[News] Hetalia to be serialized in Comic Birz starting September, news on Anime in October issue

[fh14]

Holy Newsbomb Batman!

via animenewsnetwork:

The October issue of Gentosha's Monthly Comic Birz magazine is announcing on Tuesday that Hidekaz Himaruya will begin serializing his Hetalia manga in the magazine in the next issue in September. The October issue also has the latest information on the anime adaptation.

Until now, Himaruya released his manga online. He is also contributing to the first issue of the new magazine Comic Spica from Gentosha. (Gentosha already hosts the online magazine Web Spica.)

Tokyopop published the manga in North America until it shut down its North American publishing operations this past May. Funimation is releasing the first television anime seasons, the two seasons of the Hetalia: World Series television sequel, and the Hetalia Axis Powers: Paint it, White! film.

Points that I am compelled to draw attention to:

1) The article seems to indicate that the serialization will replace any form of webcomics being produced in the future (at least the way I read it. The way its phrased is a bit vague.) but I tend to believe that Himaruya will continue posting some things and comics there (I mean, how often has he posted comics online this past year anyway?)

2) The fact that Hetalia is being serialized in Comic Birz makes it all the more likely that Hetalia isn't the work being contributed to the new, upcoming magazine Comic Spica, as that it was moved to A) help launch the magazine, and B) Not overwhelm readers with the amount of Himaruya. Of course he's only confirmed for the first issue of Spica for now... (Yes, I'm still holding out hope that Chibisan Date will resume serialization... Shut up.)

3) That the rumors of the anime's death are widely exaggerated. My best guess is once the OVA in September is released, World Series will fandisk, and the series will be rebooted under a new name so they can do another merchandise cycle.

Comments

[hoshiko-2000.livejournal.com]

Well, the problem is that to *serialise* the series he is going to have to make a solid(-ish) plot for it, which I think could damage the randomness and inconsistancy of the webcomic, which was part of what made it so endearing.

[disneyotaku.livejournal.com]

That's a bit sad, but I think Hima-papa will do what he believes is best for Hetalia and how he wants it to process. I think maybe that he can still continue with the randomness, because that's partly what Hetalia is. I just hope the magazine won't force him to do things he doesn't want to do.