Talk:Axis Powers Hetalia (manga)

Human names and human ages (and misc. trivia)
From the little info I can find on the dates and circumstances of when Hidekaz Himaruya gave the characters these details, it would appear they were first blog-exclusives. 2ch and other Japanese sources have given these dates for the respective "debuts" of the trivia:


 * Human ages: A blog post circa October 2006 (from his now shut-down first blog). A fan asked something to the effect of "How old do you draw the characters as?". Himaruya first gave answers for the Axis, stating that he drew Germany and Italy at the age 20, but that Japan's age was a "secret". Romano was noted as being designed to be a few years older than Italy, and "somewhere around 22-23". Prussia has never been given a set human age, and neither have Austria or Hungary. We do know that Hungary is a little older than Austria, and that Prussia is older than both Austria and Germany. Belarus is apparently 19, though her age wasn't included in the original listing and apparently this was stated in another posting (that she was the same age as Poland and Lithuania).


 * Human names: Apparently this detail came in May 2007. It's commonly been said that the requester's motivation was to have alternate names to ship the characters by in videos (on behalf of other fans), however, the main motivation stated in their question was something to the effect of "What names would they have as normal humans?" or "Do they have actual human names?" (the translation's pretty iffy). Himaryua covered the original '03-06 cast list, then included Prussia, Belarus, Sealand, and Canada as bonuses.

Prussia was apparently created as "recently" as early-mid '07, going by notes that Japanese fandom has on him. Initially, there was to be a separate character for the Teutonic Knights, but it was decided to make him a younger Prussia. Saxony and Bavaria were also designed around this time.