I don't get it. Is a movie from Europe called something different? It's a God damn movie. Why do comic books from Japan get their own titles? They're fucking graphic novels.

There's no reason to call them 'mangas' other than to be trendy. I love how America is stuck in a Japan fad, and Japan is stuck in an America fad. If the two cultures met I think they'd undo themselves.

Speaking of Japan, that shit Akiyama pulled on Sakuraba was lame. I really don't think Akiyama needed to cheat to get the win. I know Sakuraba is getting old, but he's still got some fight in him, that doesn't mean Akiyama had to grease himself up before the fight. There's also some pics of him after the match was over, holding his hand up (with his glove still on), and it looks like he might have been using some metal knuckles, too. Lame.

JEW wrote:

there is a difference between manga, graphic novel, and trade paperback, sock.

Then tell me? They're drawn, they have word bubbles in them, they're basically long comic books. How are they different? They're the same thing, only with different art styles. Clerks II and Children of Men were both shot wildly different, but they're still movies. One doesn't hop media catergories. They're different genres, but that doesn't mean one's a movie, and one isn't. What are movies from Japan called? Movies. Why do graphic novels from Japan get their own genre? It's people trying to be trendy, that's it.

Manga as a word for print cartoons, so it's a Japanese word? What's the French word for movies (larvalarva, where are you?)? Are movies from France called that? Nope. They're still movies.

It's trendy to say Japanese things, why do you think so many stupid shits say shit like "baka" and "kawaii"?

Abstract art and realist art is still art. Graphic novels from Japan and graphic novels from anywhere else are still graphic novels. You're comparing apples and apples here.