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manhuajia

noun

Etymology

Borrowed from Mandarin 漫畫家 /漫画家 (mànhuàjiā). Doublet of mangaka and manhwaga.

  1. borrowed from 漫畫家

Definitions

  1. A manhua (Chinese comic) author or artist.

    • Some of the manga introuced during this period came through unauthorized copying by local Taiwanese manhuajia, who adapted original Japanese manga into a Taiwanese-style three horizontal grid.
    • Most of the art work in Wanxiang is by a group of artists who are most often referred to today as manhuajia 漫畫家 (cartoonists), many of whom had been members of a cartoon society that was established in Shanghai in December 1926.
    • The creators of these East Asian comics also have specific titles: a person who makes manga is a mangaka, a person who creates manhwa is a manhwaga, and a person that makes manhua is a manhuajia.

The neighborhood

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