Mangaka

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Mangaka (漫画家) is the Japanese word for a comic artist. Outside of Japan, manga usually refers to a Japanese comic book and mangaka refers to the author of the manga, who is usually Japanese.

Contents 1 Meaning 2 Other Uses 3 See also 4 References

[edit] Meaning

The word can be broken down into two parts: Manga and ka

The Manga corresponds to the medium of art the artist uses: comics, or Japanese comics, depending on if you use the term inside or outside of Japan.

The -ka (家) suffix implies some degree of expertise and a traditional kind of authorship. For example, this term would not apply to a writer creating a story which is then handed over to a manga artist for drawing. The Japanese term for such a writer of comics is gensaku-sha.

Examples of mangaka are Wataru Yoshizumi and Masashi Kishimoto.

[edit] Other Uses

• MANGAka is the name of a digital art competition in Singapore. The name is usually followed by the last two digits of the year in which the contest is held, e.g. MANGAka07 for 2007.

[edit] See also

• List of mangaka

[edit] References