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
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
[1] 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
and wiki
here
.