manga
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Summary
manga is a comic format[1]. manga ranks in the top 6% of comic format entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (35,669 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Country: Japan[3]
- Instance of: comic genre[4], field of work[5]
- Subclass of: comics[6]
- Part of: anime and manga[7], anime and manga genre[8]
- Commons category: Manga[9]
- Country of origin: Japan[10]
- Topic's main category: Category:Manga[11]
- Stack Exchange tag: https://japanese.stackexchange.com/tags/manga[12]
- Native label: 漫画[13]
- Equivalent class: http://dbpedia.org/ontology/Manga[14], http://comicmeta.org/vocab/Manga[15]
- Different from: anime[16], manhwa[17], manhua[18], manfra[19], light novel[20]
- History of topic: history of manga[21]
- Hashtag: manga[22]
- Practiced by: mangaka[23], manga editor[24], manga assistant[25]
- On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[26]
- Maintained by WikiProject: WikiProject Anime and manga[27], WikiProject Comics[28], WikiProject Japan[29]
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Influence
Things named for manga include Azumanga Daioh[30], a manga series[31], written by Kiyohiko Azuma[32]; animation, comics, and games[33], a subculture[34], in People's Republic of China[35]; and manfra[36], a comic format[37].
Why It Matters
manga has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[38] manga is known by 31 alternative names across languages and contexts.[39]
manga has been cited as an influence by Superflat[40], an art movement[41], in Japan[42], founded in 2000[43] and anime/manga style[44], an art style[45].
Entities named for manga include Azumanga Daioh[30], a manga series[31], written by Kiyohiko Azuma[32]; animation, comics, and games[33], a subculture[34], in People's Republic of China[35]; and manfra[36], a comic format[37].
FAQs
Who did manga influence?
manga has been cited as an influence by Superflat[40] and anime/manga style[44].