How to Use manga in a Sentence

manga

noun
  • Pick up your copy of the manga at the front desk.
    — Ramona Sentinel, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 May 2026
  • Pick up your copy of the manga at the front desk.
    — Ramona Sentinel, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Apr. 2026
  • Pick up your copy of the manga at the front desk.
    — Ramona Sentinel, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 Dec. 2025
  • Were there major changes from the manga?
    — Abid Rahman, HollywoodReporter, 16 Nov. 2025
  • The style adds to the creeping dread of these scenes in a way that isn’t found in the manga.
    — Michael Moore, The Verge, 16 Aug. 2019
  • There was a slew of manga and a bunch of books that looked like actual fun.
    — Jeremy O. Harris, Vanity Fair, 1 Apr. 2026
  • This series, which is based on a manga, is about an elite ad man who gets pregnant.
    — Andy Meek, BGR, 27 Apr. 2022
  • The project is based on the manga by Hojo Tsukasa.
    — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 25 Mar. 2026
  • Both the manga and TV show are still running.
    — Marni Rose McFall, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 Oct. 2025
  • Her eyes, manga-sized, scan a row of sheet masks printed with animal faces.
    — Brennan Kilbane, Allure, 18 July 2019
  • Its focus ranges from anime and manga to film and TV.
    — Borys Kit, HollywoodReporter, 20 Feb. 2026
  • What was alluring about the manga is that Anzu is a temple cat and a ghost cat.
    — Destiny Jackson, Deadline, 22 Jan. 2025
  • Naruto, one of the most popular mangas of all time, is headed to the big-screen.
    — Borys Kit, The Hollywood Reporter, 23 Feb. 2024
  • Join a lively discussion on the manga of the month, watch the anime episode and have snacks.
    — Ramona Sentinel, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 Dec. 2025
  • That’s a neat segue to the manga, actually.
    — Abid Rahman, HollywoodReporter, 16 Nov. 2025
  • For example, the two or three kids reading manga would get bullied.
    — Leo Barraclough, Variety, 19 Oct. 2025
  • In some respects, adapting this of all the manga’s storylines for the big screen is an odd choice.
    — Wilson Chapman, IndieWire, 22 Oct. 2025
  • Sales of the manga it’s based on have also skyrocketed.
    — Griff Griffin, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Oct. 2025
  • The film is based on the best-selling manga, which has sold 60 million copies in Japan.
    — Scott Mendelson, Forbes, 19 Mar. 2022
  • The manga is also available to borrow at some libraries.
    — Julia Gomez, USA Today, 9 Mar. 2026
  • But modern manga artists are far more likely to pay homage to other manga than to foreign comics.
    — Matt Alt, New Yorker, 25 Aug. 2025
  • It's based on a popular manga series.
    — K. Thor Jensen, PC Magazine, 27 Mar. 2026
  • The girl sat on a mattress in the corner of the basement, drawing manga cartoons.
    — Loveday Morris, Anchorage Daily News, 18 Mar. 2022
  • Details are scarce, but this new Akira won’t be a reboot of his manga or anime film.
    — Nick Romano, EW.com, 5 July 2019
  • In Japan, manga has long held its own against television and movies in terms of cultural pull.
    — Matt Alt, New Yorker, 25 Aug. 2025
  • The event features booths selling anime, manga, collectibles and cards.
    — Marcus Smith, Sacbee.com, 26 Sep. 2025
  • One of the most popular manga of the late 80s was that of Spriggan.
    — Ollie Barder, Forbes, 4 July 2022
  • Like last season, there are scenes that feel ripped from the manga, but that unfold in slightly different ways.
    — Abbey White, HollywoodReporter, 17 Mar. 2026
  • Keishi Otomo’s film is based on a manga comic of the same name and set in the world of ballroom dancing.
    — Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 2 Dec. 2024
  • Comics, or manga, have a reach that would be unimaginable in the United States.
    — Los Angeles Times, 23 May 2021

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