Giga Town: The Guide to Manga Iconography

by Fumiyo Kouno

Manga symbols - "manpu" in Japanese - are iconic or symbolic expressions used uniquely in manga, such as sweat drops, popping veins, and smoke puffs.

Giga Town: A Guide to Manga Iconography is (probably) Japan's first guide to this manga iconography, collecting and explaining these symbols, with a short manga featuring the frolicking animals of the famous Japanese scroll Chōjū-jinbutsu-giga to explain each one

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1772943088
• ISBN13: 9781772943085
• Release Date: September 2024
• Publisher: Udon Entertainment
• Length: 132 Pages