Manga
Manga is the genre of comic books created in Japan. Most of them you actually have to read right to left. You can usually find them next the the "graphic novels" in the book store with those creepy kids reading them.
Just The Facts
- Shojo is manga directed toward girls that are known for their love stories and how the character feels.
- Shoujen is manga directed toward boys that are known for their strange fight scenes and crappy dialog translations.
- Yaoi, get this, is about gay males and gay romances. This genre was supposedly created for housewives in Japan. Sometimes include gratuitous sex scenes between characters.
- Hentai manga is basically porn, its includes a lot of sexually depraved deeds so dark it would make you squeamish. This is driven toward the audience of sad virgins who dream of actually having sex but sadly cannot even talk to a women.
- People who are obsessed with manga are called Otakus. These are usually sad, lonely nerds who dress up for cosplay for the anime conventions on the weekend. Can also refer to people obsessed by anime.
- Manga is also featured in monthly magazines such as Shoujen Jump and Shojo Beat.
The genre that started conventions and cosplay.
Manga in Japan is geared toward a larger audience than comic books in the United States. It is geared toward many different people to young kids, teens, to older adults. Thats why there are so many different genres of manga. They are usually rated from all ages to adults only. So you can find young kids to your uncle creepy in this aisle of the book stores. Most of the people hanging out in the manga section are sad, lonely teens who have no lives outside reading manga and watching anime. The are usually wear hot topic clothing or wearing an anime t-shirt and/or discussing that awesome chapter of Naruto where he battles that one guy. In many high schools throughout the United States you can find Japanese clubs that surround their whole lives around manga and anime. They usually travel in pacts and you can spot these pacts because they usually wear Naruto head bands and usually have their faces buried in the books.
I'm not saying that Manga is totally uncool I'm just saying that fandom gets pretty creepy at times.
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God damn dude, did an otaku beat you up as a child? You don't seem like you actually know what your writing about. Which, as an otaku, pissed me off. First off a lot of otaku who go to conventions, go in groups. It's more fun to be with friends and cheaper too. Plus you called otaku creepy and I admit there are creepy otaku out there, but with anything that has fans there will be creepers.
ReplyAnother thing, this article was supposed to be about manga, but you made it into otaku. And not all otaku go to conventions, or go in cosplay.
I like naruto but I don't go around wearing a f*****g headband all the time. I enjoy many things besides manga, like my job, reading books, seeing movies, shopping at places that arn't hot topic, and dating.
I apologize if I come off as a rabid fangirl but this articles bullshit started it. This article needs to be re-written, and this time stick to the subject.
Shonen* if you're writing an article, you should at least check your spelling. Or, you know, actually know something about the subject you're writing about. Also, Manga are not so different from the american comic books. Just search "Comics" in the Cracked search engine and you will find plenty of articles that will show you just how messed up those comics really are.
ReplyNot only was this article boring but it was a down right piss off at the lack of humor and knowledge. A re-write is needed, badly.
I'm a Otaku with friends. I'm not lonely, I have hobbies.
ReplyWhat will ya do now?
It's so ironic, this article seems to be written by a girl or, a boy who is obsesses about insulting anime fans, partly beacause is a lonely girl, or even more pathetic, a boy who love so much his american stereotypes aka Friends, Adam sandler movies, or twilight, that thinking about some stories with some deep plot, would be incomprehensive by him. Watch real anime no f*****g Dbz or naruto, that equals warching pokemon or sponge bob intellectually speaking
ReplyDepressingly true. Although, Frutis Basket is reaaaaaly good, despite what you'd think.
Replythis article is an insult. it is utterly and completely ridiculous. first off, if manga is targeted to so many different kinds of people in japan (which it is) then you cant say that all those people are the same. you're only talking about the over zealous extremists. and as for it being the creator of conventions and cosplay, HAVE YOU EVER HEARD OF START TREK f*****g CONVENTIONS!!!!???? and comic-con as well. your reasearch is utterly retarded at best. and your comments are just ignorant. if you don't like manga, just say so and don't spit out "facts" that aren't true. and i'm saying this as a person who loves manga, but hates naruto. plus like comic books, manga have their share of good and bad storylines.
Replylet's see you do better tard
the point of cracked is not to be correct
the point of cracked is not to write about s**t in a positive or even neutral light
the point of cracked is to make fun of s**t
also manga is japanese therefore an enemy of cracked