I Am Matthewian



The I Am Matthewian Project is a spin-off of the popular webcomic turned anime Axis Powers Hetalia whose main purpose is "eliminating Canada's invisibility". The project began when Canadian playwright and artist Ina-chan discovered Axis Powers Hetalia. Finding the comic addictive but less than thrilled with fandom's portrayal of Canada, she created a parody of Canada's Really Big. This led to [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6E65mykEbgY Canada EH! Episode 1].

It was at this point that Ina-chan discovered the personifications of Canada's 13 Provinces and Territories by fellow Canadian artist ctcsherry. After obtaining permission from Sherry, Ina-chan incorporated the personifications into the I Am Matthewian Project. The two major projects in progress are Canada EH!--a series of videos mainly dealing with Canada's history--and Fancomic Adaptations, with a third project in the works.

Interestingly, the writers and actors involved in the I Am Matthewian Project try to avoid directly copying Himaruya's original interpretations of the characters. Instead, they draw from history and personal experience. It also manages to avoid Fake Nationality by having a mostly Canadaian voice cast.

Can be seen here, with its own forum here, dA page here, and wiki here.

I Am Matthewian contains examples of:

 * Action Girl: The Yukon seems to be this.
 * Beware the Nice Ones: Northwest Territories shoots a hole in Ontario's ceiling...but she does it with a smile!
 * Bigger Is Better: The CN Tower Song.
 * Does This Remind You of Anything?: Ontario refers to the CN Tower as his "glorious erection".
 * Girls with Guns: Northwest Territories is this.
 * Half A Province And A Sort Of Dog: Newfoundland and Labrador.
 * Moe Anthropomorphism / Canadian Provinces As People: It is a Hetalia spin-off so it is full of this.
 * Why Did It Have to Be Snakes?: According to the original drawing Saskatchewan has an extreme fear of heights.