Tankōbon
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A Script error: No such module "Nihongo".[a] is a standard publishing format for books in Japan, alongside other formats such as Template:Xlit (17×11 cm paperback books) and Template:Xlit. Used as a loanword in English, the term specifically refers to a printed collection of a manga that was previously published in a serialized format. Manga Template:Xlit typically contain a handful of chapters, and may collect multiple volumes as a series continues publication.
Major publishing imprints for Template:Xlit of manga include Jump Comics (for serials in Shueisha's Weekly Shōnen Jump and other Jump magazines), Kodansha's Shōnen Magazine Comics, Shogakukan's Shōnen Sunday Comics, and Akita Shoten’s Shōnen Champion Comics.
Manga
Increasingly after 1959,[citation needed] manga came to be published in thick, phone-book-sized weekly or monthly anthology manga magazines, such as Weekly Shōnen Magazine or Weekly Shōnen Jump. These anthologies often have hundreds of pages and dozens of individual series by multiple authors. They are printed on cheap newsprint and are considered disposable. Since the 1930s, though, comic strips had been compiled into Template:Xlit collecting multiple installments from a single series and reprinting them in a roughly paperback-sized volume on higher quality paper than in the original magazine printing.[1] Strips in manga magazines and tankobon are typically printed in black and white, but sometimes certain sections may be printed in colour or using colored inks or paper.
In English, while a Template:Xlit translation is usually marketed as a "graphic novel" or "trade paperback", the transliterated terms Template:Xlit and Template:Xlit are sometimes used amongst online communities. Japanese speakers frequently refer to manga Template:Xlit by the English loanword Script error: No such module "Nihongo".,[2] although it is more widespread for being used in place of the word "manga", as they are the same thing. The term also refers to the format itself—a comic collection in a trade paperback sized (roughly Template:Cvt) book (as opposed to the larger Template:Cvt format used by traditional American graphic novels).[3]
Although Japanese manga tankobon may be in various sizes, the most common are Japanese B6 (Template:Cvt) and ISO A5 (Template:Cvt). The Template:Xlit format has made inroads in the American comics market, with several major publishers opting to release some of their titles in this smaller format, which is sometimes also called "digest format" or "digest size". In the United States, many manga are released in the so-called "Tokyopop trim" or "Tokyopop size" (approximately Template:Cvt).[3]
Special formats
An Script error: No such module "Nihongo". is a collector's edition volume. These volumes are generally more expensive and lavished with special features such as a special cover created specifically for the edition, a special paper used for the cover, higher quality paper, a special slipcase, etc. Template:Xlit are generally printed in a limited run, thereby increasing the value and collectability of those few copies made. The Template:Xlit format has begun to make inroads into the US market, with titles such as Fruits Basket and Mobile Suit Gundam: The Origin being reissued in a similar format.
Script error: No such module "Distinguish". A Script error: No such module "Nihongo". edition refers to a Template:Xlit printed in bunko format, or a typical Japanese novel-sized volume. Template:Xlit are generally A6 size (Template:Cvt) and thicker than Template:Xlit and, in the case of manga, usually have a new cover designed specifically for the release. In the case of manga, a Template:Xlit tends to contain considerably more pages than a Template:Xlit and usually is a republication of Template:Xlit of the same title which may or may not have been out of print.[4]
Thus, the Template:Xlit edition of a given manga will consist of fewer volumes. For example, Please Save My Earth was published in 21 Template:Xlit volumes, and then re-released in 12 Template:Xlit volumes.[4] If the original manga was a wide-ban release, the Template:Xlit release will generally have the same number of volumes.
A Script error: No such module "Nihongo". is another term occasionally used to designate a type of special release.[5]
The Script error: No such module "Nihongo". is yet another term sometimes used to denote a type of special release. A Template:Xlit release is generally A5 size (Template:Cvt) and will typically reproduce individual chapter covers, colour pages, and side-stories from its original magazine run, features that are often omitted or converted to grayscale in standard Template:Xlit releases. While the Template:Xlit appellation emphasizes the value of the volumes, the term Template:Xlit emphasizes their completeness.
Similar to a wide-ban, a Script error: No such module "Nihongo". or Script error: No such module "Nihongo". is a special edition released, usually with a new cover. The volumes in such a release usually have new colour pages and other extras. For example, in 2003, Sailor Moon was re-edited; some pages were completely redrawn, and most dialogues were rewritten by the author. The chapters were redivided to fit into 12 volumes instead of 18.[6]
The Script error: No such module "Nihongo". is a format published by Shueisha beginning in 2008. A Template:Xlit edition is B5 size (Template:Cvt), larger than a Template:Xlit, and similarly reproduces chapter covers and colour pages while also including a variety of bonus features such as posters and interviews. The majority of Template:Xlit releases are for popular manga with ongoing serializations. They contain far more pages than a standard Template:Xlit and feature more chapters in fewer volumes; Naruto Part I was originally published in 27 Template:Xlit volumes, but was completed in just eight Template:Xlit volumes.[7]
Wide-ban
A wide-ban or Script error: No such module "Nihongo". edition is larger (A5 size) than a regular Template:Xlit. Many manga, particularly [[Seinen manga|Template:Xlit]] and [[Josei manga|Template:Xlit manga]], are published in wide-ban editions after magazine serialisation, and are never released in the Template:Xlit format that is common in [[Shōnen manga|Template:Xlit manga]] and [[Shōjo manga|Template:Xlit manga]]. When a series originally published in Template:Xlit format is re-released in wide-ban format, each volume will contain more pages than in the original edition, and therefore the series will consist of fewer volumes. For example, Inuyasha was originally released in 56 Template:Xlit volumes, but was republished as 30 wide-ban volumes.[8]
See also
Notes
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References
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- ^ Jason Yadao. The Rough Guide to Manga.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Shiraishi, Saya S. (1997). "Japan's Soft Power: Doraemon Goes Overseas". In Katzenstein, Peter J.; Shiraishi, Takashi (eds.). Network Power: Japan and Asia (Illustrated ed.). Ithaca, New York: Cornell University Press. p. 252. ISBN 978-0-8014-8373-8.
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- ^ a b Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Brienza, Casey E. (June 2009). "Books, Not Comics: Publishing Fields, Globalization, and Japanese Manga in the United States". Publishing Research Quarterly. 25 (2). New York: Springer: 101–17. doi:10.1007/s12109-009-9114-2. ISSN 1053-8801. S2CID 143718638.
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- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."豪華愛蔵版 美味しんぼ". SHOGAKUKAN. Shogakukan Inc. Retrieved 15 February 2025.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."『美少女戦士セーラームーン新装版（１２）＜完＞』（武内 直子）". Kodansha Comic Plus. Kodansha Ltd. Retrieved 14 February 2025.
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