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ヘタリア Axis Powers #4
Hetalia Axis Powers 4
The newspaper club over at W Academy is doing their yearly feature on school clubs, but all the clubs are really weird!!! Belgium and the Netherlands explore their odd relationship, and Netherlands helps Japan get out of a bad rut. Things get strange when Estonia dreams that all the countries are beautiful girls... except him! Is it a dream come true, or a true nightmare? And will Italy ever be able to design of decent tank?
Learn why this light-hearted, adorable satire of world events has made Hetalia Axis Powers a multiple New York Times Manga Bestseller!
Learn why this light-hearted, adorable satire of world events has made Hetalia Axis Powers a multiple New York Times Manga Bestseller!
144 pages, Paperback
First published June 30, 2011
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About the author
Hidekaz Himaruya
49 books332 followersHidekaz 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.
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.
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March 12, 2017
I have Italian version, but since it took me long hours trying to translate it, my German friend sent me a German edition which she translated. I enjoyed every single page of this volume. Since I'm huge fan of Hetalia (fan number one), it was awesome evening to read this manga. I also knew a lot of new stuff about countries and history. In a funny way.
March 12, 2017
My favorite manga!
March 12, 2017
I have an Italian version, but since it took me long hours trying to translate it, my German friend sent me a German edition, which she translated. I enjoyed every single page of this volume. Since I'm huge fan of Hetalia (fan number one), it was awesome evening to read this manga, which I got from my friend as birthday present. I also knew a lot of new stuff about countries and history. In a funny way.
March 21, 2023
Najgorsza część dotychczas, Holandia nagle zaczyna mówić po śląsku, w Austrii zrobili defenestrację Metternicha.
Postacie tracą głębię, dużo nudnych wątków, a w ilości ciekawostek można się pogubić.
Postacie tracą głębię, dużo nudnych wątków, a w ilości ciekawostek można się pogubić.
July 26, 2023
Dużo Roderyka kamieńszlachetny 😍 defenstracja
Czemu kuźwa Holandia mówi po śląsku
Czemu kuźwa Holandia mówi po śląsku
December 11, 2017
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Lo siento por los fans pero me fastidia Italia, me provoca sacudirlo, por tonto.
Lo siento por los fans pero me fastidia Italia, me provoca sacudirlo, por tonto.
July 19, 2019
Another cute part of the Hetalia series! Very humorous!
September 25, 2020
This one focused heavily on cuisine, which I liked, but there were also some weird diversions that didn’t make much sense.
July 9, 2023
Reread
Dobrze do tego wrócić, uwielbiam Hetalię ❤️
Dobrze do tego wrócić, uwielbiam Hetalię ❤️
January 30, 2015
While it lacks the novelty of the first volumes, this was still fun and even somewhat educational. I just miss my favourite pairings a bit, but overall Hetalia is a really nice read - perfect when you want a "snack". I'm really grateful Tokyopop is releasing this here. And I have to say, unlike with other Tokypop editions, I like the editing and the lettering here.
March 8, 2013
Yoho I didn't understand a single thing that was said but five stars for Nyotalia and cute girls.
October 30, 2017
I own this book in Japanese and English.
December 18, 2016
Stellar as usual.
I especially loved the short bio of Fredrick the Great at the end.
I especially loved the short bio of Fredrick the Great at the end.
April 19, 2014
It was a good read
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