man·ga 
(mänggə)
(mänggə)n.
A style of comic strip or comic book originally developed in Japan, characterized by stylized colorful art and often adult themes.
[Japanese : man, unrestrained, careless (from Early Middle Chinese manh; also the source of Mandarin màn) + ga, sketch, picture (borrowed after the Middle Chinese period from a Chinese source, perhaps Mandarin hu´, from Middle Chinese xɦwaːj`).]