7 Manga Terms In Bakuman Story

After watching Bakuman, it easily notices that many terms are introduced during the series. To avoid confusion among you, most commonly terms are presented in brief description below. There are 7 terms that are mainly discussed here. Hopefully it will help us to appreciate the hard work and a lot of efforts given by Mangakas in writing their best manga.

Mangaka
Mangaka is the Japanese word for a comic artist or cartoonist. They are a profession central to Bakuman. Outside of Japan, manga usually refers to a Japanese comic book and mangaka refers to the author of the manga, who is usually Japanese. Some artists may study for a few years at an art college, manga school, or take on an apprenticeship with another mangaka, before entering the world of manga as a professional artist.

Editor
An editor helps and supports the Mangaka by ensuring that the Manga is being produced at an even pace and that deadlines are met. Editor may also do a little bit of managing of the appearances of the Mangaka. He or she will often comment on the layout of the manga panels, the art, and make sure that the manga stays up to company standards. At a serialization meeting, the captains and the Assistant-Editor-in-Chief and Editor-in-Chief sit in to discuss what manga gets serialized, using a "yes or no" format to decide.

Assistant
Many mangaka have assistants who help them with their artwork. The duties of assistants vary widely; some mangaka only sketch out the very basics of their manga, and have their numerous assistants fill in all of the details, while others use assistants only for specific things. Other mangaka have no assistants at all, and prefer to do everything themselves, even though to meet the tight deadlines assistants are usually needed. Most often, assistants are responsible for the backgrounds and screentones in manga, while the mangaka him/herself draws and inks the main characters.

Weekly Shonen Jump
Weekly Shonen Jump is a weekly shonen manga anthology published in Japan by Shueisha under the Jump line of magazines. It is one of the longest-running manga magazines in Japan and currently has a circulation of approximately 2.8 million readers. The magazine's primary target demographic are teenage male readers. Weekly Shonen Jump has a sister magazine called Jump Square, created after the fall of Monthly Shonen Jump.

One-shot
One-shot in the Japanese Manga industry implies that the comic is presented in its entirety without any continuation. One-shot manga tells its entire story in 15-60 pages, usually written for contests, and sometimes later developed into a full-length manga series. Many popular manga series began as one-shot stories, these include Dragon Ball, Naruto, Bleach, One Piece, Berserk, and Death Note among others.

Anime
Anime is animation originating in Japan. The world outside Japan regards anime as "Japanese animation". Anime, like manga, has a large audience in Japan and recognition throughout the world. Distributors can release anime via television broadcasts, directly to video, or theatrically, as well as online.

Seiyuu
Seiyuu or voice acting in Japan has far greater prominence than in most other countries. Japan's large animation industry produces 60% of the animated series in the world. As a result, seiyuu are able to achieve fame on a national level. Besides acting as narrators and actors in radio plays, and performing voice-overs for non-Japanese movies and television programs, the seiyuu are extensively employed as character actors in animes and video games.