Houbunsha Opens Manga Time Square Website
The launch gives Houbunsha a dedicated digital platform for its Manga Time lineup, making those serialized works freely available online for the first time.
Reporting from 1 sources: Comic Natalie.
Houbunsha launched a new manga website called Manga Time Square on May 15, 2026. The site provides free public access to works serialized in the publisher's Manga Time magazines.
Houbunsha opened Manga Time Square on May 15, a website that offers free public access to manga serialized in its Manga Time magazines. The site is a new digital home for the publisher's Manga Time lineup, which includes multiple magazine titles. Houbunsha did not specify which works are available at launch or whether the site will eventually carry the full back catalog. The move follows a broader industry trend of publishers building their own web portals to distribute serialized content directly to readers.
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- Comic Natalie 芳文社のマンガサイト「まんがタイムSquare」オープン