1. What is the difference between anime and manga? Anime is "animation" when written as a loanword in Japanese, and they are animated cartoon videos. These air on television or are released to home video. Manga is "whimsical drawings" or Japanese comics.They are typically black and white while Anime is colored.
2. What is the difference between a graphic novel and a comic book? Comic books are normally short and the story unfolds over months or sometimes years. Graphic novels tend to be longer works, and tell as single story from beginning to end.
3. How are panels designed and layed out in comic books, newspapers, and graphic novels? They all normally have a single frame with multiple panels, in Newspapers the panel is the story and is often a single panel comic.
