MANGA (ON PAPER)

The origin of manga dates back to the Nara period at the early nineteenth century (Nara was the capital of Japan for 74 years in the era namesake “the eighth century”). Can be defined as a from of Japanese comics, must be read from right-to-left.

Actually developed and serialized in Japan after World War II, they have spread abroad later. France, second consumer of manga in the world, discovered them in the early 1990s.

Many genres and formats exist, but the classic remains the publication of a chapter in the weekly rhythm of a "Jump" type of magazine and a dedicated output accumulated ten chapters in a bound volume.

In Japan, some manga exceeded hundred published volumes, of which only a few titles have exceeded its borders: Golgo 13, JoJo's Bizarre Adventure or Hajime no Ippo.