Manga Page

7 x 10 in CMYK 1.43:1 portrait

A 7 by 10 in manga page. The standard working size for manga and Japanese-style comics, slightly smaller and differently proportioned than US comic pages.

about the size of a sheet of office paper

About this size

Manga pages print smaller than US comic books and at a different aspect ratio (closer to B5 than to the 11 by 17 American standard). That difference shapes everything about how a manga page is composed: panels are often rectangular and varied in size rather than fitted to a rigid grid, and the reading order moves right to left across the page.

The reading order convention matters at the layout stage. A panel sequence designed left-to-right and then mirrored does not read the same way as one designed for the manga reading direction from the start.

Manga pages
Comics
Story art

Pro tips

1 Right-to-left reading order is convention. Lay out panels with that flow in mind from the start; mirroring afterwards rarely reads cleanly.
2 Manga panels are rectangular and varied. The format is less grid-disciplined than US comics, and the variety carries narrative weight.
3 For digital export, 600 DPI for line work and 300 DPI for screen tone or colour. Matches the industry standards for print reproduction.

Export notes

Line work at 600 DPI grayscale; screen tone or colour at 300 DPI. Most manga publishers accept TIFF or PSD with layers preserved so the production team can re-tone or recolour without re-rendering. Keep reading order consistent across pages; mirrored pages destroy the directional flow that manga compositions rely on.