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{{Useful Notes}}
{{Manga demographic target groups}}
Japanese [[Manga]] is usually serialized in anthology magazines before being collected into book format. By convention, manga magazines are divided into roughly a dozen official publishing categories, mostly based on the age and gender of the intended audience. These categories are inherited by the works when published in book format and are considered the primary divisions in manga publishing; they are used, for example, to shelve manga in bookstores (rather than by genre or by author).
Most publishers clearly identify their magazines according to their category; alternately, one may consult the classification used by the [http://www.j-magazine.or.jp/ Japan Magazine Publishers Association] in their sales and industry reports. Thus, for most manga, the category can be easily and unequivocally determined. Some magazines, however, either do not declare a category or are officially positioned as cross-demographic. Manga that were not previously serialized may also be problematic to categorize.
Other common manga categories are:
* '''Seijin''' (Adult) or '''Ero''' - men's pornographic (see [[Hentai]])
* '''[[Boys Love Genre]]''' - male-male romance for a female audience
* '''Cross-Demographic, Alternative or Uncategorized''' - in Western usage, includes [[Gekiga]], but the Japanese see Gekiga and Manga as different forms (much like [[Live-Action TV]] and [[Film]] are different forms).
The following categories are rare in English translation:
* '''[[Yonkoma]]''' - 4-panel strips <ref>There are several translated 4Koma books, but they are primarily from series that ran in non-4Koma magazines, and so do not officially belong in this category{{verify}}</ref>
* '''"Silver" and "Golden"''' manga - for older readers
* '''Hobby''' manga, such as Golf manga, Pachinko manga, Fishing manga, etc.
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