What European Manga do you know/like ?

[Maciamo]

No that doesn't make any sense. Manga is exclusively defined by its style, just like anime, and not by its origin.

That is your opinion. My Oxford Dictionary defines manga as : "a Japanese genre of cartoons, comic books, and animated films, typically with a science-fiction or fantasy theme".

I don't really like this definition because for me "anime" is only the video (TV, cinema, etc.) while "manga" only refers to books. What is more most of the modern manga have romance, everyday-life or even samurai stories in addition to sci-fi and fantasy (which are more common in video games actually).

I used the word "manga" in my original question because I seriously doubt that all the forum members would have understood the real term, which is "bande dessinee" (BD), as most of them are (French-speaking) Belgian or French.

If you want to be strict, "comics" only refers to the American books (superman, x-men, spiderman, etc.), because the word itself is originally US English.

[okaeri_man]

hmm this thread is confusing me. is it possible to have non-japanese manga? what about non-japanese anime? i think no for manga, yes for anime. essentially any cartoon that is a continuing story i think is anime. eg ninja turtles (the cartoon) isn't anime since every episode has a definite ending.