Manga Life
is a manga magazine published monthly by Takeshobo in Japan since the November 1984 issue (published in October 1984). Its original title was , 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 Japanese magazine code is 18635.