When did people start calling "manga" as "mangos"?


I've heard a lot of people jokingly spell "anime and manga" as "animus and
mangos". I don't really know what an animu is, but I know that a mango* is a
pretty delicious fruit:

![enter image description here](https://i.stack.imgur.com/tmImU.jpg)

While those do look delicious, I don't see much connection to manga. It's
probably just a silly misspelling that someone thought was amusing, and it
caught on the same as any other meme.

**When did this "misspelling" originate, and is it actually a misspelling or
is there some deeper reason behind why "manga" are sometimes spelled like
this?**

* * *

*Technically, the correct plural for mango should be "mangoes" but I'm willing to chalk that up to bad spelling on the internet.




It has nothing to do with the fruit. They are derogatory versions of their
associated words to make fun of the way they are mispronounced in English
(with the "a" vs "ah" sound). Unfortunately, I don't have any references.
[Lurkmoar](http://www.lurkmore.com/wiki//a/) has a page dedicated to the
anime/manga board on 4chan.

EDIT: Just to clarify, I think people started using the "animu" and "mango"
terms on /a/




It has nothing to do with the fruit. They are derogatory versions of their
associated words to make fun of the way they are mispronounced in English
(with the "a" vs "ah" sound). Unfortunately, I don't have any references.
[Lurkmoar](http://www.lurkmore.com/wiki//a/) has a page dedicated to the
anime/manga board on 4chan.

EDIT: Just to clarify, I think people started using the "animu" and "mango"
terms on /a/

