Manga Release Schedule

A manga release schedule is the rhythm at which a series publishes new chapters. Some titles drop a chapter every week, others once a month, and many follow irregular, author-driven timing. Knowing each series' schedule is what lets you anticipate the next release instead of constantly checking.

Why Schedules Differ

Release cadence is tied to serialization — the magazine or platform a series runs in:

• Weekly — titles in magazines like Weekly Shonen Jump
• Monthly — series in monthly anthologies
• Irregular — many web titles and seinen works that release on the author's pace

Schedules also break: a series can enter a hiatus, pausing releases entirely, then resume weeks or months later.

Tracking the Schedule Across a Library

The difficulty isn't one schedule — it's keeping dozens straight at once. Every ongoing series in your library updates on its own clock. A manga tracker maps each title to its schedule so you always know what's coming and when.

Schedule Plus Alerts

A schedule tells you roughly when to expect a chapter; new chapter alerts tell you exactly when one lands. Together they cover both planning and reaction. MangaTime watches your followed series against their release schedules and sends a notification the moment a real chapter goes live — so the schedule works for you automatically.