User blog comment:Ceras SanMarina/The Movie (Possible spoilers! No, probable spoilers?)/@comment-2004850-20100606205751

Could you link to the Yahoo Japan Hetalia reviews? I rarely go to Yahoo Japan, so whenever I do, I always get lost DX

I don't blame them for being upset. Doesn't sound like much was really put into making the movie in terms of plot and character inclusion. Granted, aliens wasn't necessarily a topic that made it easy to give proper screen time to them all, but a good director should have been able to. Maybe instead of pushing it out so quickly, they could have taken time to enhance the storytelling and make it feel like more of a standalone film instead of an elongated episode. Because...it was sort of produced and released quickly, especially when taking into consideration that it would have had to of been completed for a bit now. I doubt the fandom would have suddenly died if the movie was released in January 2011.

Also, it might have even worked if they treated it a bit more seriously. The Storage Cleaning episodes were fairly serious. It's about having the skills to meld serious character development and humor together. How long was the film, anyway?