To make it really clear, Anime is just simply Animated cartoons which we get to see on tape, LDs, T.V or VCDs. While Manga are the books, magazines and illustrated novels which we read. These two though are closely related, they have very distinct differences.
Anime Style: First, the obvious is the artwork. Usually, the art in mangas are more fine and better than anime. The eyes are drawn with more emotion and the hair lines are much much finer to depict the flowing style. Anime however, have good artwork too but not as good as their brethrens in mangas.
Usually anime originate from their story off mangas, like Fushigi Yuugi and some others. However, there's instances where the anime itself is a stand alone feature. Examples are those one shot OVA movies made which have no manga origin. These stories are some what different from those in the mangas either containing new plots or missing some. Sometimes, the artists might even change the whole flow of the storyline to attract new viewers as well.
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i kinda thought they were different animation group
cause some animations have the manga logo on them like street fighter II the animated movie
so thats why i dont think manga is paper based
i think.... this ones right... but manga's are mostly comic books... while animes are animated series of shows... (oh... one thing... that makes leather face's post right is that anime is short for animation...and thats why its called japanese anime...i think yous guys already know that... juz thought id tell yous)
Actually, that's wrong. In Japan, they do use the word Anime. Anime, in Japanese, simply means animation, so while we use it to mean Japanese animation, in Japan, Anime means anything that's animated.
Manga, literally translated, means comic book. Manga are the graphic novels that you read. Manga never means something animated, and Anime never means something that's a book (though a lot of people mix these two up).
Another thing: Manga has been around a lot longer than Anime. Anime is just a Japanese word that's been adapted from another language, and is therefore writting in katakana. Manga is a Japanese word that's been around a loooong time, and is written in kanji.
Wrong. They dont say ANIME in Japan. I should know because I went there like 20 times. And they dont use the word ANIME. They use the word MANGA for both Animated Cartoons and Comic Books. In America they use both: Anime for animated and Manga for japanese comic books.
No, they don't. I'm friends with a girl who is an exchange student from Japan, and I've had several penpals who lived in Japan. They all used Anime for animated stuff and Manga for graphic novels...in fact, I had even asked them if this was correct and they told me it was.
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