Manga
Manga is Japanese for comics and cartoons.
Manga have a long and complex history in Japanese art.
Manga are widely read by people of all ages in Japan.
A broad range of subjects and topics occur in manga, action,
adventure, romance, sports, games, historical drama, comedy,
science fiction, fantasy, mystery, horror and sexuality.
Manga have become a major publishing industry in Japan
and have also become increasingly popular worldwide.
Manga are usually serialized in magazines containing many
different stories. Each story is presented in a single episode
to be continued in the next issue.
Many manga artists
works with assistants in studios.
Manga as a term outside
of Japan refers specifically to comics originally published
in Japan.
The influence of manga on international cartoon
market has grown in the last ten years.
The reading
direction in a traditional manga is from top to bottom and
right to left. This is the traditional reading pattern of
the Japanese written language. Some publishers of translated
manga flip the pages horizontally to left to right to not
confuse foreign readers or traditional comics consumers.
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Anime is an abbreviation of the English word
"animation". The term is used in Japan to refer to animation
in general. In English usage the term refers to a style
of animation developed in Japan originating from Japan.
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Naruto
Naruto is an Japanese
manga series written and illustrated by Masashi Kishimoto.
The plot tells the story of Naruto an adolescent ninja who
searches for recognition and aspires to become a Hokage.
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Katsushika Hokusai, 1760 - 1849, Japanese artist,
ukiyo-e painter and printmaker.
The first recorded use
of the term manga, whimsical or impromptu pictures,
comes from Hokusai Manga, which is a 15 volume book collection
with nearly 4,000 sketches that was published in 1814. |
Toshusai Sharaku Otani Oniji, 1794 |
Hentai is a Japanese word for metamorphosis,
abnormality or sexually perverted. The term is
often used as slang for sexually explicit or pornographic
comics, animations, anime, manga or pornographic computer/Internet
games.
Hentai anime and manga allow sexual fantasies
and pornographic to be represented in ways that would be
impossible to other media or film. Hentai could include
sexual acts unacceptable to social norms which includes
extreme bondage, creatures with tentacles, fetishes, under
age persons and gang rape.
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Gekiga = dramatic pictures and a type of realistic
manga for male, older teens and adults.
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Cosplay = is a Japanese subculture centered on
dressing as characters from manga, anime and video games.
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