Manga is a popular style of Japanese comic books and graphic novels. As a term used outside Japan, “Manga” refers to comics originally published in Japan. On July 19, as part of our Get Pop-Cultured festivities, head to your local Barnes & Noble for Manga Mania, where fans of all ages are invited to discover […]
From marauding giants to magical girls, manga has some of the best stories in comics, but it can be a bit intimidating to the newcomer. The books run “backwards,” and the conventions and visual “language” are different from American and European comics (although more and more non-Japanese creators are picking up on manga’s storytelling techniques). […]
October’s Top Picks in Manga include the final volume of Naruto, a fresh serving of Tokyo Ghoul, a trio of spinoffs for fans of Fairy Tail, Avatar, and Final Fantasy Type-0, and a few promising new series.
Over a decade after it first came to North America, Naruto remains one of the most popular manga of all time. Creator Masashi Kishimoto caused a sensation when he appeared as a special guest at New York Comic Con in early October, and although the main series has just concluded with the release of volume […]
If you’re reading your manga one volume at a time, you’re getting the story, but you might be missing some of the art: most translated manga is published in paperback, with black and white interiors, in a standard 5-inch by 7-inch format. In Japan, manga is serialized in larger-format magazines that often include color pages. […]