What are manga books?

WHAT IS anime and manga? Anime is Japanese animation, like Cartoons. Examples: Bleach, Naruto, Death Note ect. Manga is like a Japanese comic book. It's read backwards, and can be about almost anything from ninjas to vampires. If you want the newest and best manga, I suggest subsribing to Shonen Jump. It's a great magazine. That is if shonen is the type of anime you like, shonen is more a boys type of anime, but girls (like myself) tend to prefer Shoujo. There are a lot of other types of animes, btu their names elude me at the moment sorry ^.^'