Manga is the word for Japanese (or Japan-inspired) comics.

 

In Japan, manga isn’t just for kids.  You can find manga histories, manga how-to guides, and manga cookbooks.  In fact, one—fourth of all printed material in Japan is in comics.  And the form has become wildly popular in just about every other country on the planet.

 

As FORBES says, manga is the “hardiest and most voracious cultural virus presently known to human society