On the flipside of an all-female world, the web-comic turned web-anime
Hetalia: Axis Powers (2009-current) presents a "world" of its own with, instead, an overwhelmingly male main cast... although
it's anything but testosterone-fueled.
Following a premise of "anthropomorphize every country on the planet into a lovable bishonen to act out farcical renditions of historical events," the series thrives on the eye-candy of unusually pretty men.
Rather than having one token gender-bender to highlight, nearly every character has an air of androgyny to them, embedded into the artistic style. Maybe it would be a stretch to say that the androgynous style can reflect some deeper level of unifying ambiguity, that it's somehow related to the overarching themes of world peace. ...But sure, why not?
Following a premise of "anthropomorphize every country on the planet into a lovable bishonen to act out farcical renditions of historical events," the series thrives on the eye-candy of unusually pretty men.
Rather than having one token gender-bender to highlight, nearly every character has an air of androgyny to them, embedded into the artistic style. Maybe it would be a stretch to say that the androgynous style can reflect some deeper level of unifying ambiguity, that it's somehow related to the overarching themes of world peace. ...But sure, why not?
