How to Use manga in a Sentence

manga

noun
  • 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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