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Line 10: When a series has been running for a while, the stories are collected together and printed in book-sized volumes that contain only that series. These volumes use higher-quality paper, and are good for those who want to "catch up" with a series so they can follow what's happening with the series in the magazines. Manga have been translated into many different languages in ~~many~~ different countries including China, France, Italy, and many more. In the USA manga is still a rather small industry, especially when compared to the animated form of manga: [[anime]]. The leading manga publisher in America is [[Viz]], the American branch of publisher Shogakukan (小学館). They have many popular titles such as [[Neon Genesis Evangelion]], [[Dragon Ball Z]], [[Tenchi Muyo]] and the various works of [[Rumiko Takahashi]]. The style of manga is very distinctive. Emphasis is often placed on line over form, and the storytelling and panel placement isdiffer ~~different~~from tothose in western comics. While the art can be incredibly realistic or cartoonish, it is often noted that the characters look "American", or have large eyes. Large eyes have become a permanent fixation in manga and anime since the ~~60's~~1960s when [[Osamu Tezuka]], creator of [[astro boy]] and considered the god-king of manga, started drawing them that way, mimicking the style of Disney cartoons from America. Fairly surprising for western readers is that (somewhat like the [[Jazz]] approach to melody) Manga artists don't feel that their stories and characters are set in stone. So a set of characters may build relationships, jobs, etc. in one set of stories ("story arc") only to have another story arc run where the same characters do not know each other. The "Tenchi" series in particular is known for this; there are more than thirteen different pretty-much unrelated story arcs based around Tenchi and his friends.

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