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

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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