Manga Life

Manga Life

Manga Life, August 2007 cover
Categories	Manga
Frequency	Monthly
Publisher	Takeshobo
First issue	October 1984
Country	Japan
Based in	Tokyo
Language	Japanese
Website	Official website

Manga Life (まんがライフ, Manga Raifu) is a manga magazine published monthly by Takeshobo in Japan since the November 1984 issue (published in October 1984). Its original title was Gag da (ギャグダ, Gyagu da), and the change to Manga Life was made to better compete with Manga Time, a rival magazine published by Houbunsha. Most of the series appearing in the magazine use the yonkoma format. The magazine is released monthly on the 17th, though it sometimes appears on shelves slightly before or after that, depending on the speed of actual distribution. Manga Life is published in B5 size, and its is 18635.

Manga Club merged with Manga Life on April 2020.^[1]

History and content[]

Manga Life was originally known for an abundance of off-color humor. By the mid to late 1980s, however, the number of dirty jokes had significantly decreased as the magazine changed its target demographic from only middle-aged salarymen to also include younger males in their late 20s and early 30s, as well as readers of josei manga and dōjinshi. The current magazine includes a broad mix of manga, including those with anime tie-ins. Manga Life is one of the magazines which has changed the perception of yonkoma manga and manga artists as it has brought them more into the mainstream with its broad target audience.

In the January issue every year, has a guest manga appearance with his series.

Series[]

Current[]

The following series are currently appearing in Manga Life. The issue of first appearance is noted if known. Series are listed alphabetically by title:

• (, 2001)
• (, February 2007)
• Bonobono (Mikio Igarashi, June 1986)
• Furiten-kun→Shin Furiten-kun (Masashi Ueda, January 2001 (title changed in March 2002))
• (, January 2007)
• (Reiko Terashima)
• (ももた、映画みますた。) (, October 2002)
• (, July 2004)
• (Hiroko Minami, 1996)
• (, August 2005)
• (, annually in January issue since January 2002)
• (Cool-kyou Shinja, June 2012)
• (, January 2007)
• (裸眼でGO!) (, April 2003)
• (, May 2003)
• (Izumi Takemoto, February 2000)
• (, October 2005)
• (, April 2001)
• (, June 2006)

Historical[]

The following series appeared in Manga Life. The dates of appearance are noted if known. Series are listed alphabetically by title:

• (, September 2004 - December 2006)
• (だってヤンママ) (, 1998-2000)
• (, 1999 May 2003)
• (, May 2001 - 2002)
• (, October 2002 - September 2004)
• (, June 1986 - ?)
• ()
• Damekko Dōbutsu (, 2001-2003)
• ()
• (, July 2005 - 2014)
• (, 1997-2002)
• (, December 1999 - May 2003)
• Doki Doki School Hours (Tamami Momose, February 1997 - April 2013)
• (, ? - June 2004)
• (, March 2003 - October 2009)
• Furiten-kun (Masashi Ueda, November 1984 - 1994)
• (Masashi Ueda, January - December 2000)
• (, September 1997 - September 2006)
• ()
• (, ? - 1997)
• (, October 1999 - June 2012)
• ()
• (, October 2003 - February 2005)
• (, September 2003 - March 2006)
• (, 1996-2000)
• (, 1995 - March 2006)
• (, ? - 2002)
• (Issei Kawabata, ? - 1996)
• (, December 2002 - May 2007)
• (, October 2005 - May 2007)
• ()
• (, July 2006-2007)
• (Fumi Saimon & , November 2004 - May 2006)
• (, 2000-2001)
• (, 1996 - June 2005)
• (, October 2004 - February 2007)
• (, 1998 - January 2002)
• (, ? - April 2001)
• (, 1997 - March 2003)
• (, December 2005 - July 2007)
• (, April 2004-2008)
• (, 1999-2002)
• ()
• (, August 2003 - November 2006)
• (, 1999 - October 2004)
• (, May 2001 - 2002)
• (Masashi Ueda, 1995-1999)
• (, 1999 - 2002)
• Obatarian (, 1988 - 1998)
• ()
• (, ? - 1996)
• (, July 2005 - August 2006)
• Oneechan ga Kita (Rikō Anzai, July 2011 - June 2020)
• (, February 2007-2011)
• (, January 2006 - December 2007)
• (, July 2002 - September 2011)
• (, 2000 - January 2004)
• (Shō Tanaka, ? - 1997)
• Poyopoyo Kansatsu Nikki (, February 2004 - April 2016)
• (, November 2006 - October 2006)
• (, 2003 - September 2006)
• (, 1998 - August 2004)
• (, November 2000 - January 2004)
• (, 1998 - June 2003)
• (, 1995-2001)
• (created by , art by Akiko Morishima, December 2000 - December 2005)
• Sparrow's Hotel (, 2008 - 2014)
• (Yoshito Usui, ? - May 2003)
• (, July 2007-2008)
• (, March 2003 - April 2005)
• (, April 2003 - September 2006)
• (, May 2001 - July 2003)
• (, ? - 1996)
• (, May 2002 - November 2006)
• (, 1988 - 1996)
• (, 1996 - September 2005)
• (, March 2007 - April 2009)

Columns[]

Listed alphabetically, with author and dates (if known).

• Nemoto Harumi no Natural Peace (Harumi Nemoto, October 2007)

References[]

External links[]

• (in Japanese) Official site