MangaMangaby: Brittany Dialby: Brittany Dial

66thth period period

In Japan, everything is read, drawn, and written backwards

In America, the drawings, the story, and how it is read is left to right OR right to left. It’s all about preference.

From Japanese kanji (old calligraphy) to English

From English to other countries like Asia and Europe

Caused by wide-spread popularity

Love kanji

To the English word ‘love’

Shoujo CoverShoujo Cover

Shoujo (girls’ manga)

Shounen (action manga)

Kodomo (children’s manga)

Seijin (young adult male manga)

Josei (young adult female manga)

Seinen (adult male manga)

Maho ShoujoMaho ShoujoWhen an ordinary girl turns into an alter ego version of herself.

From this: To this:Aimed mainly at girls

A ‘love’ style manga

Dramatic or romantic

Sports related, gothic horror, science fiction, historical romance

Maho shoujo (magical girl) i.e.: Sailor Moon

Mainly for boys, but girls and young adults have gotten into shounen

More themes than any other style of manga

Sports, light humor, demons, ninja, robot/mecha fighting (only some of the many

Children- Kodomo manga

Girls- Shoujo manga/Maho manga

Boys/action- Shounen manga

Young adult males- Seijin manga

Young adult females- Josei manga

Adult men- Seinen manga

Was formed in Japan, as manga was

In America, the style became more loose and relaxed

Some Americans try to stick to the “traditional” way

Traditional form has changed over the years

Other style have been developed due to personal taste

Everyone draws the same pose differently

Human and animal styles have changed with taste

There are many books to help with certain things. Such as:

-body basics-page set-up-animals-anthros (animal-

humans)-characters for

certain styles (shoujo characters, shounen characters, ect.)

Some draw manga purely for fun

Others may try to make their own

There are various things you need to make your own-your own style or something you’ve learned-a story-characters-YEARS OF PRACTICE! Unless it’s just for fun.

Some draw their own characters and story

Others may get someone else to did either one for them