Manga are not just comic books

Manga is not a comic book in any definition of comic book.

Manga is something onto itself.

Yes Manga has some of the same elements of a comic book but it is very different.

Manga is a different sort of art where as comics are while I don’t think that there is a word that can explain it and I don’t think that it has to be explained.

It just like saying cartoons and animation are the same thing while its not and its really insulting to compare cartoons which are what children watch and animation which is what adults or older children watch.

While the same can be said for comics and Manga don’t get me wrong I like both of them just like I like cartoons and Manga.

I just don’t like how people who know nothing about it will clump it together just because they are ignorant.

I think that people shouldn’t talk about things they don’t understand it just makes them come across as really stupid.

Like I said Manga is nothing like comic books although the do have some comic book features just like comic books have some of the same features as a manga book.

Although there are sort en features that comics don’t have and the manga does and vice versa.

One is the eyes the characters in manga have big expressive eyes while in comic books the characters eyes are normal.

In most cases Manga is black and white

Comic books are in color

Manga has more adult situations (nudity and sex)

Comic books not so much

Manga handles subjects that comics seem afraid to touch.

An example of this is Sailor Moon the original Sailor Moon not the rated stuff we have here but in the original Sailor Moon all the Scouts where gay and Sailor Moon and Sailor Mars were big time lovers even though yes Sailor Moon was also together with Tuxedo Mask.

She needed a man in order to take over being the ruler of the moon and of earth.

Or the original version of Ranma is nothing like they show on TV here

It was meant for adults but some how when it came over seas it was transformed into what we see today.

Not that the versions we get over here are bad or anything it just doesn’t have that bite to it.

I am a big collector of Manga and comics.

Both are an art form.

Both are wonderful stories.

But they are not the same and I really wouldn’t want them to be.

Different is good.

Sameness is bad.

If everyone and everything was the same what a boring word we would have.