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manga

[mahng-guh, mang‑] / ˈmɑŋ gə, ˈmæŋ‑ /
NOUN
graphic novel
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There’s a stacked manga gallery for fans of that genre too.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026

The journey from manga inspiration to publication in an international scientific journal shows that serious research can also be creative, memorable, and accessible.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 4, 2026

Having the event in November will allow people to go all-out, said his performance partner Krizel Guiral, or "Zhel", dressed as Youko Kurama, the red-headed fox demon from the same Japanese manga and anime classic.

From Barron's ● Aug. 1, 2026

In “Daemons of the Shadow Realm,” based on the manga by acclaimed “Fullmetal Alchemist” creator Hiromu Arakawa, Huru leads a simple life in the premodern Edo-style Higashi Village.

From Salon ● Jul. 18, 2026

It became a habit for six whole months, the three of us sitting together during our free period, talking about anime and manga.

From "King and the Dragonflies" by Kacen Callender

The same would later be true with automobiles, gadgetry and — for fans of “Demon Slayer,” “One Piece” and other mangas — cartoons, to name just those few.

From Seattle Times ● Aug. 7, 2021

Japan discovered its first element, nihonium, No. 113, in 2004, and Chapman reports that Japanese children read mangas dramatizing the work of the country’s top nuclear physicist, Kosuke Morita.

From The New Yorker ● Dec. 27, 2019

As for us, we also rolled ourselves in our mangas, and lay down in our barn, but passed a miserable night.

From Life in Mexico by Madame (Frances Erskine Inglis) Calderón de la Barca

The harpoons were well taken care of, for we fully expected to harpoon a few of the mangas.

From Lost in the Jungle Narrated for Young People by Paul B. (Paul Belloni) Du Chaillu

In them were several queer kinds of harpoons, which were to be used in capturing the mangas.

From Lost in the Jungle Narrated for Young People by Paul B. (Paul Belloni) Du Chaillu




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