Tankōbon
Japanese term for a complete book or single manga volume / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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A tankōbon (単行本, "independent or standalone book")[lower-alpha 1] is a printed collection of episodes of a cartoon that first appeared in weekly or monthly manga comic books. Additional tankōbon volumes are printed as the series continues. Tankōbon is a Japanese word recently borrowed into English. In Japan, tankōbon is also a standard publishing format for books (alongside other formats such as shinsho [jp] and bunkobon).
Major publishing imprints for tankōbon of manga include Jump Comics (for serials in Shueisha's Weekly Shōnen Jump and other Jump magazines), Kodansha's Shōnen Magazine Comics, and Shogakukan's Shōnen Sunday Comics.