Special episodes released with the Hetalia: The Beautiful World BD/DVDs. Hetalia: The Beautiful World, based on the webmanga Hetalia: Axis Powers by Hidekaz Himaruya, premiered on January 25, 2013 for mobile phones and animate.TV and premiered on January 28, 2013 for streaming on NicoNico Douga. It is also the fifth season overall of the anime series Hetalia. It follows the adventures of anthropomorphic countries as they live through historical events and interact with focus on differences in culture and positive and negative Japanese stereotypes of other countries.