I expect that in the not too distant future, you'll be able to find something like the following in a grammar textbook:

"Special case: 'anime' and 'manga'. For these words, no -s is appended for the plural. The plural of these words is exactly the same as the singular.
Explanation: fans of these media were very persistent about importing Japanese grammar into English."

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