The graphic novels section of the industry quietly added manga to itself, too.

I'd call this out as cultural appropriation, but it's clearly the case that the converged people in charge of the numbers know the score. By adding Manga, they get to look like a healthy industry AND keep posting critical theory as comics. The fact that Disney and Warner are finally getting so financially pressured that they're looking to take the long knives to their Marvel and DC comics divisions?

"Don't look at the xir behind the curtain!" "Oz is great and mighty!" "American Comics have never been healthier!" "Bigot!"

It is to laugh.