''Manfra'' are French ''
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manga
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Nomenclature
They are also known as ''franga'', ''manga français'' and ''global manga'' (the latter a more general term that includes other
Western
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manga-inspired
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Characteristics
Most Manfra, such as '' Radiant'', ''Dreamland'', ''Dofus'', ''Debaser'', etc. have a format similar to that of manga, but can be read left-to-right, such as with Wakfu, or right-to-left, such as with Radiant. Most if not all of the works that are generally designated as Manfra have an art style inspired by manga. Some Manfra, such as La Rose Ecarlate, have an art style inspired from manga while still being read left-to-right and having a hardcover
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bande dessinee format. Their stories sometimes reference those of manga as well.
Publishers
* Ankama Éditions
* Dargaud
Société Dargaud, doing business as Les Éditions Dargaud, is a publisher of Franco-Belgian comics series, headquartered in the 18th arrondissement of Paris. It was founded in 1936 by Georges Dargaud (), publishing its first comics in 1943.
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* Delcourt
* Glénat
* Les Humanoïdes Associés
Les Humanoïdes Associés (or simply Humanoïdes) is a France, Franco-United States, American publishing house specializing in comics and graphic novels, founded in December 1974 by comic artists Jean Giraud, Mœbius, Jean-Pierre Dionnet, Philipp ...
* Kami
are the deities, divinities, spirits, phenomena or "holy powers", that are venerated in the Shinto religion. They can be elements of the landscape, forces of nature, or beings and the qualities that these beings express; they can also be the sp ...
* Ki-oon
Ki-oon is a French manga publisher founded in October 2003 by Cécile Pournin and Ahmed Agne. It released its first manga in March 2004, the first volume of ''Element Line''. The name "Ki-oon" comes from an onomatopoeia meaning "having the heart ...
* Pika Édition Pika Édition is a French publisher headquartered in Vanves, specializing in manga. Founded as a daughter company of Media System Editions, it was taken over by Hachette Livre in 2007.
Distribution
''Pika Édition'' publications are distributed in ...
* Taifu Comics ''Taifu'' (大夫) was a noble title in Japan, denoting a court rank between First Rank and Fifth Rank under the ''Ritsuryō'' system. It was also commonly used to refer to a holder of Fifth Rank, but also for holders of Fourth and Fifth Rank, t ...
Works
* ''Actor's Studio'' ( fr)
* ''Amilova'' ( fr)
* ''Amour Sucré''[
* ''Appartement 44''
* ''BB Project'' ( fr)
* ''La Belle et la Bête'' ( Delcourt) by Patrick Sobral
* ''Bubble Gôm Gôm'' (Oktoprod editions) by Cyb
* ''Burning Tattoo'' by Emmanuel Nhieu ( Ankama Éditions)
* ''Cassius'' (Kami) by Saïd Sassine
* ''Catacombes'' ( fr)
* ''Celle que...'' ( fr)
* ''City Hall''][ ( fr)
* ''Debaser'' ( fr)
* ''Dofus, Dofus Arena and Dofus Monster'' ( fr)
* ''Dreamland''][ ( fr)
* ''Dys'' ( fr)
* ''ElementR''
* ''L'Équipe Z'' (Kotoji Éditions) by Ed Tourriol, Dan Fernandes and Albert Carreres
* ''L'Escouade des ombres'' ( fr)
* ''Golem'' (Olydri Éditions) de Alexis Talone
* ''Goultard Bazar'' ( fr)
* ''Green Mechanic'' (Ki-oon)
* ''Head-Trick'' ( fr)
* Horion
* ''Kuma Kuma''
* '']Lanfeust Quest
''Lanfeust Quest'' is a French comics series version of the adventures of Lanfeust. Written in Japanese reading direction, small format, black and white and a lot more distinctive style, this revised version of Lanfeust of Troy is illustrated by ...
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* '' Lastman''
* ''Les Iles du vent by Elodie Koeger and Hector Poullet''
* ''Lost Soul''
* ''Love I.N.C.'' ( fr)
* ''Magical JanKen Pon'' ( fr)
* ''Necromancer''
* ''Omega Complex''
* ''Outlaw Players''
* ''Pen Dragon'' ( fr)
* '' Pepper&Carrot''
* '' Pink Diary'' ( fr)
* '' Radiant''[
* '' La Rose écarlate'' ( fr)
* ''Save me Pythie'' ( fr)
* ''Sentaï School'' ( fr)
* ''Tengu-Dō'' ( fr)
* ''Les Torches d'Arkylon'' ( fr)
* ''Vis-à-Vis'']Wakfu
''Wakfu'' is a tactical turn-based MMORPG developed by Ankama Games and released for Microsoft Windows, macOS, and Linux on 29 February 2012. The game takes place 1,000 years after Ankama's previous game, '' Dofus''.
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See also
* La nouvelle manga
Nouvelle Manga (french: La nouvelle manga) is an artistic movement which gathers French and Japanese comic creators together. The expression was first used by Kiyoshi Kusumi, editor of the Japanese manga magazine ''Comickers'', in referring to the ...
* Manga outside Japan
Manga, or comics, have appeared in translation in many different languages in different countries. France represents about 40% of the European comic market and in 2011 manga represented 40% of the comics being published in the country. In 2007, ...
* Original English-language manga
An original English-language manga or OEL manga is a comic book or graphic novel drawn in the style of manga and originally published in English. The term "international manga", as used by the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, encompasses all ...
, the English-language equivalent
* Anime-influenced animation
Anime-influenced animation refers to non-Japanese works of animation that are similar to or inspired by anime. Generally, the term ''anime'' refers to a style of animation originating from Japan. As Japanese anime became increasingly popular, Wes ...
* Franco-Belgian comics
References
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