manga

comics employing a set of Japanese stylistic conventions, produced in Japan or elsewhere
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manga

Summary

manga is a comic format[1]. manga ranks in the top 6% of comic_format entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (15,676 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • manga is in the country of Japan[3].
  • manga's instance of is recorded as comic format[4].
  • manga's instance of is recorded as comic genre[5].
  • manga's instance of is recorded as field of work[6].
  • manga is a type of comics[7].
  • manga is part of anime and manga[8].
  • manga is part of anime and manga genre[9].
  • manga's Commons category is recorded as Manga[10].
  • manga's country of origin is recorded as Japan[11].
  • manga's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Manga[12].
  • manga's Stack Exchange tag is recorded as https://japanese.stackexchange.com/tags/manga[13].
  • manga's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'ja', 'text': '漫画'}[14].
  • manga's equivalent class is recorded as http://dbpedia.org/ontology/Manga[15].
  • manga's equivalent class is recorded as http://comicmeta.org/vocab/Manga[16].
  • manga's different from is recorded as anime[17].
  • manga's different from is recorded as manhwa[18].
  • manga's different from is recorded as manhua[19].
  • manga's different from is recorded as manfra[20].
  • manga's history of topic is recorded as history of manga[21].
  • manga's hashtag is recorded as manga[22].
  • manga's practiced by is recorded as mangaka[23].
  • manga's practiced by is recorded as manga editor[24].
  • manga's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[25].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded instance of include comic format[4], comic genre[5], and field of work[6]. manga is a type of comics[7].

Use and Application

Part of include anime and manga[8], a dyad[26] and anime and manga genre[9], a metaclass[27].

Influence

Things named for manga include Azumanga Daioh[28], a manga series[29], written by Kiyohiko Azuma[30]; animation, comics, and games[31], a subculture[32], in People's Republic of China[33]; and manfra[34], a comic format[35].

Why It Matters

manga ranks in the top 6% of comic_format entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (15,676 views/month).[2] manga has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[36] manga is known by 19 alternative names across languages and contexts.[37]

manga has been cited as an influence by Superflat[38], an art movement[39], in Japan[40], founded in 2000[41] and anime/manga style[42], an art style[43].

Entities named for manga include Azumanga Daioh[28], a manga series[29], written by Kiyohiko Azuma[30]; animation, comics, and games[31], a subculture[32], in People's Republic of China[33]; and manfra[34], a comic format[35].

FAQs

Who did manga influence?

manga has been cited as an influence by Superflat[38] and anime/manga style[42].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [38] . wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [42] . wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [28] . wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [31] . wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [34] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [26] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [27] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [39] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [40] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [41] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [43] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  8. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  9. [32] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  10. [33] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  11. [35] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [36] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [37] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 15h ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    On focus list of wikimedia project Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
    Subclass of comics
    Country of origin Japan
    Instance of comic format, comic genre, field of work
    + 14 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|6 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 13956, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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