In Russia, an adult looks ridiculous looking at a magazine with black-and-white pictures. Meanwhile, in these pictures the whole world can come to life, covering far from children's experiences and problems.
While in Russia comics are considered to be children's fun, in Japan, manga is read by all age categories. Manga is an independent type of press, a powerful self-sufficient industry that covers all segments of the population. This is a kind of symbiosis of fine art and literature.
The word "manga" literally means "grotesque", "strange (or funny) pictures." This term originated in the late 18th - early 19th centuries. It is believed that the modern meaning of the word was introduced by Rakuten Kitazawa (1876-1955) - Japanese artist and mangaka, considered the father of modern manga, the first professional animator in Japan. All over the world, the concept of manga is perceived as comics published in Japan.
In a variety of genres and directions, in terms of content and age categorization, manga is not inferior to literature and cinema. The prejudiced attitude of the supporters of the classical literary genre about the frivolity and deprivation of the artistry of images in the manga has no objective and reasonable grounds.
The manga uses a minimum amount of text, you will not find in it vivid figurative descriptions, so beloved by writers, pictures are black and white, not color. Despite all this, the manga is interesting. Interesting and exciting. The characters of the characters, their emotions, experiences are understandable without words, the setting, the surrounding atmosphere, the seasons, even the passage of time do not need multi-page descriptions - everything is clear thanks to the peculiarities of the drawing, the sequence of frames lined up in a logically complete chain.
Manga is not written, but drawn, therefore it is more correct to compare it with a movie, and not with a literary work. You watch manga more than you read it, perceiving a series of pictures in one gulp, like stills from a movie, when you can click on "freeze frame" at any moment.
The most popular manga is filmed in anime. Manga and anime organically complement each other. You can discover your favorite anime from a new angle by reading the original source of the ideological idea - manga, in which you find details that were not covered in the film adaptation. And vice versa, after reading the manga, you can admire the animated characters in color and their "live performance" on the screen.
Manga in Russia is distributed in the form of amateur translations - scanlate. Due to the nature of the Japanese script, manga is read from right to left. Official translations sometimes "mirror", but in this case, the perception of the story, as conceived by the author, may be distorted.
Manga cannot replace a good book, but it can become an alternative to a film. It allows you to plunge into the world of fantasies and dreams, relax and enjoy an interesting and exciting story.
