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Manga means "comics" in Japanese. In Japan, manga are read by young and old and are a monster publishing phenomenon with annual sales in the billions of dollars. In the rest of the world, thanks to Japan's economic might, manga concepts are revolutionising the toy, cartoon, and graphic design industries,
you will notice the strange childlike
manga features and huge eyes on many
toys, I always think these features
became popular in the West with Astro
boy, one of my fav cartoons as a child. Manga can be fantastical and funny, or gritty and violent, with heroes as diverse as samurai, sushi chefs, mah jongg masters, teenagers in love, and bored office workers, to say nothing of anthropomorphic cats and warrior robots. As such, manga
offer an entertaining - and sometimes
disturbing - window on Japanese society.
I also have some American versions
of manga for listing soon. |
