Manga are comics or graphic novels originating from Japan. Most manga conform to a style developed in Japan in the late 19th century, and the form has a long history in earlier Japanese art. The term
A page from the manga Go Go! Encyclopedia Girls by artist Kasuga, depicting Wikipe-tan, Commons-tan and Quote-tan
A kami-shibai story teller from Sazae-san by Machiko Hasegawa. Sazae appears with her hair in a bun.
Hokusai Manga depicting self-defense techniques (early 19th century)
Delegates of 3rd Asian Cartoon Exhibition, held at Tokyo (Annual Manga Exhibition) by The Japan Foundation
Shōjo manga is an editorial category of Japanese comics targeting an audience of adolescent girls and young adult women. It is, along with shōnen manga, seinen manga, and josei manga, one of the prima
Shelves of collected volumes of shōjo manga under the Margaret Comics imprint at a bookstore in Tokyo in 2004
Actress Hideko Takamine, portraying an archetypal shōjo wearing a sailor fuku in the 1939 film Hana Tsumi Nikki [ja]
Cover of the first issue of Shōjo-kai, 1902
A four-panel manga from the November 1910 issue of Shōjo (artist unknown). Note the henohenomoheji in the final panel.