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.


 * 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.