Manga Time
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is a Japan
ese monthly yonkoma
manga magazine published by Hōbunsha since June 1981. The magazine is released monthly on the seventh. Manga Home is printed as B5
size. The magazine is sometimes referred to as simply . It was created in 1981 by spinning off
from Japan's
first weekly manga magazine, Weekly Manga Times
, creating Japan's first yonkoma
manga magazine. Its 300th issue was published in 2005, and its longest running series, Otoboke Kachō reached its 300th chapter on March 2006.
Manga Time is the flagship title for Hōbunsha, and has spun off a series of related magazines including Manga Home
, Manga Time Jumbo
, Manga Time Kirara
, Manga Time Lovely, Manga Time Family, Manga Time Kirara Max, Manga Time Special, Manga Time Original, and Manga Time Kirara Carat
. All of these manga magazines are marketed as a "poor man's" comic, with a low price point and availability at locations such as convenience store
s and train station
s.
In addition to the magazines listed above, Manga Time also releases a monthly Manga Time Collection magazine which contains works by only one artist per issue.
Japan
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ese monthly yonkoma
Yonkoma
thumb|right|150px|Traditional Yonkoma layout, a comic-strip format, generally consists of gag comic strips within four panels of equal size ordered from top to bottom...
manga magazine published by Hōbunsha since June 1981. The magazine is released monthly on the seventh. Manga Home is printed as B5
Paper size
Many paper size standards conventions have existed at different times and in different countries. Today there is one widespread international ISO standard and a localised standard used in North America . The paper sizes affect writing paper, stationery, cards, and some printed documents...
size. The magazine is sometimes referred to as simply . It was created in 1981 by spinning off
Spin-off (media)
In media, a spin-off is a radio program, television program, video game, or any narrative work, derived from one or more already existing works, that focuses, in particular, in more detail on one aspect of that original work...
from Japan's
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
first weekly manga magazine, Weekly Manga Times
Weekly Manga Times
is a Japanese weekly seinen manga magazine published by Houbunsha since November 1956. The publisher claims it was Japan's first weekly manga magazine, and the magazine is published every Friday. While its name resembles that of its sister magazine Manga Time, it does not publish yonkoma manga. The...
, creating Japan's first yonkoma
Yonkoma
thumb|right|150px|Traditional Yonkoma layout, a comic-strip format, generally consists of gag comic strips within four panels of equal size ordered from top to bottom...
manga magazine. Its 300th issue was published in 2005, and its longest running series, Otoboke Kachō reached its 300th chapter on March 2006.
Manga Time is the flagship title for Hōbunsha, and has spun off a series of related magazines including Manga Home
Manga Home
is a Japanese monthly yonkoma manga magazine published by Hōbunsha since December 1987. The magazine is released monthly on the 2nd. Manga Home is printed as B5 size...
, Manga Time Jumbo
Manga Time Jumbo
is a Japanese monthly yonkoma manga magazine published by Hōbunsha since April 1995. The magazine was published in the 1990s as Manga Time Zōkan. Before the May 2005 issue, the magazine was released on the 12th day of the month, but is now released monthly on the 4th...
, Manga Time Kirara
Manga Time Kirara
is a Japanese seinen manga magazine published by Houbunsha which mainly serializes four-panel comic strips. The magazine is sold monthly on the ninth...
, Manga Time Lovely, Manga Time Family, Manga Time Kirara Max, Manga Time Special, Manga Time Original, and Manga Time Kirara Carat
Manga Time Kirara Carat
is a Japanese seinen manga magazine published by Houbunsha mainly consisting of four-panel comic strips. The first issue was released on January 18, 2003.-List of serialized titles:*A Channel*Chibi Debii!*Dōjin Work*H・R*Harumaki!...
. All of these manga magazines are marketed as a "poor man's" comic, with a low price point and availability at locations such as convenience store
Convenience store
A convenience store, corner store, corner shop, commonly called a bodega in Spanish-speaking areas of the United States, is a small store or shop in a built up area that stocks a range of everyday items such as groceries, toiletries, alcoholic and soft drinks, and may also offer money order and...
s and train station
Train station
A train station, also called a railroad station or railway station and often shortened to just station,"Station" is commonly understood to mean "train station" unless otherwise qualified. This is evident from dictionary entries e.g...
s.
In addition to the magazines listed above, Manga Time also releases a monthly Manga Time Collection magazine which contains works by only one artist per issue.
Currently serialized works
Listed alphabetically by title.- Asakaze-kun (Shō Tanaka)
- Assistant!! (Fumiwo Kagami, since November 2006)
- Datte Aishiteru (Munko, 2004–2007, November 2008-current)
- Doki Doki Tutorial (Rukapon, since August 2007)
- Fūfu na Seikatsu (Rui Ōhashi, since January 2005)
- Hakoiri Ryōhin (Tomoko Inoue, since March 2005)
- Hint de Mint! (Bomān, since October 2006)
- Instant Angel Tenko-sama ga Kuru! (Tomoko Andō, since February 2005)
- Katsuage-kun (Hisashi Taira, formerly titled Sanchōme no Ankokugai)
- Love Jarashi! (Rieko Kawachi, since April 2007)
- Misorara (Ruri Miyahara, since August 2006)
- Neko Bukuro (Noriko Shimochi)
- Nippon no Waka Okusama (Kazuaki Kimura, since August 2006)
- Ohayo♪ (Tomochi, March-May 2006, September 2006 - current)
- Okan de Go!! (Shizuka Sada, since January 2006)
- Oshiete!! Ojii-chan (Yūko Satō, since January 2006)
- Otoboke Kachō (Masashi UedaMasashi Uedais a comic book artist who wrote Kobo, the Li'l Rascal .Ueda began drawing comic book strips when he worked in his brother's cram school. Ueda began producing Furiten-kun, a comic book strip about a mahjong player, in 1979. In 1982 Ueda won the Bungeishunjū Manga Award. During that year he began...
, since March 1981) - Peach!! (Yoshio Kawashima, since March 2006)
- Puchi Tama (Riki Sodeyama, since July 2007)
- Radical Hospital (Ayu Hirano, since May 2006)
- Sensei no Suzume (Yōichirō Yui, since November 2007)
- Shuppatsu, Shingo!! (Mitsuo HashimotoMitsuo Hashimoto (manga artist)is a Japanese manga artist. After winning an honorable mention at the 11th Tezuka Awards in 1976 for his work Mīnya no Negai, he made his professional debut the following year in a special issue of Weekly Shōnen Jump with his work...
, created by Yūichirō Sueda, since June 2006) - Sokonuke RPG (Ryōryō Satō, since January 2008)
- Sweet Room? (Meme Higashiya, since January 2007)
- Tama-san (Yukinatsu Mori, since November 2006)
- Tabibito (Naoki Shigeno, since June 2003)
- Tenshi-kun (Niniko Nitta)
- Ultra Kin-chan (Miyuki Sakamoto)
Previously serialized works
Listed alphabetically by title.- Anata ga Shuyaku ni Natta Toki (Hanako Matsuyama, 2004–2008)
- Attaka Kazoku (Tatsuo Oda)
- Boku no Aisai Nikki (Hideharu Akaza)
- Boku wa Kōsuke-kun (Tōru Saiwai)
- Bokunchi no Hiromi-chan (Wakako Nariyuki)
- Chiaki Two-Face (Naokazu Yanagita, ?-2006)
- Chiisa na Koi no Monogatari (Chikako Mitsuhashi)
- Choco Parfait (IzumiIzumi Kazutois a female Japanese manga artist.-Manga:, published in Manga Time from 2003-2004.**Note: She published the manga under the name .*Volume 1: ISBN 9784832275096*Volume 2: ISBN 9784832275409...
, 2003–2004) - Fūka no Iru Fūkei (Masakazu Ōi, 2003–2005)
- Ganimata Keibu (Mitsuo Ozaki)
- Gaten no Kako-chan (Nobara Nonaka, ?-2004)
- Gohan Desu yo (Hiroshi Tanaka)
- Gomeiwaku Gals (Garu Okada, ?-2007)
- Harikiri Sayo-chan (Mariko Kubota)
- Hiromi My Room (Mirika Sasai)
- Koi no Jikanwari (Emai Komotoda, 2003–2005)
- Koisuru Sayo-chan (Mariko Kubota)
- Madogiwa OL Tohoho na Asa Ufufu no Yoru (Nobu Ueda, created by Yuka SaitōYuka Saitō (essayist)is a Japanese essayist and Suntory employee. A graduate of Seijo University's School of Literature.She is a daughter of novelist Morio Kita, a niece of psychiatrist Shigeta Saitō and a granddaughter of poet Mokichi Saitō.- Bibliography:...
, 2005–2007) - Majokko @ Home (Tomomi Mizuna, 2003-?)
- Mukitamago Beauty (Haruka Fujino, ?-2004)
- My Pace! Tarako-san (Katsuhiko Hotta)
- Office no Aoisora (Hohetomaru, 2005–2006)
- Ofukuro-san (Masaharu Inoue)
- Ōi Hachibē (Uko Ukai)
- Okaeri Mā-san (Maya KoikedaMaya Koikedais the pen name of a Japanese manga artist. Her real name is , and her pen name was created by saying backward the syllables from her real name. Koikeda graduated with a degree in art from the Kyoto City University of Arts...
, 1991–1998) - Onegai Daisuke (Yoshimiiku, ?-2006)
- Oshigoto no Toriko (Ramune Suzuma, 2006–2007)
- Oyabaka Kobaka (Ken'ichi Kitami)
- Oyaji Café (Ken'ichi Kitami, created by Sumi Sawada, ?-2006)
- Papa x Mama Reversible (Akiko Morishima, ?-2006)
- Seishun Hakkyūkai (Tomoko Andō, ?-2004)
- Suzume-chan (Yoshirō Kamachi)
- Tennenshoku Girls (Junko Agi, ?-2004)
- Tonchi-kun (Masao Matsuda, ?-2007)
- Ukkari Tōsan (Hiroshi Suzuki)
- Watashi no Daiji na Danna-sama (Mayumi Wada, ?-2006)
- Yamahige-san (Sanpei Yamada)
- Yatai no Gensan (Noriko Kanagawa, ?-2007)
- Yuka Nisshi (Cherry Arai, 2004–2006)