Manga

Manja

Manga either refers to Japanese comics (regardless of style), or to comics and/or cartoon drawings in what is perceived to be typical "Japanese/manga" style, regardless of their country of origin.

Manga are commonly in black-and-white, and are published as print publications. However a number of manga artists (called mangaka) also publish their work in digtal form on the World Wide Web, especially doujinshi (manga fan art). Individual manga drawings (that are not panels of a comic) are generally colorized. Traditionally, manga are written from right to left.

Manga comes in all kinds of styles, so it is impossible to describe what exactly makes manga different from western comics, as for every rule there are exceptions. Still, an attempt to come up with "typical features of manga style" might include:

• oversized eyes
• undersized noses (whereas in western comics, noses, especially of adult male characters, are often oversized)
• dramatic changes in facial expression
• preference for pretty, cute, slim, and young characters
• manga erotica is more common than erotica in western comics
• a liking for casual/innocent nudity even in non-adult manga (see fan service)
• "fantasy" costumes and themes
• long and/or "spikey" hair, often in fancy colors in colored manga and anime

Sub-genres

Manga (and anime) come in a great variety of sub-genres, which are known by Japanese terms, such as:

• Shōjo (manga for girls)
• Shōnen (manga for boys)
• Shōjo-ai (or Yuri, lesbian romance)
• Shōnen-ai (or Yaoi, gay romance)

Pornographic, erotic and adult manga also come in various sub-genres such as:

• Hentai ((?? or ????) - general term for explicit pornographic manga, also known as H manga
• Ecchi (???) or etchi - vague sexual content (such as skimpy clothing, partial or full nudity), but does not show sexual intercourse
• Shotacon (?????), or just shota (??) - sexualization of or attraction to young boys
• Lolicon (????), or just loli (??) - sexualization of or attraction to young girls
• Ero guro (????) or just guro - heavily mutilated or dead humans engaged in sexual acts

Anime

Cartoon animation based on existing manga and/or executed in manga style is called anime.

Spanking in manga

See spanking in manga for spanking scenes in mainstream manga, and spanking manga for non-mainstream works.

More information is available at [ Wikipedia:Manga ]

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