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Did you know that some of today’s beloved anime titles came from web novels?

As the name suggests, web novels are stories published on online platforms by amateur writers. Just like manga, they run on a serialized basis. 

Manga is not the only source material of anime series and films. A good number of them are adapted from light novels since the 1990s.

But it was only in the past couple of decades that light novels received more considerable recognition from fans in Japan and overseas. In this post, we take a quick look at how they became a favored medium. 

The love for manga has been growing over the past years and it will continue to reach more people worldwide as both publishers and consumers embrace technology. However, did you know that manga, which can now be easily accessed from your smartphone, started as mere scrolls in ancient times?

In this post, we highlight the important events in the history of manga and explore how it became a global phenomenon that continues to be loved by many.