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Nihon no manga(Manga in Japan)

Hiro

MA Candidate (Lang & Ling)

hsasak@essex.ac.uk

Outline

Categories of manga magazines

Nodame Kantaabire a josei manga

How the three characters are used Suramu Danku a shoonen manga

Rial a seinen manga Comparison between shoonen manga &

seinen manga

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Publication of manga manga magazine

Weekly or monthly Contains many episodes by many authors,

like an anthology

Comics or Comic books Republished 3~6 months later Contains collected episodes of a manga

Every manga reflects the characteristicsof the magazine.

Categories of manga magazinesfor adults

for male for female

for children

shoonen manga

shoojo manga

seinen manga

josei manga

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( Suramu Danku by Inoue, Takehiko)

( Riaru by Inoue, Takehiko)

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Comparison: shoonen manga &

seinen manga (Suramu

Danku) (shoonen manga)

(Riaru) (seinen manga)

Conclusion

Manga magazines have their owncharacteristics, and individual manga reflectthem.

Study how to read hiragana & katakana first,

and you can enjoy shoonen & shoojomanga in Japanese!

Thank you