User blog comment:CeciN'estPasUnePipe/Funimation/@comment-1271618-20100110111800

It'll be interesting to see whether they go with accents or not, and/or how they render certain dialects. Poland's accent being translated as Valley Girl-speak was pretty much how scanlators decided to handle it, since Himaruya specifically used Nagoya high school girl slang for him. The team handling the dub might choose to go in a different direction, which could be controversial either way. Kansai-ben (for Spain) is usually rendered as a Southern accent or even a New Yorker-style accent in dubs, but if they gave Spain an actual Spanish accent and don't mistakenly give him a Mexican one (as some fandubs have), that'd be quite nice.

I'd hope Italy and others wouldn't have too thick of accents, it'd make them a little hard to understand (Oh Russia). I guess maybe it's a bit of a mixed blessing that Sweden's yet to get a big role, as translating Tohoku would probably be some sort of challenge for the dub team. Just look at how it turns out in scanlations, or even how some exaggerate it further by leaving out all vowels.

I'd take this with a grain of salt, but I remember someone on the Livejournal community mentioned that Vic Mignogna really hoped to voice Italy if Hetalia was dubbed. I'm hoping they'll go with a lesser-known VA for Italy, since the range Mignogna's known for just doesn't seem to fit him.

Italy's MKC stands a good chance of being translated, since "Shotalia" can be heard singing it in episode 48 until his voice breaks. It'd be awkward if the audio just randomly switched to Japanese, though I've seen dubs where that happens (where they don't bother to dub insert songs).