Comics, manhua & animation

Hong Kong has its own distinct comics tradition — manhua — running alongside its better-known film and music industries, with a style and history separate from both Japanese manga and mainland Chinese comics.

Old Master Q

One of the longest-running and most beloved Hong Kong comic strips, following the misadventures of its title character since the 1960s — a genuine cultural touchstone for generations of readers, similar in cultural weight to a long-running newspaper comic strip in the West.

Martial-arts and action manhua

Hong Kong manhua became particularly known internationally for detailed, dynamic martial-arts and action titles from the 1980s and 1990s onward, exported across Asia and building a following well beyond Hong Kong itself.

Where to see it today

Comic and toy shops in Mong Kok and Sham Shui Po carry both new and older manhua titles; the Hong Kong Comics and Games Carnival, an annual convention, is the city's largest dedicated event for the industry and its fans.

Animation

A smaller but active local animation industry has grown alongside manhua, with several Hong Kong-produced animated works gaining regional recognition, though the industry remains considerably smaller than its Japanese or South Korean counterparts.