if you dont gatekeep and you allow manga to mean "artstyle" next thing you know a bunch of woke foreigners will come in and then suddenly manga becomes non-Japanese and overcrowded with what is really non Japanese comics imitating their artstyle and stealing their name. Whether good or bad, manga belongs to Japan no matter what.
I looked up the SaturdayAM people from the post above, and they are definitely trying to do just that. On their website, its 25 series listed that are all vaguely anime/manga...ish but with roughly half of them being clearly black characters on the thumbnail.
That being said I have read manga for at least 20 years, and still do daily, and have never heard of a single one of their series listed. So at least they haven't made much progress yet, thankfully.
if you dont gatekeep and you allow manga to mean "artstyle" next thing you know a bunch of woke foreigners will come in and then suddenly manga becomes non-Japanese and overcrowded with what is really non Japanese comics imitating their artstyle and stealing their name. Whether good or bad, manga belongs to Japan no matter what.
I looked up the SaturdayAM people from the post above, and they are definitely trying to do just that. On their website, its 25 series listed that are all vaguely anime/manga...ish but with roughly half of them being clearly black characters on the thumbnail.
That being said I have read manga for at least 20 years, and still do daily, and have never heard of a single one of their series listed. So at least they haven't made much progress yet, thankfully.