1.Black and White illustrations - guess this technique lived on after the Godfather cos current Manga publishers have to deal with releasing 20-30 pages of new Manga chapters every week. There's no time for coloring, except for the covers, or special occasions
2. EVERYONE will use big doe like eyes. I believe this started when the God father got too influenced by Betty Boop and Disney.
3. Screentones - the grey spots/lines/patterns u see in the background
4. Speed Lines - for motion/focus/shock/light emitting from somewhere/inner thoughts. Hong Kong and Western Comics utilize this as well, but those comics use them minimally. Manga, as u can see, uses them for any other little thing... (refer to the three images above =P)
5. The cute little expressions that EVERYONE seem to use to convey the mood of the atmosphere to the readers.
Like the sweat drop for times when the character is embarrassed/exasperated (works even when you do not see the character's face).
Or eyes hidden by a dark shadow to show evil intent or impending punish(usually before the character unleashes violent harm onto the victim)
or the Vein Pop, which is the simplified symbol of the veins visibly showing a person's head when enraged. Click here to read more on them
5. "Chibi" or "SD" (semi deformed) - the cuter, baby-fied version of the original characters, usually used to convey humor
Here are some links that I found that talk more about this topic:
Manga Iconography http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manga_iconography
Manga wiki http://manga.wikia.com/wiki/Manga
The Manga Drawing Style http://www.animeinfo.org/animeu/core102-l2.html
http://www.narutocentral.com/information/masashi-kishimoto-interview/
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