Manga

Manga consists of comics and print cartoons. Manga conforms to the style developed in Japan in the late 19th century. In their modern form, Manga date from shortly after world war II. The Manga industry in Japan is of a massive scale. There are a great number of magazines in Japan devoted exclusively to Manga. The three largest publishing houses producing Manga are Kodansha, Shogakkan and Shueisha. It is estimated that there are around 3000 professional Manga artists in Japan.

Types of Manga

There are different types of Manga. Doujinshi, Gekiga, Hentai, Josei, Seinen, Shojo, Shonen, Kodomo etc.

Doujinshi
Gekiga
Shojo Manga
Shonen Manga

Many Manga have been made into Anime series. Anime is commonly defined as animation originating in Japan. Anime, like Manga, has a large audience in Japan and recognition throughout the world.

It is worthwhile here mentioning about Studio Ghibli. It is a Japanese animation film studio. Studio Ghibli has created several award winning anime features.  Among its productions, 'Spirited Away', has won an Oscar for Best Animated Feature in 2002 and it remains the only film made outside the English-speaking world to have done so.

Below is a trailer of Studio Ghibli films ranging from 1984 to 2005 (nausicaa to howls), put together by a fansite, using music from doyle and zimmer. I think this is an excellent piece of collections.

Came across the below Disney's trailer for the Studio Ghibli film 'Spirited Away' which won the Oscar for Best Animated Feature in 2002. The plot of Spirited Away orbits around a sullen ten-year-old girl who is in the process of moving to a new neighborhood with her family, leaving her old friends and school behind, and chronicles of her adventures in a world of spirits and monsters. This movie was directed by Hayao Miyazaki who is a a Japanese Manga artist and prominent film director and animator of many popular anime feature films.