fh14: (Australia [Hetalia])
Andrew ([personal profile] fh14) wrote in [community profile] hetalia2011-02-22 05:56 pm

Cataloging Foreign Editions of the Manga and other Hetalia books - Please Help!

As we are made ever aware, Hetalia fandom is an international one. This results in the manga getting translated into a variety of different languages. As an active user on the Hetalia wiki, I've decided to collect all the info I can about international releases of the manga and other Hetalia books (such as the upcoming artbook). Easier said than done, as because English is the only language I know (well, and Latin, but I doubt the Vatican will be licensing this anytime soon) navigating the net to find book covers, release dates, and publisher names has proven to be difficult to say the least.

I've decided to ask people here, wherever you live, if you guys could help me collect information and verify that the information I have collected so far is accurate. I'm only listing Volume 1 information on this post for now, but I encourage you to leave any other information you may have in the comments below and/or any useful links as well. Even if you only know a particular edition exists is useful information!

Covers, Publishers, and Release Dates for Volume 1 (so far)
Covers, Publishers, and Release Dates for Volume 2 (so far)
Covers, Publishers, and Release Dates for Volume 3 (so far)
Covers, Publishers, and Release Dates for the Artbook (so far, link coming soon)
[If I'm missing any books please tell me and I'll add them to the list]

Also, I'm acting under the assumption that the Hetalia books being released in Chinese in Taiwan and China are the same book/cover/publisher/release date with the only difference being Taiwan's birthday. If this is incorrect please let me know.

[identity profile] daisoku.livejournal.com 2011-02-22 11:12 pm (UTC)(link)
Good luck on this! :D

Jus' gonna say, England's mangas are exactly the same as America's. Just so you don't have to look into it. The only difference is the release date. But you probably already knew that. /uselesslol/

[identity profile] maronk.livejournal.com 2011-02-22 11:47 pm (UTC)(link)
http://www.fumax.hu/fumax/?p=171

Volume 2, Hungarian edition. It was released 18th December, 2010.

And good luck! :)

[identity profile] radittz.livejournal.com 2011-02-23 12:47 am (UTC)(link)
http://yatta.pl/cache/size600/border0/es3/zoom0/pi0/img=towary/1286558664_498774.jpg /3rd volume in Polish, published in October 2010
http://otaku.pl/newsimg/1276805015.jpg/2nd volume but I couldn't find a better photo, maybe I'll try to get a picture of my book if it will be normal daylight tomorrow

[identity profile] radittz.livejournal.com 2011-02-23 01:01 am (UTC)(link)
second book publication date: 2010-06-17
third book: 2010-11-22 (so it wasn't October ;))

[identity profile] radittz.livejournal.com 2011-02-23 03:28 pm (UTC)(link)
http://i849.photobucket.com/albums/ab55/anonmemerandoms/DSC_8520-1.jpg <- I just made that photo, I hope it's ok :)
and thanks <3 My friend is the publisher of our version, I think that he did great job with edits(whole cover is soft with glossy elements on the characters and title) :D

[identity profile] radittz.livejournal.com 2011-02-23 08:16 pm (UTC)(link)
No problem ;)

[identity profile] maybebaby83.livejournal.com 2011-02-23 01:15 am (UTC)(link)
i think the manga is also released in france..but i don't have a pic

[identity profile] nodokaotonashi.livejournal.com 2011-02-28 11:39 am (UTC)(link)
Only the anime will be released in France. No information about the release of the manga in France has been posted yet.

http://www.dybex.com/actualite.cfm?idnews=200

[identity profile] wishfull2.livejournal.com 2011-02-23 04:58 am (UTC)(link)
As far as I know, China doesn't have the license to publish Hetalia. (The copies you see that are from China are probably not legit)

Also, the Chinese copy tend to avoid using words like "capital" when it comes to Taiwan because of controversies...

[identity profile] wishfull2.livejournal.com 2011-02-23 04:59 am (UTC)(link)
Oh, and the Taiwanese copy is only published in Taiwan.

[identity profile] yamikisara.livejournal.com 2011-02-23 09:44 am (UTC)(link)
Czech edition volume 2 release date was July 22, I think...it's hard to get an exact release date directly from the publisher and I didn't buy it on the release date but like a week later...

Volume 3...I'll come back to you later OTL

[identity profile] yamikisara.livejournal.com 2011-02-23 10:10 am (UTC)(link)
sooooo...I had no luck on my search, it only says 2010...

I got it on a con on November 13th, the release was propably a few days before that.
Asked the publisher about it now so hopefully will get an answer soon.

Btw you need a picture of it as well?

@artbook - don't think it'll come out over here

[identity profile] yamikisara.livejournal.com 2011-02-23 03:24 pm (UTC)(link)
Acording to a note from the publisher(Zoner Press)volume 3 came out already on October 12.

[identity profile] oversoul4.livejournal.com 2011-02-23 12:17 pm (UTC)(link)
Hello I'm a Taiwanese and I can help you with the Taiwanese edit!
For Vol.3, the release day was July of 2010. For actual day, 28th of July.
I'll scan the cover of it later for you! ^^

Taiwanese version.

[identity profile] oversoul4.livejournal.com 2011-02-24 01:01 am (UTC)(link)
Here you go!
http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll184/oversoul44/img467.jpg
Sorry for that I only have the Special Edit!
I'm still looking for the normal one. ^^
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Btw, the art book will be published in Taiwan too.
Here comes the preorder page. http://www.books.com.tw/exep/prod/booksfile.php?item=0010496675
And it will be released on 18th of May.
I will post the details after I recieve it!

Re: Taiwanese version.

[identity profile] oversoul4.livejournal.com 2011-02-24 01:35 am (UTC)(link)
The publishier's official info page.
http://www.d-world.com.tw/2011bookfair/go.htm

The Artbook costs only NT.399 (about USD 13.5), much more cheapper compared with the Japanese version.
But the Special Goods are different.
The Taiwanese ver. comes with 12 bookmarkers + (a hanging bag, only available by preordering at the International Book Fair.)
I preorder both Japanese and Taiwanese version!!! I can't wait!\(^q^)/

Re: Taiwanese version.

[identity profile] oversoul4.livejournal.com 2011-02-24 08:32 am (UTC)(link)
You're welcome!

The goodies are only available in Taiwan! And they are quite differnt from the Japanese Edition! http://www.gentosha-comics.net/hetalia/
Though the book will be re-printed in Taiwan, people said that the publisher attaches importance to the printing quality. So there should be nothing to worry about!
Btw, if you want to buy one, you got to hurry! The Taiwanese Edition is just like the Japanese one, they are only available for pre-ordering.

[identity profile] jlightstar.livejournal.com 2011-02-25 11:14 am (UTC)(link)
I wanted to point out in the description for Volume three for the United States that you wrote "will release the second volume on May 31, 2011 in North America" it should be " will release the third volume on May 31, 2011 in North America".