What's the difference between manga, manhwa, and manhua?


I understand that _manga_ is from Japan and read from right to left, whereas
_manhwa_ is from Korea, read from left to right, and _manhua_ is from China,
and read from right to left (If I'm not mistaken). Are these the only
differences between the three, or is there something else?




What you listed cover many of the major differences, though there are others.

**Manga**

  * From Japan
  * Multi-panel
  * Almost always black and white
  * Right-to-left

**Manhua**

  * From China
  * Full color with some panels rendered entirely in painting (1)
  * Single issue format (1)

**Manhwa**

  * From South Korea
  * Usually horizontal, left-to-right
  * Can be vertical, right-to-left, top-to-bottom (2)

[(1)](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manhua)

[(2)](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manhwa)




What you listed cover many of the major differences, though there are others.

**Manga**

  * From Japan
  * Multi-panel
  * Almost always black and white
  * Right-to-left

**Manhua**

  * From China
  * Full color with some panels rendered entirely in painting (1)
  * Single issue format (1)

**Manhwa**

  * From South Korea
  * Usually horizontal, left-to-right
  * Can be vertical, right-to-left, top-to-bottom (2)

[(1)](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manhua)

[(2)](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manhwa)

