user19670: I just posted the following image to the auto-revived question, What defines the art style of Japanese manga?:
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I said that, except for his nationality, Jack Katz might as well be considered a mangaka.  (Well, that and it took him 6 months between issues, not 1 (assuming 1 "book" equals 4 manga chapters).) My guess is that The First Kingdom would be off-topic for this site, however. Would it?  If so:

If a Japanese publisher translated it, erased all the nipples, and published it, would it become on-topic manga?
If an anime studio made it into an anime, would the source material be on topic?

(Due to the highly-detailed art style, I doubt #2 would ever occur. But hypothetically...)

user102: I'll say what I believe definitively here:
No.
If we start including more than Anime and Manga, even if the scope bends slightly, we're going to lose our focus.  In my mind, the art style doesn't matter; if we start to muddy our topic scope, we're going to get questions that Anime and Manga enthusiasts can't answer.

19670: <p>I just posted the following image to the auto-revived question, <a href="https://anime.stackexchange.com/questions/31114/what-defines-the-art-style-of-japanese-manga">What defines the art style of Japanese manga?</a>:</p>
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<p> <a href="https://i.stack.imgur.com/3xXiB.jpg" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/3xXiB.jpg" alt="The First Kingdom, book 6 cover" /></a></p>
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<p>I said that, except for his nationality, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Katz_(artist)" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Jack Katz</a> might as well be considered a mangaka.  (Well, that and it took him 6 months between issues, not 1 (assuming 1 &quot;book&quot; equals 4 manga chapters).) My guess is that <em>The First Kingdom</em> would be off-topic for this site, however. Would it?  If so:</p>
<ol>
<li>If a Japanese publisher translated it, erased all the nipples, and published it, would it become on-topic manga?</li>
<li>If an anime studio made it into an anime, would the source material be on topic?</li>
</ol>
<p>(Due to the highly-detailed art style, I doubt #2 would ever occur. But hypothetically...)</p>
 102: <p>I'll say what I believe definitively here:</p>
<h1>No.</h1>
<p>If we start including more than Anime and Manga, even if the scope bends slightly, we're going to lose our focus.  In my mind, the art style doesn't matter; if we start to muddy our topic scope, we're going to get questions that Anime and Manga enthusiasts can't answer.</p>
