Monthly Afternoon

Monthly Afternoon (月刊アフタヌーン, Gekkan Afutanūn) is a Japanese monthly seinen manga anthology published by Kodansha under the Afternoon line of magazines. The first issue was released with a cover date of January 25, 1986. Each issue typically has around thirty ongoing stories by various authors and runs about 800 pages. Afternoon has spawned many successful seinen manga series such as Oh My Goddess!, Genshiken, Blade of the Immortal and Big Windup! It is part of Kodansha's "1day" series, which also includes the magazines Morning and Evening. In its October 2008 issue, a spin-off magazine called good! Afternoon was announced to be launched.[3][4]

Monthly Afternoon
October 2011 issue.
EditorTatsuya Shishikura
CategoriesSeinen manga[1][2]
FrequencyMonthly
Circulation69,310[1]
(July-September, 2016)
PublisherKodansha
First issueJanuary 25, 1986
CountryJapan
Based inTokyo
LanguageJapanese
Websitekc.kodansha.co.jp/magazine/index.php/13871

Currently running manga series
TitleAuthor / ArtistPremiered
Aa! Shuukatsu no Megami-sama!Uhei Aoki (story) & Kumichi Yoshizuki (art)January 25, 2019
Big Windup!Asa HiguchiMarch 23, 2004
Blade of the Immortal - Bakumatsu ArcKenji Takigawa (story) & Ryū Suenobu (art) in collaboration with Hiroaki SamuraMay 25, 2019
Blue PeriodTsubasa YamaguchiJune 24, 2017
Darwin's IncidentShun UmezawaJune 25, 2020
Fragile - The Finds of Pathologist Keiichirō KishiBin Kusamizu (story) & Megumi SaburoJune 25, 2014
Hashikko EnsembleShimoku KioFebruary 24, 2018
Heavenly DelusionMasakazu IshiguroJanuary 25, 2018
HistorieHitoshi IwaakiJanuary 25, 2003
IssakShinji Makari (story) & Ji-Hyung Song (art)January 25, 2017
Inui to Tatsumi -Siberia Shuppei Hishi-Yoshikazu YasuhikoSeptember 25, 2018
I Want to Hold Aono-kun so Badly I Could DieUmi ShiinaDecember 24, 2016
Land of the LustrousHaruko IchikawaOctober 25, 2012
Marginal OperationYuri Shibamura (story) & Daisuke Kimura (art)May 25, 2013
MedalistTsuruma IkadaMay 25, 2020
Neko ga NishimukyaYuki UrushibaraApril 25, 2018
Puu-NekoMasayuki Kitamichi2004
Raise wa Tanin ga IiAsuka KonishiAugust 25, 2017
Skip to LoaferMisaki TakamatsuAugust 25, 2018
SpotlightKaze MiuraJuly 21, 2020
The Decagon House MurdersYukito Ayatsuji (story) & Hiro Kiyohara (art)August 24, 2019
Tomodachi toshite DaisukiMikumi YuuchiJanuary 24, 2020
Toppu GPKōsuke FujishimaMay 25, 2016
Vinland SagaMakoto YukimuraApril 13, 2005
Wandering IslandKenji TsurutaJuly 13, 2010
Wave, Listen to Me!Hiroaki SamuraJuly 25, 2014
Weathering with YouMakoto Shinkai (story) & Wataru Kubota (art)July 25, 2019
WondanceCoffeeJanuary 25, 2019

References
  1. "Men's Manga" (in Japanese). Japanese Magazine Publishers Association. September 2016. Retrieved November 6, 2016.
  2. Thompson, Jason (2007). Manga: The Complete Guide. Del Rey Books. p. 327-239. ISBN 978-0-345-48590-8.
  3. "Takahashi's Ice Blade Manga to Relaunch in Japan". Anime News Network. August 25, 2008. Retrieved February 21, 2009.
  4. Keiko Suenobu Launches Life 2 Manga Anime News Network. April 24, 2016. Retrieved June 24, 2020.
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