plural manga also mangas
: Japanese comic books and graphic novels considered collectively as a genre
The characters' faces beam the big-eyed, manically jolly winsomeness that in anime and manga signals contentment.—
Peter Schjeldahl
Peter Schjeldahl
also
: an individual comic book or graphic novel of the manga genre
This black-and-white manga is based on the Japanese animated TV series of the same name … —Library Journal
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Anime Expo, North America’s largest celebration of Japanese pop culture, opened Friday for a four-day event expected to draw tens of thousands of fans to downtown Los Angeles for anime, manga, music, fashion, video games and cosplay.
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City News Service,
Daily News,
2 July 2026
Making an adaptation which more closely resembled the look of Shirow’s manga series was decided early on.
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Kambole Campbell,
Variety,
24 June 2026
More news came with the confirmation that Netflix is adapting Kasumi Yasuda’s manga Fool Night as a series, with Atsushi Yukawa directing and animation studios Sunrise and Shaft producing.
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Scott Roxborough,
HollywoodReporter,
23 June 2026
Fool Night, Kasumi Yasuda’s manga that first came out in 2020, is set in a world facing a serious oxygen shortage, as humanity builds a society that relies on the meager amount of oxygen provided by a technology called Transfloration.
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Max Goldbart,
Deadline,
23 June 2026
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City News Service,
Daily News,
2 July 2026
Making an adaptation which more closely resembled the look of Shirow’s manga series was decided early on.
—
Kambole Campbell,
Variety,
24 June 2026
More news came with the confirmation that Netflix is adapting Kasumi Yasuda’s manga Fool Night as a series, with Atsushi Yukawa directing and animation studios Sunrise and Shaft producing.
—
Scott Roxborough,
HollywoodReporter,
23 June 2026
Fool Night, Kasumi Yasuda’s manga that first came out in 2020, is set in a world facing a serious oxygen shortage, as humanity builds a society that relies on the meager amount of oxygen provided by a technology called Transfloration.
—
Max Goldbart,
Deadline,
23 June 2026
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“Manga.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/manga. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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manga
noun
man·ga
ˈmäŋ-gə 
: a Japanese comic book or graphic novel
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