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This article is about the comics published in East Asian countries. For other uses, see Manga (disambiguation).
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The kanji for "manga" from Seasonal Passersby (Shiki no Yukikai), 1798, by Santō Kyōden and Kitao Shigemasa.
Manga (漫画, Manga?) listen (help·info) is the Japanese word for comic (sometimes called komikku コミック) and print cartoons.[1][2] In their modern form, manga date from shortly after World War II
Modern manga originates in the Occupation (1945-1952) and post-Occupation years (1952-early 1960s), when a previously militaristic and ultranationalist Japan was rebuilding its political and economic infrastructure.[6][36] Although U.S. Occupation censorship policies specifically targeted art and writing that glorified war and Japanese militarism, [6] those policies did not prevent the publication of other kinds of material, including manga. Furthermore, the 1947 Japanese Constitution (Article 21) prohibited all forms of censorship.[37] One result was an explosion of artistic creativity in this period.[6]
Tezuka's "cinematographic" technique as seen in Shin Takarajima (New Treasure Island).
In the forefront of this period are two manga series and characters that influenced much of the future history of manga. These are Osamu Tezuka's Mighty Atom (Astro Boy in the United States. The 1980s explosion of black-and-white comics in the U.S. included a number of film adaptations of manga such as Fist of the North Star were rated Restricted or Mature in the United States. Comiket, the largest comic book convention in the world with over 400, 000 gathering in 3 days, is devoted to dōjinshi.
Unofficial fan-made comics are also called dōjinshi. Some dōjinshi continue with a series' story or write an entirely new one using its characters,
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