Home › Words › M › mangakamangaka/ˈmæŋɡəkə/mangaka · noun — A professional manga or anime artist.Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).mangaka is pronounced /ˈmæŋɡəkə/.EtymologyBorrowed from Japanese 漫(まん)画(が)家(か) (mangaka). Doublet of manhwaga and manhuajia.nounA professional manga or anime artist.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.mangadom 58% match — The world or sphere of manga (Japanese comics). vs mangaka →artmaker 58% match — One who produces art; an artist. vs mangaka →animanga 57% match — Japanese comics (manga) and Japanese animation (anime) taken collectively. vs mangaka →animator 56% match — One who creates an animation or cartoon; a cartoonist. vs mangaka →doujinshi 55% match — A fan-produced book or magazine of Japanese fiction; especially manga. vs mangaka →cartoonist 54% match — One who creates a cartoon or strip cartoon. vs mangaka →animu 53% match — Anime. vs mangaka →artworker 53% match — One who creates artwork. vs mangaka →