Originally posted by b00kworm:
Manga is the Japanese form of a comic book. They are usually published in thick magazines (I'm thinking New York City phone book here...) in which various stories by various artists run parallel. Later on, very successful stories are published in smaller volumes (about the size of an average paperback). People consume the magazines and throw them away, they only collect the volumes published later, normally.
Here in Germany, they are published in such volumes, too (and I know quite some series are published in the US, too, but I'm not sure about "God Child"). By now, manga are no longer mirrored for publication (as Japanese writing is right to left while western countries write left to right). After a while, you get used to reading that way, though, especially as there's usually not that much text in a manga.
Manga normally are published in black and white (they are articles to be consumed and thrown away - at least the magazines), the artists also use raster foil in various versions to create grey and patterns (like little hearts or flowers, only in manga for girls, called shojo manga ... manga for boys are called shonen manga). Some artists use little to no raster foil (like Akira Toriyama, the author of Dragonball), others use a lot of it (like Kaori Yuki). Manga stories span everything from books for small children (kindergarten or even younger) to books for adults (including pornography) and seniors. In Japan, there are even manga you can get sent to your cell regularly... By the way: there are manga for the Star Wars movies 4, 5, 6 and 1 out (or have been, in the past). The hairstyle of Princess Leia in the manga for episode 4 actually looks better than in the movie...
Some successful manga, such as "Hellsing", "Sailor Moon", "Dragonball" or "Case Closed" have also been turned into anime. Some successful anime have spawned manga series. There's a constant exchange between both forms.
Manga is the Japanese form of a comic book. They are usually published in thick magazines (I'm thinking New York City phone book here...) in which various stories by various artists run parallel. Later on, very successful stories are published in smaller volumes (about the size of an average paperback). People consume the magazines and throw them away, they only collect the volumes published later, normally.
Here in Germany, they are published in such volumes, too (and I know quite some series are published in the US, too, but I'm not sure about "God Child"). By now, manga are no longer mirrored for publication (as Japanese writing is right to left while western countries write left to right). After a while, you get used to reading that way, though, especially as there's usually not that much text in a manga.
Manga normally are published in black and white (they are articles to be consumed and thrown away - at least the magazines), the artists also use raster foil in various versions to create grey and patterns (like little hearts or flowers, only in manga for girls, called shojo manga ... manga for boys are called shonen manga). Some artists use little to no raster foil (like Akira Toriyama, the author of Dragonball), others use a lot of it (like Kaori Yuki). Manga stories span everything from books for small children (kindergarten or even younger) to books for adults (including pornography) and seniors. In Japan, there are even manga you can get sent to your cell regularly... By the way: there are manga for the Star Wars movies 4, 5, 6 and 1 out (or have been, in the past). The hairstyle of Princess Leia in the manga for episode 4 actually looks better than in the movie...
Some successful manga, such as "Hellsing", "Sailor Moon", "Dragonball" or "Case Closed" have also been turned into anime. Some successful anime have spawned manga series. There's a constant exchange between both forms.
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