manga

A local comics industry in native languages has flourished wherever the United States and Great Britain have held sway—notably in Taiwan, South Korea, the Philippines, and India (where the often cartoonlike Bollywood, centred in Mumbai [Bombay], is dominant). Even some Islamic countries, where for…

…cartoonist known for her titillating manga (Japanese cartoons), which used subversive themes and flouted social propriety to keep her audience engaged.

…impact on Australian popular culture: manga, a popular style of comic, and anime, a style of animation that borrowed its childlike big-featured colourful characters from manga. The influence of manga and anime grew steadily in Australia from 1966, when the first anime television series, Astro Boy, aired in the country…