Canon (English word, pronounced like the weapon "cannon") is a term that can be applied to manga. It originated from the term "Biblical canon", which refers to the books that make up the scripture. When applied to any fiction, and in particular manga, "canon" means a story or theme that legitimately came from the original author. Works done by fans, such as fanfiction, are not canon.
Canon can be applied to manga in many ways. Canon Universe or "Canon-verse" refers to the original world or setting the story was set in, with no added details or characters. Canon pairings denote pairings that are acknowledged directly in the original story. Canon is just a useful term that can applied to pretty much anything to denote its authenticity.
Examples of "canon" things:
From Library Wars Kiiro Yumi/Hiro Arikawa:
Dojo and Kasahara are a "canon pairing"
The semi-futuristic Earth would be considered "canon-verse"
Hope that explains everything! :D
--LeXa--
Thursday, March 3, 2011
Wednesday, March 2, 2011
Definition: Omake
Omake ("oh - mah - keh", with a "mah" sound like in "mark" and a "keh" sound like in "ken") is a term that describes an additional ending to a manga or anime.
An omake can be anything from an extra chapter of manga to just a single extra panel. Omakes come after the story or manga has ended, but are sometimes included at the end of a volume of manga or at the end of a story arc. The content of an omake can differ wildly. some omakes are a humorous "what if" look at how the original story just ended. Others are the reactions of the characters who were in the story. And some omakes offer a serious look at what happened to the main characters after the story ended. Omakes can also give you a glimpse at how the side characters are doing. A rough English equivalent of the term omake would be "epilogue".
Some examples:
La Corda d'Oro by Yuki Kure makes frequent use of omakes to tell stories about the side characters.
Fullmetal Alchemist by Hiromu Arakawa also uses omakes to make jokes at the end of each volume and give humorous alternate versions of the serious storyline.
Hope that explains everything! :D
--LeXa--
An omake can be anything from an extra chapter of manga to just a single extra panel. Omakes come after the story or manga has ended, but are sometimes included at the end of a volume of manga or at the end of a story arc. The content of an omake can differ wildly. some omakes are a humorous "what if" look at how the original story just ended. Others are the reactions of the characters who were in the story. And some omakes offer a serious look at what happened to the main characters after the story ended. Omakes can also give you a glimpse at how the side characters are doing. A rough English equivalent of the term omake would be "epilogue".
Some examples:
La Corda d'Oro by Yuki Kure makes frequent use of omakes to tell stories about the side characters.
Fullmetal Alchemist by Hiromu Arakawa also uses omakes to make jokes at the end of each volume and give humorous alternate versions of the serious storyline.
Hope that explains everything! :D
--LeXa--
Definition: OVA
OVA is an acronym for "Original Video Animation", and is actually a term for an anime (or piece of anime) that is released only to DVD.
Most of the time an OVA is a special bonus for people that buy the DVD version of an anime. An enticement to spend money, as it were. OVAs range from being complete extra episodes to complicated back stories to omakes. OVAs can sometimes give creators a chance to add on content or story that they couldn't fit into the original series.
Examples of anime series with OVAs:
Black Butler by Yana Toboso, with it's lengthy side story "Ciel in Wonderland", which was an offshoot of the canon.
Fullmetal Alchemist with it's animated short "Chibi Party", which offered a look at the "actors" celebrating after the movie "Conqueror of Shamballa".
Hope that explains it all! :D
--LeXa--
Most of the time an OVA is a special bonus for people that buy the DVD version of an anime. An enticement to spend money, as it were. OVAs range from being complete extra episodes to complicated back stories to omakes. OVAs can sometimes give creators a chance to add on content or story that they couldn't fit into the original series.
Examples of anime series with OVAs:
Black Butler by Yana Toboso, with it's lengthy side story "Ciel in Wonderland", which was an offshoot of the canon.
Fullmetal Alchemist with it's animated short "Chibi Party", which offered a look at the "actors" celebrating after the movie "Conqueror of Shamballa".
Hope that explains it all! :D
--LeXa--
Definition: Shounen
Shounen ("Show - Nen", with a long "o" sound in "show" and an "eh" sound like "men") is a type of manga. "Shounen" means "boy" in Japanese, so "shounen manga" is boy's manga.
Shounen manga is generally action-packed, with a strong male lead. The art style of shounen manga is rougher than say, shoujo, and features bold lines and dark inking. Shounen manga generally contains some form of fighting or action, with maybe romance thrown in as a side story.
Some examples of shounen manga are:
Fullmetal Alchemist by Hiromu Arakawa
Bleach by Noriaki Kubo
Naruto by Masashi Kishimoto
Hope that explains everything! :D
--LeXa--
Shounen manga is generally action-packed, with a strong male lead. The art style of shounen manga is rougher than say, shoujo, and features bold lines and dark inking. Shounen manga generally contains some form of fighting or action, with maybe romance thrown in as a side story.
Some examples of shounen manga are:
Fullmetal Alchemist by Hiromu Arakawa
Bleach by Noriaki Kubo
Naruto by Masashi Kishimoto
Hope that explains everything! :D
--LeXa--
Definition: Shoujo
Shoujo ("Show - Joe", with a long "o" sound in "show") is a type of manga. The word "Shoujo" actually means "girl", therefore "shoujo manga" is girl's manga.
Shoujo manga generally has a focus on pretty people and art, with a female main character. They feature lots of cute boys and the plot mostly focuses on some sort of romance. The setting and driving plot of a shoujo can vary alot, being everything from high school drama to fantasy adventure.
A few examples of Shoujo manga:
High School Debut by Kazune Kawahara
Ouran High School Host Club by Bisco Hatori
(and the ever-popular) Fruit's Basket by Natsuki Takaya
Hope that explained it!
--Lea-- ^^
Shoujo manga generally has a focus on pretty people and art, with a female main character. They feature lots of cute boys and the plot mostly focuses on some sort of romance. The setting and driving plot of a shoujo can vary alot, being everything from high school drama to fantasy adventure.
A few examples of Shoujo manga:
High School Debut by Kazune Kawahara
Ouran High School Host Club by Bisco Hatori
(and the ever-popular) Fruit's Basket by Natsuki Takaya
Hope that explained it!
--Lea-- ^^
Tuesday, March 1, 2011
Welcome
Why hello there!
You can call me LeXa. I'm a Japanese-loving person who has been studying Japanese language for about two years now.
If you've stumbled across this blog, welcome. This blog is dedicated to one of my favorite things in the whole world: manga. As you may know, manga ("mah - n - gah"; not hard "a" sounds like in "man", but soft "a" sounds like in "are") are Japanese comics, and are closely related to their animated counterpart, anime ("ah - nee - may").
Manga and its surrounding fan-base is full of strange terms and concepts. During my foray in the manga world I have learned and collected some terms and this blog is dedicated to writing down and explaining the definitions of some of those terms. Here are some of the terms/concepts I would like to explain on this blog:
A note on warnings: Manga is a diverse and complex world that does make the occasional foray into adult content. Because I know that some themes offend certain people more than others and also because heck, I'm really pretty conservative in my manga tastes, I will be putting warnings on some definitions. I won't go into details anyways, but hey, I sure do appreciate warnings other places on the internets, so let's go with this. ^^ For example: the two bolded points on the list above are two of the terms I know I going to want to put warnings on.
Also: I will try to put pronunciation on the terms as I explain them. Because I'm studying Japanese I do know about how the terms should be pronounced but I can't promise to always be perfect, so apologies if I mess up. m(_ _)m
So if you follow me thus far, let's go! :D
--LeXa--
You can call me LeXa. I'm a Japanese-loving person who has been studying Japanese language for about two years now.
If you've stumbled across this blog, welcome. This blog is dedicated to one of my favorite things in the whole world: manga. As you may know, manga ("mah - n - gah"; not hard "a" sounds like in "man", but soft "a" sounds like in "are") are Japanese comics, and are closely related to their animated counterpart, anime ("ah - nee - may").
Manga and its surrounding fan-base is full of strange terms and concepts. During my foray in the manga world I have learned and collected some terms and this blog is dedicated to writing down and explaining the definitions of some of those terms. Here are some of the terms/concepts I would like to explain on this blog:
- Cannon
- Pairings
- Otomen games
- Fanon
- Fandom
- Doujishin
- Fanfiction
- Omake
- Fanart
- AMV
- OVA
- Fanservice
- Shota/Lolita
- Yaoi and the like
- Datingsim
- Chibi
- Moe
- Megane
- Yandere
- Tsundere
- Art books
- Character/refernce sketch
- Otaku
- Fujoshi
- 2Chan
A note on warnings: Manga is a diverse and complex world that does make the occasional foray into adult content. Because I know that some themes offend certain people more than others and also because heck, I'm really pretty conservative in my manga tastes, I will be putting warnings on some definitions. I won't go into details anyways, but hey, I sure do appreciate warnings other places on the internets, so let's go with this. ^^ For example: the two bolded points on the list above are two of the terms I know I going to want to put warnings on.
Also: I will try to put pronunciation on the terms as I explain them. Because I'm studying Japanese I do know about how the terms should be pronounced but I can't promise to always be perfect, so apologies if I mess up. m(_ _)m
So if you follow me thus far, let's go! :D
--LeXa--
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