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Hello - My name is Kitty and I'm a manga fanatic!

I'm here to tell u just a little about the manga event and what exactly manga and anime is all about!

So, what is manga?

Manga is Japanese art form, which started shortly after world war 2. In the 1950's manga became a major part of the Japanese publishing industry and is still one of the most popular forms of comic books today, since it has a range of action-adventure, romance, sports and games, historical drama, comedy, science fiction and fantasy, for all ages.

What is anime?

Anime is basically short for animation, which is the form of manga.  It started because there were not enough western actors or fantasy landscapes in Japan, so animation started.  In 1970 anime popularity started to expand as Osamu Tezuka created the first "mecha" or "giant robot" anime.  Now there are a few varied types of anime from Bishojo (pretty girl characters) to Maho shonen (magical boy characters or Maho shojo for magical girl) or Sentai (fighting or combat anime).

The manga convention

The Scunthorpe Central Library is holding a manga convention on Thursday 3^rd April 6.00-8.00, tickets are £1, the convention includes promotions, cosplay (dress up as your favourite anime, manga character) drawing competition (bring your drawings with you!) and of course the no. 1 Japanese snack Pocky!

Kitty