Hetalia Drama CD: Prologue 2

Hetalia Drama CD: Prologue 2 is the third drama CD for Hetalia: Axis Powers, released on December 29th, 2008 as a Comic Market 75 exclusive. It contains the first drama CD appearances of China and Hungary.

Track Listing

 * 1: A Happy New Year
 * 2: Japan And The Footsteps Of Modernization
 * Bonus Track: Cast Commentary

Voice Cast

 * North Italy: Daisuke Namikawa
 * Germany: Hiroki Yasumoto
 * Japan: Hiroki Takahashi
 * America: Katsuyuki Konishi
 * England/UK: Noriaki Sugiyama
 * France: Masaya Onosaka
 * China: Yuki Kaida
 * Russia: Yasuhiro Takato
 * Austria: Akira Sasanuma
 * Hungary: Michiko Neya
 * Narrator: Kishô Taniyama

Trivia

 * Starting with this drama CD, Hiroki Takahashi began to use a deeper voice for Japan, a change that carried over to the anime adaptation.


 * An additional seiyū, Kaoru Mizuhara, appears in the Cast Commentary section in the discussion of recording for the drama CDs and anime. When it comes time for each actor to discuss the characters they play, Mizuhara mentions Kankoku and Korean barbeque, which drew speculation that she was originally cast as South Korea at the time of this recording, but was let go from the production when the character was written out of the series in light of the South Korean protests. However, a later translation revealed that Mizuhara was only discussing the idea of playing a character in the series, with a "Monaco" being suggested first for her by another seiyū before she picked Korea.