The club meets on the last Friday of each month from 4.30pm to 5.30pm in the Miles Franklin Room to discuss titles and characters, trade titles and make new friends.

Otaku is a Japanese term used to refer to people with strong interests in anime, manga or video games.

Manga is the Japanese word for comics which is used in the English-speaking world as a generic term for all comic books and graphic novels that were originally published in Japan.

Manga is often considered an artistic and storytelling style that can also encompass non-Japanese works.

Manwha is the Korean equivalent.

In Japan, manga is either read in serialised form in monthly magazines or comic books, or in graphic novels, which are book-length comics.

According to wisegeek.com, part of manga's popularity is that it covers a range of interests from the kid-friendly adventures of Pokomon to the adult underworld drama of Sanctuary.

Anime in the simpest sense is essential a cartoon television series or movie made in Japan.

In a Japanese anime series, the characters traditionally have extremely large, doe-like eyes and spiky or long hair.

Wisegeek.com states the typical anime series offers characters who evolve as the series moves along and deals with complex issues, including the reality and acceptance of death.

Anime offers insight into the Japanese culture and often plays upon assorted Asian myths, symbols, and the martial arts.

Details: Library youth services staff Lisa 9330 6138 or Kate 9330 6117.

And check out wisegeek.com/what-is-manga