Two things you need to know are that I am normally pretty patient of dubs and that I am not a fan of Hetalia: Access Powers (don't hate the series, just not that into it).

My friend who is a fan gave me a link to the dub done by Funimation and he was outraged, and I can understand why. The dub is truly and entirely awful. It's 4Kids bad. And I don't say that lightly.

Hetalia: Axis Powers, for those unfamiliar with the series, is a parody of world customs, politics and traditions by anthropomorphizing countries into people. The series is somewhat controversial since there is quite a bit of implied boyxboy relationships, and stuff that people might otherwise consider offensive. When Funimation got the rights to the series some people were upset over the idea that the company was going to dub it. Funimation promised its fans that they would do a good job in translating and releasing it, with promises of awesome boxed sets to please the somewhat rabid fanbase, and that the characters would have authentic accents.

Yeah. Right.

The accents are not just awful, they are so badly done they are downright offensive. China sounds like a caricature white actor from a 1950s comedy, Germany sounds English, and Poland's accent was so bad I had tears of rage in my eyes (My mom's Polish so I am very familiar with how a Polish accent sounds like!) Even America's accent was screwy, why he had a Cali accent I will never understand. Typically, the Western world's view of an American is some cowboy type, even in Hetalia, so the more appropriate accent would have been a Texas one. Then again the voices are so badly acted that may have been what he was going for.

This dub now has me in living fear of the Black Butler dub.

If you are a fan of Hetalia, I strongly recommend you write POLITE RATIONAL emails and letters to Funimation to let them know how horrible a job they did. Since the series isn't entirely dubbed yet there may be hope for a redo.