Just as for those of us who live on the western side of planet earth, the comic term is used to refer to comics and all without anyone being left out, unless it is an ET, we know what it is about when someone says comic or cartoonOn the other hand, in the East, more precisely in Japan, the term that refers to this type of content is the sleeve.
Manga is one of the main entertainment, in addition to TV and cinema, with which the Japanese count and why not also, as a consequence of the remarkable repercussion that it achieved after its export, in one of the main entertainment that swarms all over the world. Millions of Japanese read manga, on the bus or train before arriving at work, in a cafe during their lunch break, or as part of their recreational activities on the weekend.
And obviously this great acceptance in the public has caused that it does not leave any genre or public to explore and even many manga after becoming successful comic strips have achieved their pertinent adaptations in their cousins the anime, another of the great productions that it carries fire-marked the Japanese stamp.
Although manga has a vast and varied history in the country, its first manifestations began to be glimpsed in the 11th century, so it is easy to imagine the evolution that it had on the one hand and the enormous amount of proposals that have been made in his name too.
Just as opportunely when we defined the term anime, also Japanese, we said and talked about the particularities that both the stories and their characters showed and that made them so different and light years away from the animations proposed by the "western world", manga also his…
One of the distinguishing features turns out to be the importance of the line over the shape and the panels and pages, just as Japanese writing is read from right to left, although there is a particularity that will undoubtedly mark us and allow us to discover its origin and clearly distinguish it from the rest and that is that most of the characters that are presented in the sleeves, have very large eyes, characteristic of those of western origin.
