Manga

By: Cokie B. Aningga and Julianne

Edlyn Nylla M. Suan

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SUMMARY 1 HISTORY

2 TYPES

3 MANGAKA/AUTHOR

4 HOW TO READ

5 BEHIND THE SCENES

HISTORY
Manga - an umbrella term used for a wide variety of comics or graphic
novels originating from Japan.

Manga originated from scrolls dating back to the 12th Century, with the
right-to -left reading style a characteristic with the style of Japanese
literature. It is also the japanese term for the word "comic" with the
word first came into common usage back in the late 18th century.
TYPES OF
MANGA

SHOUNEN
SHOUJO
SEINEN
JOSEI
KODOMOMUKE
MANGAKA/MANGA
ARTIST
Popular
authors/artists in
Japan with notable
works and won
several awards
along the way.

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WAYS ON
HOW TO
READ A
MANGA
 THE DARK SIDE
OF BEING A
MANGAKA

Being a manga artist, or a "mangaka," must seem like a dream job to most otaku. Writing, drawing, and
hanging out with your manga idols - what could be better? Well, unfortunately, the reality of what life is really
like for manga artists is usually far from being a dream. Not only are jobs hard to come by, but they are
riddled with unbelievable hardships and soul-crushing amounts of stress.

The ugly truth? You'll work crazy long hours with hardly any breaks for very little money. You'll be super sleep
deprived, overworked, and under enormous pressure from your editor to keep pumping out chapters every
week. If you're an assistant, you could be doing the bulk of the grunt work, but if you're a creator, you might
not be able to afford enough assistants to pick up the slack. All of the psychological and physical stress is
enough to make a lot of artists seriously ill - or worse. Still interested? Here's a breakdown of the insane
schedule of a manga artist and why being one is so terrible.