Introduction
Mangas are Japanese comic books. These days manga has become a huge commodity in sequential art and entertainment industry in the world. Manga is famous for it's unique storytelling, panelling, and especially, unique drawing style. Manga characters had large eyes, uniquely drawn - pointy hairs, long legs (especially for female characters) and mostly, non- realistic body proportion.
These are some of the factors that attract comic book readers worldwide to manga. Mangas' stories also has more variations and different themes in it compares to other style/countries' sequential arts. If most comic books' stories are about action, drama, daily lives, sci- fi, heroes, or superheroes, manga's theme are much more differs. Manga got stories about history, soccer, golf, musician, writer, students, weird elementary teachers, ninjas, fantasy, fiction ninjas - warriors, even about dogs, cats, and dinosaur cub!
Mangas started became a worldwide pursuit since Akira Toriyama's Dragon Ball Z anime (Japanese animation based on the manga) hits international TV at 1996. Dragon Ball Z has started what will become a Manga Fever. Since then, these Japanese comic books are started to become a part of global entertainment. It got even bigger when some of America's greatest Comic Artist such as Joe Madureira and Ed McGuiness had some Manga influence in their drawing style.
Today, mangas are no longer belong only to the Japanese. They belong to the world.
These are some of the factors that attract comic book readers worldwide to manga. Mangas' stories also has more variations and different themes in it compares to other style/countries' sequential arts. If most comic books' stories are about action, drama, daily lives, sci- fi, heroes, or superheroes, manga's theme are much more differs. Manga got stories about history, soccer, golf, musician, writer, students, weird elementary teachers, ninjas, fantasy, fiction ninjas - warriors, even about dogs, cats, and dinosaur cub!
Mangas started became a worldwide pursuit since Akira Toriyama's Dragon Ball Z anime (Japanese animation based on the manga) hits international TV at 1996. Dragon Ball Z has started what will become a Manga Fever. Since then, these Japanese comic books are started to become a part of global entertainment. It got even bigger when some of America's greatest Comic Artist such as Joe Madureira and Ed McGuiness had some Manga influence in their drawing style.
Today, mangas are no longer belong only to the Japanese. They belong to the world.
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