plural manga also mangas
: Japanese comic books and graphic novels considered collectively as a genre
The characters' faces beam the big-eyed, manically jolly winsomeness that in anime and manga signals contentment.—
Peter Schjeldahl
Peter Schjeldahl
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: an individual comic book or graphic novel of the manga genre
This black-and-white manga is based on the Japanese animated TV series of the same name … —Library Journal
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The series is based on a manga of the same name created by original series creator Kohei Horikoshi alongside Hidyuki Furuhashi and artist Betten Court.
—Oliver Brandt, Newsweek, 13 Mar. 2025
Based on the award-winning manga by Hajime Isayama, the series is set many years ago, when the last remnants of humanity was forced to retreat behind the towering walls of a fortified city to escape the massive, man-eating Titans that roamed the land outside.
—Bill Desowitz, IndieWire, 10 Jan. 2025
Released in 1982, the movie covers the first arc of the manga, which started in 1978.
—Ollie Barder, Forbes, 8 Jan. 2025
The cartoonist, Machiko Hasegawa, who died in 1992, was the first woman to pen a regular comic strip — or manga — in a daily Japanese newspaper, and the first in Japan to have her work adapted for television.
—Motoko Rich, New York Times, 26 Dec. 2024
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Oliver Brandt, Newsweek, 13 Mar. 2025
Based on the award-winning manga by Hajime Isayama, the series is set many years ago, when the last remnants of humanity was forced to retreat behind the towering walls of a fortified city to escape the massive, man-eating Titans that roamed the land outside.
—Bill Desowitz, IndieWire, 10 Jan. 2025
Released in 1982, the movie covers the first arc of the manga, which started in 1978.
—Ollie Barder, Forbes, 8 Jan. 2025
The cartoonist, Machiko Hasegawa, who died in 1992, was the first woman to pen a regular comic strip — or manga — in a daily Japanese newspaper, and the first in Japan to have her work adapted for television.
—Motoko Rich, New York Times, 26 Dec. 2024
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“Manga.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/manga. Accessed 30 Mar. 2025.
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manga
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man·ga
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: a Japanese comic book or graphic novel
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