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  2. Manga - Wikipedia

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    t. e. Manga (漫画, IPA: [maŋga] ⓘ [ a ]) are comics or graphic novels originating from Japan. [ 1 ] Most manga conform to a style developed in Japan in the late 19th century, [ 2 ] and the form has a long history in earlier Japanese art. [ 3 ] The term manga is used in Japan to refer to both comics and cartooning.

  3. Manga iconography - Wikipedia

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    Japanese manga has developed a visual language or iconography for expressing emotion and other internal character states. This drawing style has also migrated into anime, as many manga stories are adapted into television shows and films. In manga the emphasis is often placed on line over form, and the storytelling and panel placement differ ...

  4. Anime - Wikipedia

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    Anime (Japanese: アニメ, IPA: [aꜜɲime] ⓘ) is hand-drawn and computer-generated animation originating from Japan. Outside Japan and in English, anime refers specifically to animation produced in Japan. [1] However, in Japan and Japanese, anime (a term derived from a shortening of the English word animation) describes all animated works ...

  5. History of manga - Wikipedia

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    Schodt also stresses continuities of aesthetic style and vision between ukiyo-e, shunga woodblock prints, and modern manga (all three fulfill Eisner's criteria for sequential art). [20] While there are disputes over whether Chōjū-jinbutsu-giga or Shigisan Engi Emaki was the first manga, both scrolls date back to the same time period.

  6. Uzumaki - Wikipedia

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    Uzumaki (うずまき, lit.'Spiral'[ 4 ]) is a Japanese horror manga series written and illustrated by Junji Ito. Appearing as a serial in Shogakukan 's weekly seinen manga magazine Big Comic Spirits from 1998 to 1999, the chapters were compiled into three bound volumes published from August 1998 to September 1999. In March 2000, Shogakukan ...

  7. Manga artist - Wikipedia

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    v. t. e. A manga artist, also known as a mangaka (Japanese: 漫画家), is a comic artist who writes and/or illustrates manga. As of 2013, about 4,000 professional manga artists were working in Japan, plus thousands of part timers and wannabes. [1][needs update] Bow Ditama, a manga artist. Most manga artists study at an art college or manga ...

  8. Manhua - Wikipedia

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    Chinese manhua was born in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, roughly during the years 1867 to 1927. [3] The introduction of lithographic printing methods derived from the West was a critical step in expanding the art in the early 20th century. Beginning in the 1870s, satirical drawings appeared in newspapers and periodicals.

  9. Original English-language manga - Wikipedia

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    An original English-language manga or OEL manga is a comic book or graphic novel drawn in the style of manga and originally published in English. [1] The term "international manga", as used by the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, encompasses all foreign comics which draw inspiration from the "form of presentation and expression" found in Japanese manga. [2]