kept a sort of sketchy style (I know it's not a real word but hey!) with stick men and such. It still gets that web comic vibe even though it's an anime. And of course, the chibi style is kawaii!
Sound: 9/10
I watched most of the first two seasons in Japanese and I found it to be quite difficult to follow. Everything happens really fast and some times a lot of characters just talk over each other which made it hard to read the subtitles.
I then gave the English Funimation dub a go and I loved it! I especially liked how the characters had silly accents which only helped stereotyping the contries in a cute and funny way. I did miss that in the Japanese version.
I think both versions are good and if you are able to read subtitles very fast the Japanese version probably won't be a problem for you. If you, like me, have trouble reading that many lines that fast, the English version is just as good, maybe even a little better!
Character: 10/10
There isn't much to say here! I love all the characters and I find them very funny and lovable! I like how Russia still manages to freak me out even though they made him all cute on the outside. The characters are typical stereotypes and I think they fit how different people from different countries see each other.
Enjoyment: 10/10
I allways laugh a lot when I watch Hetalia. It's very entertaining and it's just what I need after a hard day of work. It makes me smile and that's what it's supposed to do! And I also think the 5 minutes for each episode is quite fitting. If they where any longer I think you would likely die from laughing so hard!
Overall: 9/10
Hetalia Axis Powers is a great anime whit great story and funny characters! I highly recommend it if you need a good laugh from time to time.
