A manga

Cover of the first manga volume

In 2007, announced an adaptation of the manga. It was animated by and and ran for 24 episodes, from April 6, 2008 to September 14, 2008 in Japan.

comic strip: Asia and the manga

Manga differ from Western comics in several ways beyond their country of origin. While many Western consist of color images, manga are typically printed in black-and-white. Manga are also frequently printed on poor-quality paper, which helps keep production costs down and make manga inexpensive to buy. Characters are often drawn with oversized heads and large, expressive eyes. Facial features are usually drawn with simple lines. A variety of panel shapes are used, along with different angles and perspective effects, to create a cinematic sense of action. Artists often draw the characters with large eyes in order to show emotion more easily. Compared with Western comic books, manga stories are longer and the action is depicted at a slower pace. For example, it is not unusual for a single fight in an action manga to spread over 30 pages.

Manga a wide variety of subject matter. Common include action-adventure, , , , , , and . They are often divided by the for which they are intended. Shonen and shojo manga are created for adolescent audiences, the former genre for boys and the latter for girls. Shonen manga frequently revolve around action, while romance is a much more common theme in shojo manga. Seinen manga are intended for an adult male audience and often feature grittier, more-serious versions of the themes seen in shonen manga. Josei manga are aimed at adult women and typically revolve around romance and other personal relationships. Finally, kodomomuke manga are for young children.