Pictures Run Riot In British Museum's Colossal Manga Exhibition — londonist.com

Dragonball Z, Sailor Moon and Attack on Titan. These names may not mean much to a lot of people, but to others they are fictional worlds to get lost in, all within the genre known as Manga. The literal English translation of Manga is 'pictures run riot', and that’s exactly what happens in this colossal immersive exhibition at The British Museum. The genre is made very accessible with a helpful key that sets out how Manga comics should be read, and what the various speech bubbles and graphics behind characters mean. It’s these subtle differences that helps us discern how a character is feeling without the need for words, and this 'Manga for Dummies’ intro is very helpful for a Manga n00b.

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