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mangaka

mangaka

English

Noun

mangaka (plural mangakas or mangaka)

  1. A professional manga or anime artist.

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French

Etymology

Borrowing from Japanese 漫画家 (mangaka)

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /mɑ̃.ɡa.ka/

Noun

mangaka m (plural mangakas)

  1. a mangaka
    • 2005 November 1, “Duck Action : 5 mangas inmangables ! [Duck Action: 5 Manga You Can't Miss!]”, in Picsou Magazine (non-fiction, in French), Disney Hachette Presse, page 27:
      Hiromu Arakawa est une jeune mangaka débutante quand elle envoie son premier projet chez un éditeur. L’histoire courte deviendra FullMetal Alchemist, un des mangas les plus vendus au Japon : 12 millions d’exemplaires !
      Hiromu Arakawa is a young mangaka debuting when she sent her first project to a publisher. That short story became FullMetal Alchemist, one of the best-selling manga in Japan: 12 million copies!

Coordinate terms

  • manhuajia
  • manhwaga

See also


Japanese

Romanization

mangaka

  1. rōmaji reading of まんがか