Japanese comics. Most of the animes were manga series.
The Japanese word for "comic books", used by American fans to refer to Japanese comic books specifically.
Japanese illustration style, mostly used for Japanese style comic art.
A style of comic art used in Japanese comic books. Examples: Spunky Knight, Super Taboo.
comics. Almost exclusively used to refer to comics from Japan.
Japanese -n. A Japanese comic-book. Ranma ½ was originally a serialized manga.
Japanese comics. Manga has become now an international term. "Man" means "comfortable" or "funny" while "ga" means "picture."
Literally "involuntary pictures." Comics created in Japan for a Japanese audience.
The simplest way to describe manga is an anime comic book. Many great anime series or OVAs are also mangas. Examples are: Magic Knight Rayearth, Bastard!, and Sailor Moon.
Japanese produced comic series.
a piece of shit, whereas the anime rocks the world and everything in it
a universal culture that originated from Japan
comic books. Graphic novels, to be more exact (and if you want to sound prissy). Usually black-and-white. They're not just comic strips, but often very well-developed stories that happen to be told in pictures. Manga is a very big business in Japan. (They have "manga cafes" nowadays where you can sit, sip a hot drink, and read a manga. Very popular.) Most anime series are based on a manga; Sailormoon is no exception.
Comics; used by Americans to describe comics from Japan or Japanese comic-art style
The Japanese word manga ( manga is both singular and plural) has been used since the late 1700s to describe informal drawings and sketches.
(misc.) Japanese for 'comics', usually referring to comic books or the comic art style.
The Japanese term for printed comic book, and the precursor to anime.
A Japanese made Comic Book. In Japan any kind of Comic.
Japanese comics or cartoon. Manga is so popular that 30-40% of all publications in Japan is manga. Even adult read a lot of manga. There are a lot of category, for example, sports, comedy, romance, science fiction, mystery, history, business, sex, cooking, and so on so on...
Japanese comic books. They account for about half the printed material in Japan, with series for every age and genre. A mangaka is the author/creator of a series.
Some people will say it's not really manga unless you're Japanese, but you know better. This is set in a world where the Laws of Anime are also the law of the land. People bleed giant sweatdrops from the sides of their heads when they're nervous, the longer it takes to charge your attack the more ridiculously powerful it is, and no matter how many power levels you have or how big your eyes are, there's always someone with more and bigger.
Japanese comic strip, comic book, or graphic novel.
Literally, 'comic pictures' or caricatures; sketchbooks.
( mahn-gah) The Japanese term for comic book. In Japan, manga are targeted at all age groups and cover a wide range of genres. This is in contrast to Western comics which are typically based around superhero themes.
in Japan, comics (lit.: "whimsical picture", huge historical precedence throughout ancient Japan); in the US, "Japanese graphic novels".
Japanese comic books, available in a variety of formats and mostly in black and white.
In America, generally used to mean Japanese comic books. Occasionally also used (even by the Japanese) to refer to animation (as in Manga Video).
Japanese comic books. Stories told through both images and text. Occasionally also used to refer to Japanese animation. Most anime stories come from manga.
Strictly speaking, Japanese for 'cartoon', can refer either to the print medium or animation. However, mostly used to refer to printed comics. The loanword komikksu is also used.
Japanese comics. Unlike their western counterpart, they are printed in black and white. Most chapters (issues) of a particular title are printed out alongside other titles every month in publications the size of a telephone book. After a certain number of chapters, a title will release its own individual manga which is pocket book sized. Distinct characteristics would include the lack of color, attention to line art, sound effects as part of the art, and interesting panel treatments. Telophase's Manga Analysis Series Wikipedia entry on Manga
Pronounced "mahn-gah," this word is used to refer to Japanese comic books, specifically the print kind. However, it is sometimes also used as a general word for anime as well. Most anime series originate as a manga series, though there are many manga that never appear as anime.
is what comics are called in Japan. The word manga was coined by the artist Hokusai in 1815, usually translated to mean "irresponsible pictures."
Japanese comic books. mecha: A genre of anime that prominently incorporates giant robots and/or combat suits. Can also refer to the robots/combat suits themselves. miko: See the entry on “temple maidens” in the Conventions section. moe or moé: A characteristic of female anime/manga characters which inspires a protective and/or loving response from the audience. (Note that helplessness is not a prerequisite, as some very powerful girls, such as Chise from Saikano, can also be considered moe.) Most commonly such characters are either physically or mentally young (i.e. naïve or innocent in outlook) and have some obvious sympathetic weakness that they strive to correct. Moe is implicitly non-sexual in connotation (unlike lolicon) but is sometimes sexualized after the fact.
Japanese comics, usually black and white, but also in colour; the name originated from woodblock prints that appeared in 19th century Japanese literature
Graphic storytelling is a respected and centuries-old art form in Japan, and since the end of World War II, comic books known in Japan as "manga" have remained one of the country's most popular forms of entertainment. Over a period of at least the last twenty years, manga has become increasingly popular with international and especially American audiences. One of the most attractive features of manga for Japanese readers is the wide variety of topics the medium embraces. At newsstands throughout Japan, readers can find manga based on popular sports, historic events, racy adult fun, thought-provoking science fiction--literally anything imaginable. With such a competitive market, international publishers are wise to choose their manga carefully, and in the case of Dark Horse, only the highest quality manga are acquired for translation and distribution to American audiences. From the award-winning Blade of the Immortal to the best-selling Oh My Goddess! to the vastly influential works of Ghost In the Shell creator Masamune Shirow, Dark Horse offers an impressive and tantalizing array of gorgeous, compelling manga titles for discriminating readers.
The Japanese term for `comics'. That is, stories told through both images and text.
Japanese comics or animé-style drawings.
Japanese comic book. Extra: Manga comics are a far cry from their Western counterparts, often containing explicit sex and violence, although specific titles for children are also available. Virtually everyone in Japan, no matter their age, regularly reads Manga comics.
Comics from Japan; the term also refers to various styles and influences from Japanese comics.
Japanese word for comics and print cartoons. Outside of Japan, it usually refers specifically to Japanese comics. As of 2007, manga represents a multi-billion dollar global market.Masters, "America Is Drawn To Manga" Manga developed from a mixture of ukiyo-e and foreign styles of drawing, and took its current form shortly after World War II.
Manga magazine, formerly known as Takuhai, is a free quarterly magazine published by TOKYOPOP, which gives preview chapters of a selection of the company's new manga titles, as well as fan art and short articles. It was first published in the summer of 2005, and readers can subscribe to the magazine through Tokyopop's official website. The magazine's original title meant "home delivery" in Japanese, but this was changed when Tokyopop discovered that many readers were accessing it through schools, libraries, and news stands, which had themselves taken out subscriptions.