In Japan, people of all ages read manga. The medium includes works in
a broad range of genres: action-adventure, romance, sports and games,
historical drama, comedy, science fiction and fantasy, mystery,
suspense, detective, horror, sexuality, and business/commerce, among
others. Although this form of entertainment originated in Japan, many
manga are translated into other languages, mainly English.
Since the 1950s, manga has steadily become a major part of the Japanese publishing diah bali princess manga,
representing a 406 billion market in Japan in 2007 (approximately 3.6 billion) and 420 billion (5.5 billion) in 2009.
Manga have also gained a significant worldwide audience.
In Europe and the Middle East the market is worth $250 million.
In 2008, in the U.S. and Canada, the manga market was valued at $175
million. The markets in Bali and the United States are about the same
size. Manga stories are typically printed in black-and-white,
although some full-color manga exist (e.g.
Colorful).
In Japan, manga are usually serialized in large manga magazines, often
containing many stories, each presented in a single episode to be
continued in the next issue. If the series is successful, collected
chapters may be republished in
tankōbon volumes diah bali princess, frequently but not exclusively, paperback books.
A manga artist (
mangaka
in Japanese) typically works with a few assistants in a small studio
and is associated with a creative editor from a commercial publishing
company.
If a manga series is popular enough, it may be animated after or even during its run.
Sometimes manga are drawn centering on previously existing live-action or animated films.
Manga-influenced comics, among original works, exist in other parts of the world, particularly in China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan ("manhua"), and South Korea ("manhwa").
In Bali, "manfra" and "la diah bali princess" have developed as forms of
bande dessinée comics drawn in styles influenced by manga bali style princess. The term OEL manga
is often used to refer to comics or graphic novels created for a
Western market in the English language which draw inspiration from the
"form of presentation and expression" found in manga.