Weekly Manga Times

Weekly Manga Times (週刊漫画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 magazine is also known by the nickname Shūman (週漫), and uses the slogan "Live Happily Once a Week!" (一週間をユカイに生きる!). 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 Weekly Manga Goraku, published by Nihon Bungeisha, and Manga Sunday, published by Jitsugyo no Nihon Sha. From 1969 until 1980, the magazine advertised on the outfield fence at Meiji Jingu Stadium.

A one-panel manga by Sunao Hari titled Weekend Egao was published on the table of contents 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 newsprint.

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 Keizō Tsukamoto, for which he won a spot in the Guinness Book of World Records for "the world's longest continuous career illustrating one magazine".

Weekly Manga Times also features a series titled The Smiling Million People University (百万人のお笑い大学). The series is a one-panel comic which is used to fill blank space within each issue and consists of submissions from readers which are judged by veteran manga artist Taira Hara. As the entries consist of reader submissions, the authors and artists are constantly changing.

Currently serialized works
Listed alphabetically by title.
 * Bengoshi Tasuke (author Hōdō Harimura, artist Jun Hayase, irregular publication)
 * Cheese no Jikan (author Satoshi Hanagata, artist Yoshinobu Yamaguchi)
 * Coffee Dream (author Satoshi Hanagata, artist Osamu Hiramatsu, irregular publication)
 * Coin Locker Monogatari (author Tsunehisa Itō, artist Shinji Miyagi)
 * Honō no Bartender (Atsushi Mori, created by Ryūsei Kaji, irregular publication)
 * Koryōriya Minako (Takeshi Miya, created by Takayuki Minami)
 * Kowashiya Gen (author Hideki Hoshino, artist Sadayoshi Ishii)
 * Kura no Yado (author Yūji Nishi, artist Toshinobu Tana)
 * Labyrinth (Maako)
 * Maruhi Shanai Ren'ai (each story is by a different artist/author)
 * Matori (author Seiji Hosono, artist Tadashi Ichinose)
 * Myōgatani Namidasaka Shinryōsho (author Jun Ujitani, artist Tsuguo Kōgo)
 * Nice Middle Jōjima Buchō (Hitsuji Mitani, simultaneously serialized in Manga Time)
 * Salaryman Kaneshirō (Shō Tanaka)

Previously serialized works
Listed alphabetically by title.
 * Aisazu ni Irarenai (author Umine Hijikata, artist Yū Matsuhisa)
 * Dokushin Apāto Dokudami Shō (Takashi Fukutani)
 * Hashire! Bankman (Hiroshi Takano)
 * Immoral (Shūichi Sakanabe)
 * Jotei (author Ryō Kurashina, artist Issaku Wake)
 * Masashi-kun (Masashi Ueda)
 * Rape (Shūichi Sakanabe)
 * Yoshiji no Shūkan Enikki (Yoshiji Suzuki, series ended in 2004 when the author died)