Definitions

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  • noun manga A professional manga or anime artist.

Etymologies

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From the Japanese 漫画家: 漫画(まんが, manga):(manga) + (カ, ka):(professional).

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Examples

  • An overpowering array of household name mangaka heads the list of those announcing their opposition to the efforts …

    AnimeBlogger.net Antenna 2010

  • An overpowering array of household name mangaka heads the list of those announcing their opposition to the efforts …

    AnimeBlogger.net Antenna 2010

  • The mangaka was the same, the studio, the character designs, the voice actors, music producer - you name it.

    Wakaranai 2008

  • The mangaka was the same, the studio, the character designs, the voice actors, music producer - you name it.

    Wakaranai 2008

  • The mangaka was the same, the studio, the character designs, the voice actors, music producer - you name it.

    AnimeBlogger.net Antenna 2008

  • So it is that they desperately want to be considered a "mangaka" rather than a "comicbook creator."

    Anime World Order Podcast 2009

  • Two volumes of something close to graphic haiku – 6 - to 8-page short stories centered on a young shoujo mangaka, her husband, assistants and friends: indeed many are more mood pieces than stories, capturing the mingled hope and melancholy of an early spring night or the moment when the first dragonfly shows that summer has turned toward autumn.

    Letter head 2010

  • Osamu Tezuka shares the exciting life of Sarutobi, a trainee ninja, and, as always with the master mangaka, each page is a subtle combination of energy, finesse and humor.

    License request extra: Angoulême selections 2009

  • The same is true for a few other high-powered mangaka such as CLAMP.

    Comps, complaints, companies 2009

  • Do you think the mangaka would ever show the fate of a pregnant woman or newlywed in that manga?

    Weekend reading 2009

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