Tankōbon

Tankōbon (単行本, "independent/standalone book") is the Japanese term for a book that is not part of an anthology or corpus. The term is also used in reference to individual volumes of a manga series: most series first appear as individual chapters in a weekly or monthly manga anthology with other works before being published as tankōbon volumes containing several chapters each.

The tankōbon is one of the standard publishing formats for stand-alone books in Japan, alongside shinsho, a paperback size (105x173mm or 4.1"x6.8") commonly used for nonfiction publications, and bunkobon, a paperback size (105×148mm or 4.1"×5.8") used for many types of publications, especially fiction.

Major publishing imprints for tankōbon of manga include Jump Comics (for serials in Shueisha's Weekly Shōnen Jump and other Jump magazines), Kodansha's Shōnen Magazine Comics, and Shogakukan's Shōnen Sunday Comics.

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