Monthly Afternoon
October 2011 issue | |
| Editor | Tatsuya Shishikura |
|---|---|
| Categories | Seinen manga |
| Frequency | Monthly |
| Circulation | 69,310 (July–September, 2016) |
| Publisher | Kodansha |
| First issue | December 1986 |
| Country | Japan |
| Based in | Tokyo |
| Language | Japanese |
| Website | 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 in December 1986. Afternoon has spawned many successful 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. A spin-off magazine, named good! Afternoon, started publishing on November 7, 2008.