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Originally Posted by ozkai

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I have no idea about all the manga, Cosplay, Hentai. Anime, etc. Stuff.

Do the above words have an association within all these industries, or is it all totally seperate?

I don't quite understand the question, but I can define the words.

MANGA: Comics

COSPLAY: Costume play, dressing up as characters from manga, anime, or video games

ANIME: Cartoons, animated shows or movies (often associated with manga)

HENTAI: perverted, fetishism...erotic anime is often called "hentai" because it appeals to a niche market.

Originally Posted by ozkai

Wear does Hentai come into it all?

Is Anime, Manga, Hentai, or only one?

I don't understand these questions, so I hope what I wrote above helps.

Originally Posted by ozkai

Does anyone really know why the "Hentai" part exists?

Technically "hentai" is an adjective. Why hentai titles exist? Because sex sells.

Originally Posted by ozkai

I presume "Cosplay" means Costume Play?

I've noticed the galleries, and some dressers do look rather saucy, under or over age, no idea.

Both. But believe it or not most real cosplayers do not dress "saucy" to titillate, but to put on another skin, so to speak.

Originally Posted by ozkai

I've also recently posted a reply on a different thread in regards to thickly paged two colour comic style magazines that I often saw passengers on trains flipping through.

Does anyone know what the style of these magazines are called?

It was probably a weekly or monthly manga. Bound collection with several ongoing stories by different writers.

Originally Posted by ozkai

I do have one "style" magazine in black and white from Japan as a souvenir so it would be interesting to get an understanding of all the terminology.

I also have a few prototype characters which were the first made at the companies before mass production. The workmanship is fantastic.

What are these vinyl type characters called?

I think "plastic models".