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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.
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.
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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/
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Volume 2, Hungarian edition. It was released 18th December, 2010.
And good luck! :)
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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
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third book: 2010-11-22 (so it wasn't October ;))
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Also, ASDFGHJKL Why are the Polish editions so much more pretty and hardcover than the English one
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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
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http://www.dybex.com/actualite.cfm?idnews=200
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Also, the Chinese copy tend to avoid using words like "capital" when it comes to Taiwan because of controversies...
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Volume 3...I'll come back to you later OTL
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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
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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! ^^
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Taiwanese version.
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.
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.
I want the artbook SO BAD! But I'm also intrigued by the goodies that seem to come with the Japanese Edition. Methinks I may order the Taiwanese Edition though if there aren't any major differences in the book itself. (I want the Japanese version but its so expensive!)
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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.
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