Concept in Definition ABC
Miscellanea / / July 04, 2021
By Florencia Ucha, in Jan. 2009
Just as for those of us who live on the western side of planet earth, the term comic It serves to name the comics and all without anyone being left out, unless it is an ET, we know what it is about when someone says funny cartoonOn the other hand, in the East, more precisely in Japan, the term that refers to this type of content is the sleeve.
Manga is one of the main entertainment, in addition to television and movie theater, with which the Japanese count and why not also, as a consequence of the remarkable repercussion that it achieved after its export, in one of the main entertainments that swarm all over the world. Millions of Japanese read manga, on the bus or train before arriving at work, in a cafe during their lunch break, or as part of their recreational activities on the weekend.
And obviously this great acceptance in the public has made that he does not leave any gender no audience to explore and even many manga after becoming successful comic strips have achieved their pertinent adaptations in their cousins the anime, another of the great productions that bears the seal Japanese.
Although manga has a vast and varied history in the country, its first manifestations began to be glimpsed in the 11th century, so it is easy to imagine the evolution that he had on the one hand and the enormous amount of proposals that have been made on his behalf as well.
Just as opportunely when we defined the term anime, also Japanese, we said and talked about the particularities that both the stories like its characters and that made them so different and light years away from the animations proposed by the "western world", the manga also his…
One of the traits Differential turns out to be the importance of the line over the form and the panels and the pages, as well as the writing Japanese are read from right to left, although there is a particularity that will undoubtedly mark us and allow us to discover its origin and of course distinguish it from the rest and that is that most of the characters that are presented in the sleeves, have very large eyes, characteristic of those of Western origin.
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