I always thought manga was the style, not the pages it had, Slap that sun-uh-vuh for me, will you? I think it's manga if it follows the Japanese style and it is only OFTEN graphic novels and written backwards! Am I right?
Wait, if Manga is Japanese, what is anime?

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Manga didn't mean comic originally, back in 1600 and something it came to be, and it meant incomplete or incorrect scetch, not involuntary (the whole story has something to do with graffiti or something, I don't have the book any more and don't remember it too well).
After world war 2 the manga we know and love came to be, and this is when manga came to mean comic.
Also the size of a comic has nothing to do with a manga, there's heaps of 4 pannel manga serials that have even been made into full length mangas and animes.
PS. Wikipedia says: Manga, literally translated, means "whimsical pictures".

I have a tendency to wear my mind on my sleeve, I have a history of losing my shirt...

So ultimatley we were both right in a sense. BUT I can still call my 4 panel comics manga. *must resist sudden urge to act immature and scream I told you so*

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So ultimatley we were both right in a sense. BUT I can still call my 4 panel comics manga. *must resist sudden urge to act immature and scream I told you so*

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don't mean to offend you, but wow you've got some irgorant friends... Yes manga is comic in Japanese, and from what I understand if it's a magizine that show cases multiple titles each comic doesn't need to be 20 pages...( It ultimately depends on the zine creator.) And lastly Yes girls can draw Manga... Sailor-Moon, Fushigi-Yuugi, Ceres Celestial Legends, Tokyo Mew Mew, and Inu-yasha were created by women... Besides your friends need to read some webcomics...

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How about this: "Manga" is a buzzword that has lost all meaning, kind of like "goth" and "punk," and arguing about it is futile.

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I suppose. Forgive me if this post was immature. ^^; Twas a vent after all.

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It's alright him and I aren't really close. We're like mid aquaitence/friend.

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There does seem to be 2 camps of thought about the word manga.

There’s the technical camp that understands the meaning of the word and recognizes there are various techniques, styles, even formula that help from this type of sequential storytelling. Rachel Nabors is a very good example of this. She makes sequential stories that uses techniques from Manga and Comics, but doesn’t squarely fit in current pre-existing categories. Some might say that this is a form of evolution for the art form as different ideas and schools of thought start to change how the various troupes of Manga are used.

Then there’s the more cultural camp, and not cultural as in they’re more into things Japanese, but the hybrid anime/manga culture that has formed in the US. These are the same folks who have taken the word Otaku, a clear insult in Japan, and have turned it into a badge of honor in the US. This group is interesting because while they feel their actions and beliefs are more “pure” Japanese, they are very outspoken and proud which is clearly an American type response and not a Japanese one. Japanese culture is more quite and reserved and a Japanese “fan” would typically only “argue” fannish things with a member of their inner circle, far away from public view.

But yeah, like you noticed above, neither are right or wrong considering you viewpoints. To be a good sport, I would suggest to offer that guy a chance to write an article in your magazine explaining why it isn’t manga. Mind you it has to actually be decently written so it’s just not a bunch of “This mag sux0r!1!”. Good journalism does try to show various sides on a subject matter.

First, manga means "wimsical image" acording to some website that may or may not be wikipedia. Second there are several manga less than twenty pages. In fact there is an entire type of manga called "4 koma" that is basicly a manga strip 4 panells long. so tell that kid hes retarded and get it over with. He prabably one of those people that pronouses manga wrong.