With significant growth in worldwide audiences, manga has started outselling American comics. In 2020, the manga market of Japan hit a new record of ¥612.6 billion owing to the rapid growth in digital sales. Since the 1950s, Manga has become a major part of the Japanese publishing industry. Several popular mangas have been translated into other languages and have also been adapted into movies. The medium includes works in a broad range of genres including drama, action, historical, adventure, sports, romance, mystery, fantasy, suspense, and many others.
Outside the country, the word is used typically to refer to comics originally published in the country. Even today, many mangas are developed as per the style followed in Japan during the late nineteenth century. The term Manga is used to refer to graphic novels or comics originating from Japan.
