Changes

==Development==

==Development==

Illustrated stories are an important part of Japan's historical art, as moralists, philosophers, comics and others informed their audience on scrolls with plate images depicting scenes in the story.  Manga, as a distinct publishing and illustration style, began during the occupation of Japan after WWII, and the illustration of characters (many if not most manga characters are drawn with European facial features) as well as the stories themselves strongly displayed the American influence from American TV and the comic books brought to Japan by US GIs.  [[Astro Boy]] was one of the first and most popular manga, and remains popular today.  Throughout most of its production, Manga has targeted teen boys and young men (''shounen'') from 8 to 18.  However, since the late 70s, manga has found fans with young girls ([[''shoujo'']] style), older adult men ([[''seinen'']] style), and with more mature women.

Illustrated stories are an important part of Japan's historical art, as moralists, philosophers, comics and others informed their audience on scrolls with plate images depicting scenes in the story.  Manga, as a distinct publishing and illustration style, began during the occupation of Japan after WWII, and the illustration of characters (many if not most manga characters are drawn with European facial features) as well as the stories themselves strongly displayed the American influence from American TV and the comic books brought to Japan by US GIs.  [[Astro Boy]] was one of the first and most popular manga, and remains popular today.  Throughout most of its production, Manga has targeted teen boys and young men (''shounen'') from 8 to 18.  However, since the late 70s, manga has found fans with young girls (''[[shoujo]]'' style), older adult men (''[[seinen]]'' style), and with more mature women.

==Style and Topics==

==Style and Topics==