The magazine is also known by the nickname Shūman (週漫), and uses the slogan "Live Happily Once a Week!"

The cover of Weekly Manga Times has featured a realistic painting of a young woman on every issue.

[6] Weekly Manga Times also featured a series titled The Smiling Million People University (百万人のお笑い大学, Hyakumannin no Owarai Daigaku).

The series was a one-panel comic which was used to fill blank space within each issue and consisted of submissions from readers which were judged by veteran manga artist Taira Hara.

As the entries consisted of reader submissions, the authors and artists were constantly changing.