User blog comment:Ceras SanMarina/The Movie (Possible spoilers! No, probable spoilers?)/@comment-2004850-20100605202004

Well, I'll hope that, as a Hetalia fan, I'll like it. However, it probably won't do for the average person.

The clip show seems unnecessary for something like Hetalia. First of all, it's the sort of movie where the fandom is the primary, if only, audience. The people who aren't into it and are going are probably parents and random friends that get dragged along. It's not the Star Trek movie, where even people who have never watched the original series can go in and enjoy it. Second, what can anyone really gain with the clips, anyway? Honestly, unless someone is giving you the run-down of the series, I have doubts that a random clip show will explain much about Hetalia. And, let's face it, either the parents/dragged along friends wont care, or are unable to fully grasp their teens'/friends' incessant babble.

Hopefully the animation is good. Praising it as "better than the TV series" doesn't help and actually makes it sound almost...bad. It's a movie. It has a higher budget than an episodic series. The animation in movies is always better than the TV series. (You can even see this in shows like SpongeBob!) Hopefully it turns out to be rather nice...