Thread:GamerTimeUS/@comment-25509684-20180205162115

Hey GamerTimeUS!

I have been researching "manga" and "anime" but while I was researching these terms and the media of Japan, I have realized that manga and anime are not special terms. "Manga" is simply the Japanese word for "comic" and "anime" and an abbreviation for the word "animation". Even in media, for TVアニメ, usually the English words "TV Animation" will be brought up. As for manga, Japanese media like JUMP Comics tend to use the English word for comics but that's esentially what the word manga means. Even in My Hero Academia, Izuku says that if they were in a "comic" (use of the English word), Shota would be the main character. Yes, you do see "Anime" and "Manga" in Japanese titles and websites. That's because they're Japanese and don't have to use the English translation since the websites are for the Japanese media like AnimeJapan and s-manga.com. And sometimes they do use the kana for manga but it doesn't change the fact that manga means comic. On the HeroAca movie website, if you have look on the left, it says TV Animation and if you hover over it, it will say テレビアニメ. Sometimes, instead of アニメ you will see アニメーション in some media. The abbreviation for animation is no different than robo ロボ which is short in Japanese for robot or mecha メカ for mechanical.

I suggest that we change manga to comic on everything and anime to animation since these words are not special in their original language. To reiterate, manga is simply the Japanese word for comic and anime is the Japanese abbreviation for the English word animation. Since we would e changing pages as well, we could keep them manga and anime as redirects so it wouldn't be so hard for people who don't use those terms to still find the pages. I tried doing a forum discussion but no one contributed so I wanted to ask you directly. 