[Paul11]

Manga peaked in the late '80's and early 90's. The sales have fallen by almost 30 percent as young people find other electronic forms of entertainment. American comics are becoming more popular due to movies like bat-man and Iron-man. American companies are currrently producing movie forms of popular manga, such as Akira. When American and other non-japanese move into the market, will it no longer be "manga?" Does it have to be Japanese to be manga, or can it just follow the patterns and stories of "manga"....

sushi is sushi no matter where it's cut (although much better in Japan, it's still sushi). Rock and roll and blues are still rock and bues whn played by non americans (not as good, but stil rock or blues)......