Hetalia File Archive
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| A snapshot of the Hetalia File Archive on April 20, 2021. | |
| URL | http://www.hetarchive.net/ |
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| Type | Archive |
| Launched | July 22, 2009 |
| Current Status | Active |
The Hetalia File Archive, sometimes known as Hetarchive, is an archive for translations and scanlations of official Hetalia material. It hosts scanlations of the webcomic, mirrors of special events that Himaruya runs, organizes a mirror of Himaruya's blog, and hosts translations for various audio and game material. The site is run by JammerLea.
Contents
History
Originally started on July 22, 2009, Hetarchive, then hosted on horror-vacui.net, collected links for official Hetalia related posts hosted on the Hetalia LiveJournal community. This included links sharing official audio, video files, and game files, as well as other posts with translated material, news and posts relating to blog updates. It also hosted masterlists for other Hetalia communities and roleplays.
Upon Hetalia Indexes and Hetalia Scanlations becoming inactive, in late 2010, Hetarchive started adding scanlations to the site. In 2011, Hetarchive moved to its own .net domain and went to copying over the full comic scanlations to the site, using the files from Hetalia Scanlations as a base. This included scanlations of the webcomic, events, published manga, and a few other official sources. However, on December 24, 2012, Hetarchive received a cease and desist notice from Gentosha requesting that the published manga scanlations be removed from the site.[1] Following this, and after many of the previously linked video and audio files became inactive on LiveJournal, it was decided that the site would focus primarily on hosting translations instead of media file links.
Beginning on March 20, 2017, the site transitioned over to a new WordPress layout.[2] In late 2018, following the announcement of Kitayume's impending closure due to the shutdown of GeoCities, the site began hosting mirrors of the original Japanese versions of the webcomics.[3]
Events
April Fools 2010
On April 1, 2010, the site, then serving as a hub for LiveJournal links, was redesigned to appear as Prussia had taken over the site, and only reported on news relating to Prussia, as well as only linking to news relating to Prussia. This April Fools site design was titled 俺様のアーカイブ (The Awesome Me's Archive).
April Fools 2013
On April 1, 2013, the site was redesigned as if Spain took over. It was titled ¡Bésame el culo! (Kiss the Ass) and featured an ask.fm account where visitors could ask Spain questions.
Site Layout
The site's layout is broken up into the following sections:
Blog Mirror
An English mirror for blog entries posted to Bamboo Thicket and Bamboo Thicket prototype. The index also includes entries present on the original Yahoo version of Bamboo Thicket in early 2008, containing both the English translations as well as the original Japanese text. Other entries that were posted and later deleted are also present.
The project originally began as a LiveJournal account on July 25, 2012, before it was moved to a section hosted on the Hetalia File Archive on August 17, 2015.
Files & Info
- Images - A gallery hosting a collection of official images, including cover illustrations from various books, CDs and DVDs. The section also includes banners, layout, and orphan images from Kitayume.
- Character List - This section has a list of characters appearing in Hetalia, along with translations of any bio information on the characters as it's available. Each entry also contains a tagged list of stories on the site where the character appears.
- Event Calendar - This section is an embeded calendar documenting merchandise release information and official events relating to Hetalia.
Scanlations
- Hetalia World☆Stars - An index compiling scanlations of the serialized web version of Hetalia World☆Stars.
- Main Storyline - An index compiling scanlations for the original main storyline of the webcomic.
- Nonlinear - An index compiling scanlations for the non-linear webcomics listed in the official index on Kitayume.
- Comic Diary - An index compiling scanlations for all the Comic Diary Summary webcomics.
- Blog Comics - An index compiling scanlations for all the non-linear webcomics posted to Bamboo Thicket that were never mirrored and indexed on Kitayume.
- Holiday Strips & Events - An index compiling scanlations for holiday-themed webcomics and Kitayume site events.
- Unlisted and Lost Content - An index compiling scanlations of unlisted and lost content.
- Other Materials - An index for webcomic material that doesn't fit any of the above categories, including special strips published as a tie-in with Hetalia: Axis Powers Volume 4.
Translations
- Drama CD Translations - An index compiling script translations for audio drama tracks.
- Game Translations - An index compiling script translations, as well as scanlations of still images, from visual novel games that were published on Kitayume.
- Memo and Old Blog Cache - An index compiling translations for old 2006-08 memo pages.
- Notes and Etc - An index of other miscellaneous material related to Hetalia that was published on Kitayume.
References
- ↑ "*Gentosha VS hetarchive*". p. 1. http://hetarchive.tumblr.com/post/38738191491/. Retrieved January 25, 2014.
- ↑ "Maintenance~!". March 20, 2017. https://hetarchive.net/2017/03/20/maintenance/. Retrieved April 20, 2021.
- ↑ "Important Geocities News". October 1, 2018. https://hetarchive.net/2018/10/01/important-geocities-news/. Retrieved April 20, 2021.
| Websites | |
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| Official Websites | Kitayume · Bamboo Thicket · Bamboo Thicket prototype · Animation Official Site · Official Online Shop · Musical Official Site |
| Fan Sites and Resources | Hetalia Indexes · Hetalia Archives · Hetalia Scanlations · Hetalia File Archive |
| Social Media | LiveJournal · Tumblr · Twitter |
