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manga

[ mahng-guh, mang ]

noun

  1. a Japanese graphic novel, typically intended for adults, characterized by highly stylized art.


manga

/ ˈmæŋɡə /

noun

    1. a type of Japanese comic book with an adult theme
    2. ( as modifier )

      manga videos

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of manga1

1985–90; < Japanese: literally, cartoon, comic strip
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Example Sentences

Additionally, Evangelion’s backstory has been added to in other forms of media, including a commercially successful manga series, video games and a series of award-winning musical scores.

From Time

Their manga series, integrating that part of gamer culture and kind of seamlessly putting in all the different BMW teams in there, was a good approach to the target audience that they’re trying to reach.

From Digiday

The country names of each contingent, meanwhile, appeared in the form of speech bubbles from manga comics held aloft on placards.

From Quartz

Friday will mark the start of the Olympics in Japan, where anime and manga are created.

The mangaka, or manga creator, has not publicly revealed their identity, and instead uses the pen name Gotouge and appears as an avatar of an alligator in glasses when making announcements about the series.

From Time

I would say more of my inspiration stems from ‘manga’ or anime.

Limited camping and sleeping spots in a manga-cat-themed ‘resort’ are sporadically available for the truly cat-crazed.

The original film is a cartoon (Oldboy was first a Japanese manga), and should have stayed that way.

In April, Murakami released his film Jellyfish Eyes, inspired by “a manga called GeGeGe no Kitaro” from the 1960s.

We respect the genius and ingenuity, not only the Korean film but the Japanese manga, the original source.

Would Manga Colorada fulfil his contract and cast a shadow of peril over the Bernalillo route?

Manga Colorada, bereaved and with blackened face, lay in wait for the first step of the emigrants outside of their city of refuge.

Besides, he wanted them to warn the Apaches out of the neighborhood and thus avert from his head the vengeance of Manga Colorada.

Manga Colorada spurred to the front of his people, shaking his lance and yelling for a charge.

He wore neither beard nor moustache; but his hair, black and snaky, hung down trailing over the velvet embroidery of his manga.

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