How to Use manga in a Sentence
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The style adds to the creeping dread of these scenes in a way that isn’t found in the manga.
— Michael Moore, The Verge, 16 Aug. 2019 -
One of the most popular manga of the late 80s was that of Spriggan.
— Ollie Barder, Forbes, 4 July 2022 -
The film is based on the best-selling manga, which has sold 60 million copies in Japan.
— Scott Mendelson, Forbes, 19 Mar. 2022 -
The series, based on the manga by Kohsuke Ohno, was released on April 8 and can be viewed in 190 countries around the world.
— Billboard Japan, Billboard, 15 June 2021 -
The manga won the 65th Shogakukan Manga Award and is a best-seller with over 2.7 million copies sold.
— Patrick Frater, Variety, 22 Oct. 2022 -
Naruto, one of the most popular mangas of all time, is headed to the big-screen.
— Borys Kit, The Hollywood Reporter, 23 Feb. 2024 -
Death Note was one of the most popular and highest-rated manga of the 2000s.
— Jacob Siegal, BGR, 6 July 2022 -
The artwork is in a light manga style, and the principals are likable.
— Andrew A. Smith Tribune News Service, Star Tribune, 28 June 2021 -
This anime is one of the best on Hulu, and it is based on the manga by Tatsuya Endo.
— Toby Grey, BGR, 16 Sep. 2022 -
Comics, or manga, have a reach that would be unimaginable in the United States.
— Los Angeles Times, 23 May 2021 -
The girl sat on a mattress in the corner of the basement, drawing manga cartoons.
— Loveday Morris, Anchorage Daily News, 18 Mar. 2022 -
All the denizens of the manga, anime and Japanese film worlds are here as figurines, posters and T-shirts.
— John Metcalfe, The Mercury News, 15 Jan. 2024 -
This series, which is based on a manga, is about an elite ad man who gets pregnant.
— Andy Meek, BGR, 27 Apr. 2022 -
As a fan pointed out on Twitter, the images of the boys sitting in huge translucent spheres look kind of like the art on the cover of the manga.
— Allie Gemmill, Teen Vogue, 15 Aug. 2018 -
Fans of the manga began a petition to recast her in 2015.
— Alexia Fernandez, PEOPLE.com, 3 July 2018 -
The artwork, by Kit Seaton, is in the quasi-manga style so popular today.
— cleveland, 23 Jan. 2020 -
The math started mathing for Hunter x Hunter fans, who are hoping there will be new installments of the manga on the way.
— Vulture, 24 May 2022 -
The introduction of the toy corresponded with the start of the Beyblade manga series of the same name.
— Deanna Weniger, Twin Cities, 26 Nov. 2019 -
Her eyes, manga-sized, scan a row of sheet masks printed with animal faces.
— Brennan Kilbane, Allure, 18 July 2019 -
The hitman series The Fable, based on the best-selling manga of the same name, will launch worldwide on the streaming service on April 7.
— Patrick Brzeski, The Hollywood Reporter, 26 Feb. 2024 -
Manga flew in the 2016 race as a student and is now leading the race as a certified flight instructor.
— Brittany Nader, cleveland.com, 14 June 2017 -
Details are scarce, but this new Akira won’t be a reboot of his manga or anime film.
— Nick Romano, EW.com, 5 July 2019 -
Ashihara Hinako, a 50-year-old Japanese manga artist, has been found dead near Tokyo.
— Patrick Frater, Variety, 31 Jan. 2024 -
Kodansha says that its manga sales in the U.S. tripled in 2022, to an all-time company record level.
— Patrick Frater, Variety, 21 Mar. 2023 -
The sneak peek makes clear that Netflix's One Piece is going to follow the broad strokes of Oda's story (which is the bestselling manga series of all time).
— Christian Holub, EW.com, 17 June 2023 -
What his work reminds me of the most, weirdly enough, is certain examples of post-punk manga.
— Gyasi Hall, Longreads, 12 Sep. 2023 -
Like the beloved 1995 anime film by Mamoru Oshii, this series is derived from the manga by Shirow Masamune.
— Samuel Axon, Ars Technica, 23 Mar. 2020 -
The manga takes place in a fantastical world where pirates and marines battle for control over the Blue Sea.
— Jennifer Maas, Variety, 2 Sep. 2023 -
Much of what Otaku no Video shows goes far beyond how Gainax came about and is a broader tale of how nerdy passions shape the groups of people that make anime, games, model kits, toys, and manga in Japan.
— Ollie Barder, Forbes, 8 Oct. 2024 -
Other performers and voice actors will appear, too, as well as artists and writers, representing anime, manga, comics, video games and more.
— Connie Ogle, Miami Herald, 9 July 2024
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