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Tankōbon
Japanese term for a complete book or single manga volume / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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A tankōbon (単行本, "independent or standalone book")[lower-alpha 1] is a printed collection of episodes of a cartoon that first appeared in weekly or monthly manga comic books. Additional tankōbon volumes are printed as the series continues. Tankōbon is a Japanese word recently borrowed into English. In Japan, tankōbon is also a standard publishing format for books (alongside other formats such as shinsho [jp] and bunkobon).
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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.