History Magazine / MangaTimeKirara

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* ''Manga/BocchiTheRock'' (adapted by Cloverworks in 2022)
* ''Manga/ComicGirls'' (adapted by Nexus in 2018)
* ''Manga/{{Ichiroh}}''
* ''Manga/IsTheOrderARabbit'' (adapted by Creator/WhiteFox in 2014, second season co-produced by Kinema Citrus in 2015 and third season produced by Encourage Films in 2020)
* ''Manga/{{Kanamemo}}'' (adapted by Creator/JCStaff in 2009)
* ''Manga/KiniroMosaic'' (adapted by Creator/StudioGokumi in 2013)
* ''Manga/MagicOfStella'' aka ''Stella no Mahou'' (adapted by Creator/SilverLink in 2016)
* ''Manga/NullMeta''
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[[AC:Series Run in ''Manga Time Kirara Miracle!'' (Cancelled in October 2017)]]
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* SexyPackaging: Every chapter comes with an illustration on the title page. While the (non-''Forward'') manga are all relatively chaste, the title illustrations can get a little more risque.

* ''Manga/Mono2017'' (anime in development)

* ''Manga/{{Mono}}'' (was moved in to Carat in October 2017; anime in development)

* ''Manga/{{Mono}}'' (anime in development)

* ''Manga/{{Mono}}''

* ''Manga/{{Mono}}'' (was moved in to Carat in October 2017)

''Manga Time Kirara'' is a family of {{seinen}} {{manga}} magazines published by Houbunsha. Originally launched in 2002 as an offshoot of the GagSeries magazine ''Manga Time'', it was created to capitalize on the burgeoning ''{{moe}}'' trend that began at the tail end of the 20th century. Due to the brand's success, it expanded to include a family of six magazines published under the ''Kirara'' brand. Although there is wide variety in the types of manga they publish, they are all united by their ''moe'' art style. The assocation between ''moe'' and ''Kirara'' is so strong that ''moe'' SliceOfLife series are sometimes referred to as "Kirara-esque" even if they're not actually published in ''Kirara''.

* ''Manga Time Kirara Forward'': The "story manga" magazine, launched on March 23rd, 2006. Uniquely among the ''Kirara'' family, ''Forward'' publishes "story manga" (the Japanese term for the standardized manga style, with irregularly-sized panels) rather then ''{{yonkoma}}''. Coupled with its different editorial standards, ''Forward'' allows authors a much freer hard to tell stories that, while keeping the ''moe'' aesthetic, otherwise shatter the typical ''Kirara'' mold, including angsty dramas, fanservice-y sports series, outright horror, ''shonen''-style supernatural action series, and [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking stories with male characters]].

''Manga Time Kirara'' is a family of {{seinen}} {{manga}} magazines published by Houbunsha. Originally launched in 2002 as an offshoot of the GagSeries magazine ''Manga Time'', it was created to capitalize on the burgeoning ''{{moe}}'' trend that began at the tail end of the 20th century. Due to the brand's success, it expanded to include a family of six magazines published under the ''Kirara'' brand. Although there is wide variety in the types of manga they publish, they are all united by their ''moe'' art style, to the point that ''moe'' SliceOfLife is sometimes referred to as "Kirara-esque" even if it's not actually published in ''Kirara''.

* ''Manga Time Kirara Miracle'': The diverse magazine, launched on March 16th, 2011. Advertised as allowing for "[[https://natalie.mu/comic/news/45205 diverse worldviews and original heroines that no one would have thought of]], it functioned like a ''Forward''-lite, keeping the off-beat premises but sticking closer to the traditional ''Kirara'' aesthetic. Unfortunately, that proved to be its undoing, as Houbunsha decided they didn't need it after all and cancelled it in 2017, while shuffling its most popular ongoing series to the other magazines in the family.

''Manga Time Kirara'' is a {{seinen}} {{manga}} magazine published by Houbunsha.

The first issue was published on May 17, 2002 as an offshoot of the GagSeries magazine ''Manga Time'', but specializing in {{moe}} {{yonkoma}}. Because of the popularity of the {{moe}} style in the 2000s, ''Kirara'' became a family of four magazines (five before October 2017), three (plus the one cancelled magazine) of which continue with the original specialization of {{moe}} SliceOfLife {{yonkoma}}. The other one, ''Manga Time Kirara Forward'', while maintaining the {{moe}} style, serializes non-{{yonkoma}} series with more traditional narratives -- for example, ''Manga/DreamEaterMerry'' is a supernatural action series that wouldn't be too out of place in a {{shounen}} mag like ''Magazine/ShonenSunday''.

Starting in the late 2000s and throughout most of the [[TheNewTens 2010s]] and continuing into the [[TheNewTwenties 2020s]], it seems at least one manga from the ''Manga Time Kirara'' family gets adapted into an anime nearly each season, sometimes more than one. It is common enough that {{Moe}} SliceOfLife comedies get called "Kirara-esque" even if they are not from a Kirara manga.

* WordSaladTitle: "Kirara" ("Shiny") is not particularly meaningful as a title, and "Caret," "Miracle" and "Forward" are not helpful additions to "Kirara" title-wise.

* BreakingOldTrends: ''Manga/ConvenientSemiFriend'' is much raunchier and more sexually-charged than the usual ''Mnaga Time Kirara'' fare, to the point the author spent the afterword to her first volume talking about how weird it is to see it published there.

* JapaneseSchoolClub: Roughly half their works revolve around ''moe'' girls doing an activity together, often -- but not always -- under the auspices of an official school club. After the tremendous success of ''K-On!'', it seems the floodgates opened. Many, many manga authors rushed out to copy the formula of "four girls + school club + rock band", and put their own spin on it by swapping "rock band" for whatever hobby the author is interested in. Consequently, expect these works to have plenty of {{Exposition}} and {{ExpositionDiagram}}s imparting extremely technical knowledge about how to perform the hobby, along with general gushing over what a life-changing experience it is.

* ''Manga/IdolBeBack''

** In terms of anime adaptations,''Manga/DoujinWork'' and ''Manga/{{Kanamemo}}'' feel more unique compared to the traditional SchoolgirlSeries they would later become famous for.

* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: If it was made today, a series like ''Manga/DoujinWork'' wouldn't be allowed to be serialized on ''Kirara'' per se. It could ''probably'' be serialized on ''Miracle!'' or ''Forward'', though.

* ''Manga/TheLastUniform''

* ''Manga/{{Mono}}'

* {{Dramedy}}: While most of their works are lighthearted, some do attempt to be a balance between comedy and drama. ''Manga/HoshikuzuTelepath'' and ''Manga/TheDemonGirlNextDoor'' are notable for their more melancholic tones against the often upbeat character and comedy. The final season of ''Manga/HidamariSketch'' incorporates this more then the rest of the series as [[spoiler: Sae and Hiro approach their graduation and the changes the Hidamari Apartments will deal with.]]