is a Japanese

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specializing in

manga are comics or graphic novels originating from Japan. Most manga conform to a style developed in Japan in the late 19th century, and the form has a long history in earlier Japanese art. The term is used in Japan to refer to both comics ...

and

anime is a Traditional animation, hand-drawn and computer animation, computer-generated animation originating from Japan. Outside Japan and in English, ''anime'' refers specifically to animation produced in Japan. However, , in Japan and in Ja ...

run by , , and . Contents are written by contributors with extensive knowledge of manga and anime, such as manga-related association and critic . The Mangapedia website also provides news and special articles featuring manga and anime works. Mangapedia officially started on April 7, 2016 as world's first systematic manga

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, following its preliminary release in January 25, 2016. It supports no language other than Japanese, notwithstanding aiming to develop as a multilingual service.

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Mangapedia
(in Japanese) {{Anime-stub Online encyclopedias Online dictionaries Shogakukan Japanese comics Entertainment websites Internet properties established in 2016