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3->''"In the past, during our grandparents' generation, and maybe even during ours today, there were people who forbade children from reading manga because they thought it'd make them stupid. But manga is gradually starting to be accepted as a kind of art. So we ought to create something whose quality and content can uphold this pride. We don't have the skill for that just yet, though, so we've got no choice but to think of how to win the love of our readers while we make our stories."''
4-->-- '''Moritaka Mashiro''', ''Manga/{{Bakuman}}''
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6Manga (kanji: 漫画; hiragana: まんが; katakana: マンガ). Japanese comic books and print cartoons. The chapters of a manga are usually first serialized in some weekly or monthly anthology magazine targeting a specific demographic, then collected in bound volumes known as tankōbon. Due to the expense of color printing, the vast majority of manga is drawn in black and white.
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8A high proportion of {{anime}} are adapted from these, so many of the JapaneseVisualArtsTropes got their start here. Sometimes, an existing anime series gets a manga adaptation; see AnimeFirst for examples. It's fairly common for LightNovels be adapted to manga as well.
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10Officially manga should be read [[ForeignersWriteBackwards right to left]], unless the manga was flipped during its English printing, which rarely happens these days, although there are exceptions. If reading flipped manga, that the effect is slightly different as speech bubbles may feel inappropriately placed, or the eye may not follow the action so effectively as each page is turned. The last page of manga books that are published in the US usually consist of instructions concerning the proper way to read manga books, though some publishers don’t include them any more.
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12Korean-made comic books (called "{{manhwa}}"), however, are generally read from left to right. Some manga scanlation sites have started showcasing a few manhwa, leading to some confusion in reading order when readers assume them to be Japanese manga. Chinese comic books are known as {{manhua}}; more traditional ones are read from right-to-left like manga, while more modern ones are read from left-to-right; they also tend to be in color, like mainstream American comics.
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14It should be noted that the term is getting a broader meaning in certain countries than it once had. In France for instance some publishers make manga based on French comic books, which means that they reprint a comic book to be in black and white and to be read from right to left. The fact that it is actually hard to distinguish from real manga (even the bookfront is similar) and therefore selling about as well in native France will make it a popular practice for at least as long as manga itself keeps being popular there.
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16See also [[UsefulNotes/AnimeAndManga UsefulNotes/Anime & Manga]], {{Doujinshi}} (self-published manga), UsefulNotes/MangaDemographics (including {{Josei}}, {{Kodomomuke}}, {{Seinen}}, {{Shonen|Demographic}}, and {{Shoujo|Demographic}}), MangaEffects, {{Mangaka}} (manga authors), {{Manhwa}} (Korean), {{Manhua}} (Chinese), OELManga (English), and {{Webcomics}} (digital publishing).
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18!!Sorted Manga:
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21[[AC:Alphabetical]]
22* [[Manga/ZeroToD 0 to D]]
23* Manga/EToK
24* Manga/LToP
25* Manga/QToZ
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27[[AC:By Genre]]
28+ AnimeGenres (overlaps with manga genres)
29+ [[AlternateHistory/AnimeAndManga Alternate History Anime & Manga]]
30+ FantasyAnimeAndManga
31+ GamingAndSportsAnimeAndManga
32+ [[HaremGenre/AnimeAndManga Harem Anime & Manga]]
33+ HorrorAnimeAndManga
34+ MilitaryAndWarfareAnimeAndManga
35+ MysteryAndDetectiveAnimeAndManga
36+ [[RomanticComedy/AnimeAndManga Romantic Comedy Anime & Manga]]
37+ ScienceFictionAnimeAndManga
38+ [[SliceOfLife/AnimeAndManga Slice of Life Anime & Manga]]
39+ [[SuperheroStories/AnimeAndManga Superhero Anime & Manga]]
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41[[AC:By Release Year]]
42+ EarlyAnimeAndManga
43+ AnimeAndMangaOfThe1960s
44+ AnimeAndMangaOfThe1970s
45+ AnimeAndMangaOfThe1980s
46+ AnimeAndMangaOfThe1990s
47+ AnimeAndMangaOfThe2000s
48+ AnimeAndMangaOfThe2010s
49+ AnimeAndMangaOfThe2020s
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