Anime and Manga Terminology - M

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MAD Movie (MAD動画, maddo dōga?)

A Japanese fan-made video, much like an anime music video (AMV), that generally originates from the Japanese website Nico Nico Douga. MAD can also refer to the Japanese AMV community, although they can be anything from audio clips, edited pictures, to wholly original creations. MADs do not necessarily even need to be related to anime, though the more popular ones typically are.

Majokko (魔女っ子?)

literally "witch girl"; this term does not generally apply to modern magical-girl anime.

Manga (漫画, マンガ?)

Japanese comics. Or conforming to "manga style", usually marked by features such as large eyes, long limbs, speed lines and exclamatory typography.

Mangaka (漫画家, マンガ家?)

Creator of the manga. The mangaka is often the writer and the illustrator of the work.

Manga music video

Often abbreviated as MMV, similar to an anime music video (AMV), although instead of clips from anime, panels or pages from at least one manga series are arranged to fit a musical piece playing in the background.

Mecha (メカ, meka?)

A genre of anime and manga focusing on mecha, or piloted combat robots. Divided into two sub-genres, super robots (The mecha have unrealistic powers, and the focus is more on the fighting and robots themselves), and real robots (More realistic, with more drama and focus on the humans).

Meganekko (眼鏡っ娘?)

A female character who wears glasses. Male characters sporting glasses are called megane.

Moe (萌え?)

A character said to be moe causes a protective instinct or feelings of affection. The closest definition in other languages would be "Fetish", but it is not. Does not necessarily have a direct correlation to sexual preferences. It is more about the attractive qualities, both physical and personality, in any capacity: Friend, Sister, Daughter, Mother, etc. Moe can also refer to said feelings. It can be used to refer to a love of a specific trait, such as meganekko-moe ( "glasses-girl" moe), a love of girls wearing glasses.