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Monthly Afternoon
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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. 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.[3]

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History

The magazine was founded as a sister to Morning by the same publisher. According to Frederik L. Schodt, stories that did not convince the editors of Morning would often land in Afternoon.[4]

Many of the artists working for the magazine used to publish amateur doujinshi and were influenced by lolicon amateur manga. Sharon Kinsella claims that around half of all series featured in Afternoon between 1994 and 1997 were inspired by lolicon aesthetics. She lists Discommunication, Gunsmith Cats, Assembler 0X, Seraphic Feather, Aqua ańd Oh! My Goddess as examples.[5]

From 1999 until 2002, Afternoon Season Zōkan was published as a quarterly spin-off magazine to Afternoon. After the magazine was suspended, some of its series, like Mushishi and Mokke, were transferred to Afternoon.

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Newcomer award

Since 1987, the magazine hands out the newcomer award Afternoon Shiki Shō. In 2000, Kodansha published a selection of winners of the award in a book.[6]

Circulation and demographic

Like with most major manga magazines, the magazine's circulation has been declining since the 1990s:

  • 2004: 144.500[7]
  • 2005: 133.800[7]
  • 2006: 127.400[8]
  • 2007: 119.666[9]
  • 2016: 69.310[3]

In the late 1990s, the magazine's editors guessed that about a third of the readers of the magazine could be called otaku.[5]

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Ongoing

There are currently 27 manga titles being serialized in Monthly Afternoon. Out of them, Historie, Wandering Island and Yakuza Fiancé are on hiatus. Nella of the Horizon is serialized on an irregular schedule.

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Past

1980s

1990s

2000s

2010s

2020s

  • Tomodachi toshite Daisuki (友達として大好き) by Mikumi Yuuchi (2020–2021)
  • Spotlight (スポットライト, Supottoraito) by Kaze Miura (2020–2021)
  • Mō, Shimasen Kara: Seiun Risshi-hen (もう、しませんから。 〜青雲立志編〜) by Hideo Nishimoto (2020–2023)
  • Maō no Kikan (魔王の帰還) by Michi Ichiho (story) and Nori Arashiyama (art) (2021)
  • Q, koi tte nan desu ka? (Q、恋ってなんですか？) by Fiok Lee (2021–2022)
  • Sing a Bit of Harmony (アイの歌声を聴かせて, Ai no Utagoe o Kikasete) by Yasuhiro Yoshiura (original story) and Megumu Maeda (art) (2021–2022)
  • Bitter End Roll (ビターエンドロール, Bitā Endo Rōru) by Shu Sakura (2021–2022)
  • Minzoku Gakusha Akasaka Yaichirō no Jiken-bo (民俗学者 赤坂弥一郎の事件簿) by Richard Woo (story) and Seimu Yoshizaki (art) (2022–2023)
  • Chaos Game (カオスゲーム, Kaosu Gēmu) by Daiki Yamazaki (2022–2024)
  • Suzume (すずめの戸締まり, Suzume no Tojimari) by Makoto Shinkai (story) and Denki Amashima (art) (2022–2023)
  • A Kingdom of Quartz (クオーツの王国, Quartz no Ōkoku) by Bomhat (2022–2025)
  • Saihate no Serenādo (最果てのセレナード) by Hinohiruko (2022–2025)
  • Jigoku no Ashita (地獄のアシタ) by Yuchi Mikumi (2023–2024)
  • Meimeimei Shoku Sanctuary (冥冥冥色聖域) by Seki Ayumu (2023–2024)
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