manga
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In “Daemons of the Shadow Realm,” based on the manga by acclaimed “Fullmetal Alchemist” creator Hiromu Arakawa, Huru leads a simple life in the premodern Edo-style Higashi Village.
From Salon ● Jul. 18, 2026
My apartment walls feature not one, but two pieces of Berserk manga fan art.
From Slate ● Jun. 14, 2026
A backlash is growing in Japan over US President Donald Trump's use of popular anime and manga characters in his posts on social media.
From BBC ● Jun. 10, 2026
While reading the manga, Godoy would take photos of Luffy’s wildest faces to try to include them in his performance.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 10, 2026
Good at baseball, spelling, musical theater, drawing manga.
From "The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl" by Stacy McAnulty
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The same would later be true with automobiles, gadgetry and — for fans of “Demon Slayer,” “One Piece” and other mangas — cartoons, to name just those few.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 7, 2021
Japan discovered its first element, nihonium, No. 113, in 2004, and Chapman reports that Japanese children read mangas dramatizing the work of the country’s top nuclear physicist, Kosuke Morita.
From The New Yorker ● Dec. 27, 2019
On their heads are sombreros of ample brim; wide trousers—cahoneras—flap loose around their ankles; while over their shoulders they carry cloaks, which, by the peculiar drape, are recognisable as Mexican mangas.
From The Flag of Distress A Story of the South Sea by Reid, Mayne
The morning was cold and raw, with a dense fog covering the plains, so that we could scarcely see each other's faces, and found our mangas particularly agreeable.
From Life in Mexico by Calderón de la Barca, Madame (Frances Erskine Inglis)
The harpoons were well taken care of, for we fully expected to harpoon a few of the mangas.
From Lost in the Jungle Narrated for Young People by Du Chaillu, Paul B. (Paul Belloni)
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