About

Hans and Roon refers to a series of Source Filmmaker animations by YouTuber Kopi [Rid] featuring Roon from the video game Azur Lane and a German WWII soldier named Hans, the former depicted in an anime style and the latter a realistic style. The two are often portrayed as a couple, and the original animations have inspired fan animations and content featuring the two characters.

Origin

On February 13th, 2020, Redditor Madturkey55 posted a photoshop to /r/AzureLane^[7] showing Roon posing with a photograph of a German WWII soldier, titled, "Happy Valentine's Day From Me And My Darling Roon," gaining over 420 upvotes in two years (shown below). One commenter^[8] wrote the next day, "Damn it Hans!," offering a possible origin for the characters.

On May 2nd, 2021, YouTuber^[1] Kopi [Rid] posted a video titled, "[SFM] 3 Videos with Hans and Roon," gaining over 655,000 views in 10 months (shown below). The video consists of three comedic animations featuring the two characters. The first references the Are Ya Winning Son? and Dame Da Ne memes.

The character models for Roon and Hans are created by VisorMachine™ and R. Star and NinjaNub, ArachnitCZ, auditor and Hauptmann respectively and are available for Source Filmmaker on the Steam Workshop.^[2][3]

Spread

On July 16th, 2021, Redditor ShionPotatoKun posted a video to /r/AzureLane^[4] where Roon stands to the left of the screen while Hans slowly rises from the bottom set to Two Door Cinema Club's song "Undercover Martyn." He then slaps her breasts to the beat of the song and starts dancing. The video gained over 2,900 upvotes in eight months and was apparently taken from the official Azur Lane Discord according to a commenter.^[5] On August 21st, Kopi [Rid], the creator of the animation, posted the video to their channel along with a number of additional animations (shown below).

On October 17th, Kopi posted a video where Roon shoots Hans with a rocket launcher, gaining over 944,000 views in five months (shown below, left). On October 26th, the animator posted a video where Hans, Roon standing behind him, throws a rocket launcher through the TV to another anime girl, gaining over 353,000 views in a similar span of time (shown below, right).

On December 31st, YouTuber^[6] Sanya_3599 reuploaded the opening clip from the August 21st animation, gaining over 700,000 views in three months. On January 14th, 2022, YouTuber LeonCid posted a music video for Two Door Cinema Club's "Undercover Martyn" using clips from the various animations, gaining over 736,000 views in two months (shown below, left). On February 23rd, the same YouTuber posted a full Dame Da Ne meme using clips from the various animations, gaining over 10,000 views in two weeks (shown below, right).

On March 30th, 2022, YouTuber Kopi [Rid] posted a new Hans and Roon animation where Roon dances to "Uptown Puffs" by AshCoolBro and Hans comes in to ask her if she's ready to go to Minsk, gaining over 1,800 views in around an hour (shown below).

Various Examples

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