Tengai Retrogical
Encyclopedia
is an ongoing manga
written and illustrated by Rin Asano. The manga was licensed in the US by ADV Manga. As of March 2009, Mag Garden
has released 7 bound volumes
of the manga.
Manga
Manga is the Japanese word for "comics" and consists of comics and print cartoons . In the West, the term "manga" has been appropriated to refer specifically to comics created in Japan, or by Japanese authors, in the Japanese language and conforming to the style developed in Japan in the late 19th...
written and illustrated by Rin Asano. The manga was licensed in the US by ADV Manga. As of March 2009, Mag Garden
Mag Garden
is a Japanese publishing company that focuses on manga-related publications and is also involved in the development of anime and live-action adaptations. It was founded on June 5, 2001 by Yoshihiro Hosaka along with former manga artists of Enix...
has released 7 bound volumes
Tankobon
, with a literal meaning close to "independently appearing book", is the Japanese term for a book that is complete in itself and is not part of a series , though the manga industry uses it for volumes which may be in a series...
of the manga.