1) Japanese for graphic novel 
Tatsumi began publishing `gekiga` in 1957. Gekiga was vastly different from most manga at the time, which were aimed at children. These `dramatic pictures` emerged not from the mainstream manga publications in Tokyo headed by Osamu Tezuka but from the lending libraries based out of Osaka. The lending library industry tolerated more experimenta...
Japanese for graphic novel.
Anime and manga intended for the adolescent male demographic.