Tankōbon
Japanese term for a complete book or single manga volume / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Tankōbon (単行本, "independent or standalone book") (variously written "tankobon", "tankoubon", "tankōbon") is a Japanese word recently borrowed into English. Its use in English refers to a collection of episodes of a cartoon that first appeared in weekly or monthly manga comic books. Comic books in Japan are usually thick printed on lightweight, cheap paper. The cartoons in them are usually continuing stories. A tankōbon is a collection of episodes of one of those cartoons as a book. Additional tankōbon volumes are printed as the series continues.
In Japan tankōbon is also a standard publishing format for books. Examples of other standard sizes include shinsho [jp], a paperback size (105x173mm or 4.1"x6.8") commonly used for nonfiction publications, and bunkobon, a paperback size (105×148mm or 4.1"×5.8") used for many types of publications, especially fiction.
Major publishing imprints for tankōbon of manga include Jump Comics (for serials in Shueisha's Weekly Shōnen Jump and other Jump magazines), Kodansha's Shōnen Magazine Comics, and Shogakukan's Shōnen Sunday Comics.