Axis Powers Hetalia (manga)

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Axis Powers Hetalia is a webmanga by Hidekaz Himaruya, that began in 2003 and continues to run on his website "Kitayume". It has been adapted into print form, several drama CDs, and an anime series.

Main Storyline (Webmanga)

The main storyline so far involves six stories:

Hetalia Chapter 1

  • The formation of the Axis Powers
  • First appearances of Italy, Germany, and Japan
  • First mentions of Russia, England, and France
  • First and only appearance of Egypt to date

Hetalia Chapter 2: Allied Forces

  • The debut of the Allied Forces
  • First appearances of America, England, France, Russia, and China

Hetalia Chapter 3: G-R Non Aggression Pact

Hetalia Chapter 4: Pact Of Steel

  • First appearances of Finland, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Romano, and Poland
  • First mention of Belarus

Chibitalia

  • First appearances of Holy Roman Empire, Austria, and Hungary

Hetalia 5: Lietuvis

Published Manga

A print version of the manga came out in 2008, and has been collected into two volumes so far. The published version differs somewhat from the original online strips, with several events being retold or redrawn for better quality. New strips exclusive to the volumes were also included. Some scenes have also been cut or edited from the originals for content (ie: Holy Roman Empire kissing Chibitalia in the "Chibitalia" arc).

The first volume was released on March 17th, 2008, with the second volume being released in December.


Drama CDs

There have been three drama CDs released for the series so far, with a fourth to come.

Characters

These are all the characters that have been introduced so far in the manga:

Axis Powers

Allied Forces

European Nations

Nordic Nations

Mediterranean Nations

Baltic Nations

Asian Nations

Others