Countable or uncountable?

When foreign words enter English it is hard to say, but 'are' sounds much better [though 'becoming' is hardly true- Manga are a big Japanese industry-

Thank you for answering my question.

Please let me ask you one thing more.

If you classify the word of “manga” into five category as follows, which do you think is proper?

a common noun

a material noun

a proper noun

a collective noun

an abstract noun

I disagree with the previous answer.

Manga is a category of entertainment. As such, I think that the singular is more appropriate. This is seconded by the fact that when we talk about manga, we are talking about a specific sector of the Japanese entertainment industry. We wouldn't say manga are industries. Manga is one category of industry coming from Japan.

Manga, in my expe

The dictionaries say manga is both countable and uncountable in English so I would agree with 'Manga [the genre, the concept] is more and more popular', and stand corrected by the previous writer as that fits the original sentence best. However, I do think 'Manga are fun to read' is correct [= the countable comic books].

Anyway, as I said using words from other languages tends to create u

I think it's a new loanword whose grammar is yet to be fully established. However, to those who know what manga is, it is obvious that it is a category word, like butter or beer. And just like you wouldn't say "beer are good" you woldn't say "manga are fun". You need to specify the units: beer bottles, manga books. Or, just say "beer is good" or "manga is fun".