Uzamaki complained on adamroll13's hub that there weren't many hubs on manga. I didn't know what manga was, so I decided to look into it and to share what I learned with fellow boomers. I don't like being clueless.

Turns out, I do know what it is. I just didn't know the proper name. In fact, I wrote a hub on graphic novels and as Stephanie M on Urban Dictionary explains, "Manga is different from American comic books in many ways, which is why it is sometimes translated as graphic novels."

According to wiseGEEK, "Manga is the Japanese word for comics. It is used in the English-speaking world as a generic term for all comic books and graphic novels that were originally published in Japan. However, Manga is often considered an artistic and storytelling style that can also encompass non-Japanese works. The term AmeriManga is sometimes used to refer to comics created by American artists in a Manga style. Manwha is the Korean equivalent of that idea."

I started to wonder, how is manga different from anime? I have watched lots of Japanese anime like "Totoro" and "Princess Mononoke" because my son was into all these films and got the rest of the family watching them several years ago.

Turns out manga are the still cartoons and anime is animated movies. But I get confused at this point because some of what is called manga is moving like some of the examples of manga I selected to the right. Maybe Uzamaki can clarify this for me. I hope! Is it simply that a cartoon became animated and remains under the manga category because that is where it originated?I can't seem to find a site that discusses this.

There are all types of manga. The Urban Dictionary lists the following:

Kodomo manga is for children.

Shoujo manga is for girls age 12-18.

Josei manga is for adult ladies above the age of 20, mainly working women.

Hentai manga is pornographic adult manga.

From knowledgerush...

Shonen is a style of anime and manga intended for boys 12-18, but that may have a crossover appeal to girls as well. Some good examples are Gundam Wing, Dragon Ball Z, and Fist of the North Star.

Anime and manga for men ages 18-30 is called seinen, though shonen and seinen are often lumped together by Westerners.