is a Japanese weekly

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published by

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since November 1956. The publisher claims it was

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’s first weekly manga magazine, and the magazine is published every Friday. While its name resembles that of its sister magazine ''

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'', it does not publish

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manga. The magazine is also known by the nickname , and uses the slogan . ''Manga Times'' has a weekly circulation of about 380,000. ''Weekly Manga Times'' became known as one of the big three weekly manga magazines along with ''

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, and ''

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'', published by

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. From 1969 until 1980, the magazine advertised on the outfield fence at

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. A one-panel manga by

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titled ''Weekend Egao'' was published on the

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page until the spring of 2008 when it was moved to the last page. Additionally, the interior paper was changed to use a higher quality white paper rather than the standard lower grade

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. The cover of ''Weekly Manga Times'' has featured a realistic painting of a young woman on every issue. The cover artist since the April 1970 issue has been

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, for which he won a spot in the

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for "the world's longest continuous career illustrating one magazine". ''Weekly Manga Times'' also featured a series titled . The series was a one-panel comic which was used to fill blank space within each issue and consisted of submissions from readers which were judged by veteran

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. As the entries consisted of reader submissions, the authors and artists were constantly changing.

Currently serialized works

Listed alphabetically by title. * ''

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'' (author Mitsuru Nishimura, artist Takurō Kajikawa) * ''Coin Locker Monogatari'' (author Tsunehisa Itō, artist Shinji Miyagi) * ''Haruka no Sue'' (author Disk-Furai, artist Yasumasa Nishizaki) * ''Honjitsu no Burger(Today's Burger)'' (author

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, artist Umetaro Saitani) * ''Janus Oni no Ichizoku'' (Hayate Kuku) * ''Issho ni kurasu tameno Yakusoku wo ikutsuka'' (Ahiru Okano) * ''Kamisama Biyori'' (Masahiro Morio） * ''Koryōriya Minako'' (Takeshi Miya, created by Takayuki Minami) * ''Kowashiya Gen'' (author Hideki Hoshino, artist Sadayoshi Ishii) * ''Kura no Yado – Yuki to Hana to'' (author Yūji Nishi, artist Toshinobu Tana) * ''Myōgatani Namidasaka Shinryōsho'' (author Jun Ujitani, artist Tsuguo Kōgo) * ''Toshokan no Aruji'' (Umiharu Shinohara) * ''Wakaokusama Kiki ippatsu'' (Emai Komotoda)

Occasional series

* ''Akatsuki no Kyōshitsu'' (Azusa Itakura) * ''Chabashira Club'' (Sachiko Aoki) * ''Drive Gohan'' (Ariyuki Hirosue) * ''Higurashi Fudosan Akishitsu ari'' (Hiroshi Itaba) * ''Kimi no Kazoku'' (Samematio) * ''Mushoi'' (Tomomi Satō) * ''Tsuribune Misakimaru'' (Kenichi Eguchi) * ''Tokkō no Shima'' (Shūhō Satō)

Previously serialized works

Listed alphabetically by title. * ''Aisazu ni Irarenai'' (author Umine Hijikata, artist Yū Matsuhisa) * ''Akahana deka'' (author Suisei Ogawa, artist Ikki Matsuda) * ''Anokoro orewa Jyoshikōsei'' (Shō Arai) * ''Barista'' (author

, artist Kumi Muronaga) * ''Bengoshi Tasuke'' (author Hōdō Harimura, artist

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, irregular publication) * ''Boku no Mini'' (Hiroki Nakagawa) * ''Bura con'' (Chōsuke Nagasima) * ''Cheese no Jikan'' (author Satoshi Hanagata, artist

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) * ''Coffee Dream'' (author Satoshi Hanagata, artist Osamu Hiramatsu, irregular publication) * ''Daboshatsu no Ten'' (Toshiya Masaoka) * ''Daigaku no Oyabun'' (Baron Yoshimoto) * ''

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) * ''Dokure-mono'' (author Tsunehisa Itō, Kenji Tagami) * ''Darwin no Houteishi'' (author Hideyuki Ishizeki, Tsuyoshi Masuda) * ''Doterai yatsu'' (author Kobako Hanato, Masamichi Yokoyama) * ''Earth'' (Ayumi Tachihara) * ''Fukushû no Kyojû'' (author Sergio Seki, Kōhei Tutsumi) * ''Fûryû Tsumami-dōjō'' (Lasswell Hosoki) * ''Getabaki Kâchan'' (Kojirō) * ''Goshujin-sama to Yobanaide'' (author Yōusuke Moriguchi, Atsuchi Kuragami) * ''Hachimaki Ojisan'' (Taku Shiraki) * ''Hagawa no Ijô na Aijô'' (Takahiro Ôba) * ''Haisai Shinbun Bunkaseikatsubu'' (author Tarô Takatsu, Osamu Hiramatsu) * ''Hana Trail'' (Osamu Hiramatsu) * ''Hashire! Bankman'' (Hiroshi Takano) * ''Hatsukoi Drug'' (Ayumu Nanase) * ''Himawari kun'' (Nobuyuki Kômasu) * ''Honō no Bartender'' (Atsushi Mori, created by Ryūsei Kaji, irregular publication) * ''Ikusa gaki''(Fumiyasu Ishikawa, created by Gorō Oki) * ''Immoral'' (Shūichi Sakanabe) * ''Jotei'' (author

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, artist Issaku Wake) * ''Kanojo de Ippai'' (

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) * ''King size'' (author Ikkō Shimizu, Masamichi Yokoyama) * ''Koe hime'' (Takeshi Takebayashi) * ''Konikura Jîsan'' (Yoshirō Kamachi) * ''

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'' (author Yūji Nishi, artist Toshinobu Tana) * ''Labyrinth'', :jp:雅亜公 ( Ma'ako) * ''Love 30'' :jp:ラブ30 (Ma'ako) * ''Love-ho na Oshigoto'' (Chōsuke Nagashima) * ''Maruhi Shanai Ren'ai'' (each story is by a different artist/author) * ''Masashi-kun'' ( Masashi Ueda) * ''Matori'' (author Seiji Hosono, artist Tadashi Ichinose) * ''Miyamoto Musashi'' (Baron Yoshimoto) * ''Nagareboshi no Yado'' (author Yūji Nishi, Toshinobu Tana) * ''Nanoka Dôsei'' (Shûichi Sakabe) * ''Nice Middle Jōjima Buchō'' ( Hitsuji Mitani, simultaneously serialized in ''

'') * ''Omoidebashi Garakutahonpo'' (Keizō Yoshiie) * ''Onna-gui'' (author Yoshinori Hiroyama, Takeshi Mine) * ''Onna Kansatsui'' (author Rō Hatta, Chikae Ide) * ''Otoko-gui'' (author Tsunehisa Itō, Tsuguo Kougo) * ''Pasta de Buono'' (Ryûji Okita) * ''Pink gal'' (Yukio Shishikura) * ''Rape'' (Shūichi Sakanabe) * ''Sagishi Ippei'' (author Yōichi Nishi, Junichi Miyata) * ''Salaryman Kaneshirō'' (Shō Tanaka) * ''Shinmanga bungaku zenshu'' (Sadao Shōji) * ''Shōwa Jōwa'' (Hiroshi Kurogane) * ''Tokoton Toshiko'' (Toshiko Hara) * ''Tokusō Deka'' (author

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, Taka Momonari) * ''Yakubyō-gami'' (author Hiroyuki Kurokawa, Yōji Iori) * ''Yasuji no Ninkyōdō'' (Yasuji Tanioka) * ''Yaju keisatsu'' (author Kōichi Saitō, Takeshi Mine) * ''Yoshiji no Shūkan Enikki'' ( Yoshiji Suzuki, series ended in 2004 when the author died)

References

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