Japanese manga artists rely heavily upon onomatopoeia – sound-effect words – and this special entry in the best-selling Kana de Manga/Kanji de Manga language-learning series from Manga University is jam-packed with illustrated examples of those sounds in action.

If you are a regular manga reader, you know exactly what we're talking about: vivid, detailed, and dynamic hand-drawn sound effects pepper the pages of any manga, from the most serious to the most silly. But often these effects go untranslated, and you're left to simply guess the meanings of a very meaningful part of manga! That's why we created Sound FX as a guide that can be used while reading manga to look up these words and give you a better understanding of not only manga but Japanese language as a whole.

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Not only that, but aspiring manga artists who want to use authentic Japanese sound effects in their own creations need look no further, since our book works as a perfect reference!

Kana de Manga Special Edition: Japanese Sound FX features more than 100 Japanese onomatopoeia that aren't in the dictionary and are rarely taught in the classroom. And we've organized their English equivalents in categories such as "humans," "animals," "machines" and "nature."