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Hidekaz Himaruya

Born

in Japan

May 08, 1985

Website

http://www.geocities.jp/himaruya/

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Comics & Graphic Novels, History

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Hidekaz Himaruya (日丸屋秀和 Himaruya Hidekaz, born May 8th, 1985, in Koriyama, Fukushima) is the creator of the series Hetalia: Axis Powers (originally titled Axis Powers Hetalia in the webcomic run). He is sometimes affectionately called Papa Hima, by Hetalia fans.
Himaruya started the original Hetalia webcomic while he was attending Parsons School Of Design in New York City and continues the series in the present. He is currently an art design major and makes posts about his day-to-day life on his blog the Bamboo Thicket, along with the latest character designs and sketches.

Besides Hetalia, his website Kitayume (which started on June 19th, 2003) showcases his other manga projects and artwork. His latest series, Chibi-san Date, currently runs Hidekaz Himaruya (日丸屋秀和 Himaruya Hidekaz, born May 8th, 1985, in Koriyama, Fukushima) is the creator of the series Hetalia: Axis Powers (originally titled Axis Powers Hetalia in the webcomic run). He is sometimes affectionately called Papa Hima, by Hetalia fans.
Himaruya started the original Hetalia webcomic while he was attending Parsons School Of Design in New York City and continues the series in the present. He is currently an art design major and makes posts about his day-to-day life on his blog the Bamboo Thicket, along with the latest character designs and sketches.

Besides Hetalia, his website Kitayume (which started on June 19th, 2003) showcases his other manga projects and artwork. His latest series, Chibi-san Date, currently runs in the magazine Comic Birz by Gentosha Comics (which also published the printed versions of the Hetalia manga).

Himaruya lived in New York from late 2006 until some point in early 2009, when he moved back to Japan following the release of the Hetalia anime and his contract with Comic Birz.

In the earlier days of the Kitayume site (2003-2007), he used the name Kazuyoshi Himaruya (日丸屋和良 Himaruya Kazuyoshi), which most notably appears in the credits of the Gakuen Hetalia demo.
Estonia's character design is based on his appearance, although his hair and eye color is different.
On his blog and update logs from the archived versions of Kitayume, Himaruya mentions that he is a fan of South Park and Happy Tree Friends. In some instances, he has referenced the song Let's Fighting Love (from the South Park episode Good Times With Weapons) by using the phrase and replacing "Fighting" with another word of his choice, such as: "Let's Flying Pan-ing Love" and "Let's Englanding Love".
He is also a fan of the horror visual novels Higurashi When They Cry and Umineko no Naku Koro ni by Ryukishi07, which coincidentally, both received animated adaptations by Studio DEEN.
Himaruya's hobbies (mentioned on the bio page at Kitayume) include photography, architecture, and collecting postcards.
The programs he uses to color and ink his artwork are: SAI Painter and Adobe Photoshop Elements 6.
He allows the usage of images from his site, show, and blog as long as no profit is involved, and encourages fans to create their own original characters, fan videos (MADs), or cosplay inspired by his works, though he actively discourages fans from copying CDs. Selling any of the downloadable site games for profit is also prohibited.
He's admitted to having a rather questionable naming sense, and encouraged the fans to call the gender flipped nations by whichever names they chose to. ...more

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Average rating: 4.41 · 19,973 ratings · 363 reviews · 49 distinct works • Similar authors

	Hetalia: Axis Powers, Vol. 1 (Hetalia: Axis Powers, #1) 4.33 avg rating — 13,007 ratings — published 2008 — 17 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Hetalia: Axis Powers, Vol. 2 (Hetalia: Axis Powers, #2) 4.49 avg rating — 3,268 ratings — published 2008 — 17 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Hetalia: Axis Powers, Vol. 3 (Hetalia: Axis Powers, #3) 4.53 avg rating — 1,063 ratings — published 2010 — 15 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	ヘタリア Axis Powers 4 by Hidekaz Himaruya, 日丸屋秀和 4.58 avg rating — 689 ratings — published 2011 — 13 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	ヘタリア Axis Powers 5 4.65 avg rating — 536 ratings — published 2012 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	ヘタリア Axis Powers 6 4.56 avg rating — 356 ratings — published 2013 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	ヘタリア Axis Powers ARTBOOK ArteStella by Hidekaz Himaruya, 日丸屋秀和 4.87 avg rating — 176 ratings — published 2011	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Hetalia 4.88 avg rating — 165 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	ヘタリア Axis Powers ARTBOOK ArteStella　Piccolo 4.86 avg rating — 152 ratings — published 2012 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	ヘタリア World Stars 1 [Hetalia World Stars 1] by Hidekaz Himaruya, 日丸屋秀和 4.35 avg rating — 146 ratings — published 2015 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Series by Hidekaz Himaruya

ヘタリア Axis Powers (6 books)
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ヘタリア Axis Powers Speciale (3 books)
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ヘタリア World Stars Gangsta [Hetalia World Stars Gangsta] (1 book)
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総理倶楽部 [Sōri Club] (5 books)
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Quotes by Hidekaz Himaruya (?)

“In this world . . .

It's Heaven when:
The French are chefs
The British are police
The Germans are engineers
The Swiss are bankers
And the Italians are lovers

It's Hell when:
The English are chefs
The Germans are police
The French are engineers
The Swiss are lovers
And the Italians are bankers.”
― Hidekaz Himaruya, Hetalia: Axis Powers, Vol. 2

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“PASTA!!”
― Hidekaz Himaruya, Hetalia: Axis Powers, Vol. 1

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“It seems as if Americans like to be the center of attention even after they're dead.”
― Hidekaz Himaruya, Hetalia: Axis Powers, Vol. 2

tags: americans, attention, dead, hetalia

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