Kitayume

Kitakou Yumezakka, better known by its shortened name of Kitayume, is a webcomic site run by Hidekaz Himaruya. It began in May 2003 and is still running at the present. The website is best-known for being the home to the original webcomic version of Axis Powers Hetalia.

The site also features downloadable computer games, and features artwork for the three ongoing webcomics.

Axis Powers Hetalia
Main article: Axis Powers Hetalia (manga)

A webcomic about the nations of the world, personified as humans. The main storyline takes place in the era of WWII, and features the nations of both the Axis Powers and the Allied Forces as the regular cast.

The comic is named for both the Axis and the lead character Italy, with Hetalia being a portmanteau of Hetare ("useless") and Italia (Italy).

Barjona Bombers
A webcomic detailing the story of a group of high school delinquents at Barjona High, and their adventures with their broadcasting club. The lead character, Yamato Nara, has since appeared in Noto-sama 5 and in the deleted sequel to Christmas Rampage 2007.

Susume! Kitakou Housoubu
Stories about a high school broadcasting club, drawn by Himaruya when he was still in high school. The lead character, Noto Kanazawa, was the star of his own flash game, Noto-sama 5. He also appeared in the Rampage sequel, in a crossover with the Hetalia characters.

Himaruya drew the comic with the intention of spreading the word about broadcasting club being a fun place to be, but found that the story took off in a bigger, unexpected direction.

Discontinued Series
These series were once part of Kitayume but have either been taken off the main page, or deleted completely.

Live Alive
Summary to come.

MoeKan
A young Korean girl named Sena attends school in the United States, but has to put up with having a Japanese classmate.

Mojiro&
A comic featuring anthropomorphic animal characters and their interactions.

Noto-sama 5
A simulation game featuring Noto and Yamato, from their respective series of '''Susume! Kitakou Housoubu and Barjona Bombers'''. In the short game, they go around stripping other characters, including cast members of Axis Powers Hetalia.

Gakuen Hetalia (demo)
Main article: Gakuen Hetalia

A short dating sim demo featuring the characters of Hetalia, as high school students attending the Academy Of The World. The player character is Seychelles, a new student at the school.

It is unknown if the game will ever be completed and released.

Events
Kitayume has been host to various site events, most notably its April Fools' "hijackings". In 2007, France (of Hetalia) hijacked the site, leaving naked chibis of himself everywhere as he went on a fanservice rampage and stripped the other nations, in an April Fools-themed storyline.

Spain would attack the site on April Fools' Day of the the following year (on the behalf of France), though in 2009, Prussia would be the one to hack the site, transforming it temporarily into his own personal blog.

Blog
Main article: Bamboo Thicket (blog)

Kitayume also has its own blog, known as Bamboo Thicket. It contains production artwork for Himaruya's webcomics, as well as photos and stories of his day-to-day life.