A lot of people never realise the difference between Manga and Anime, and with the addition of the company Manga Vision taking off in both Australia and the UK the confusion is only made deeper

Manga are the still pictures we think of as comics. These are usually printed in magazines or in bound collections in Japan. Here the serials printed in Japan are usually what we see as monthly or weekly manga comics and the books as the Graphic novels.

Anime is moving picture episodes or movies, similar to what we think of as cartoons. These are usually in the form of television series, movies or OAVs/OVAs (original animation videos). Often anime is based on a popular manga series.