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What is Manga?
Manga – a style of Japanese comic books and graphic novels, typically aimed at adults as well as children. “Takahashi is an artist who truly represents the very best from the world of manga”
What is Manga?
Manga is the umbrella term for the comic books and graphic novels from Japan. Manga is very different from American comic books; while American comics are done in full color Manga is printed in black and white. Full-color prints are usually only leaflets in the book for a special release. Another difference to note is that reading Manga starts from the back of the book and is read right to left and down.
Manga is often times released chapter by chapter on a weekly or monthly basis instead of a full book at once. The books that are printed are volumes that include several chapters. These volumes together makeup the entirety of the story and its multiple plot lines so they have to be read in order. Unlike the anime equivalent of the story there are no fillers in manga. Naruto and Bleach are two popular animes that are notorious for filler episodes. Fillers allow the author to write the next few chapters that need to be animated and for the production team to animate them.
Different Types of Manga
- Action
- Adventure
- Comedy
- Cooking
- Drama
- Horror
- Slice of Life
- Fantasy
- Harem/Reverse Harem
- Magic
- Supernatural
- Mystery
- Psychological
- Romance
- Sci-Fi
- Sports
- Shonen
- Shojo
- Seinen
- Josei
- Yaoi
- Yuri
Manga Art form
Manga are comics or graphic novels originating from Japan. Most manga conform to a style developed in Japan in the late 19th century, and the form has a long history in earlier Japanese art. The term manga is used in Japan to refer to both comics and cartooning. Wikipedia
How does anime relate to manga?
Often times a manga will be made into an anime. Depending on the budget and plan for it it can be a full 12 episode season (the most common length) or an OVA which is one or two episodes of Original Video Animation. Just like movie adaptions of books and comics there will always be some changes made to the anime, although most of the time the creators try to stay true to the original work.
The only time when an episode is not directly related to the plot is when it is a filler episode, these episodes are meant to given the author and the production team time to catch up on the manga. Filler episodes are generally funny and do not have any ramifications in the original plot line. Bleach, Naruto, One Piece are very long running animes that are notorious for filler episodes, in fact Bleach had a whole story arc of filler.
Does every anime have a manga and vise versa?
The manga version of a story is used as a marketing tool to see what interest it attracts and how much of it. Since many mangas produce weekly chapters it does not work with anime production timelines therefore an anime can come out a few years after the manga has started. Not all mangas get an anime though, sometimes they are not popular enough, not pitched enough, or just not picked up by production companies for one reason or another.
One the other hand sometimes a manga gets picked up for one season and then dropped after that, a popular example is Ouran High School Host Club.
