Monthly Afternoon

The magazine was founded as a sister to Morning by the same publisher, Kodansha. Its first issue was released on December 25, 1986, with the cover date of February 1987. Many of the artists working for the magazine used to publish amateur and were influenced by amateur manga. Sharon Kinsella claims that around half of all series featured in Afternoon between 1994 and 1997 were inspired by aesthetics. She lists Discommunication, Gunsmith Cats, Assembler 0X, Seraphic Feather, Aqua and Oh! My Goddess as examples. 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. ==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. ==Circulation and demographic==

Like with most major manga magazines, the magazine's circulation has been declining since the 1990s: • 2004: 144.500 • 2005: 133.800 • 2007: 119.666 • 2016: 69.310 In the late 1990s, the magazine's editors guessed that about a third of the readers of the magazine could be called . ==Features==

Ongoing There are currently 34 manga titles being serialized in Monthly Afternoon. Out of them, Big Windup!, Historie, Wandering Island and Yakuza Fiancé are on hiatus. Nella of the Horizon is serialized on an irregular schedule. Past 1980s • by Kōsuke Fujishima (1988–2014) • by Norifusa Mita (1988–1989) • by Hitoshi Iwaaki (1989–1994) (moved from Morning Open Zōkan) • Spirit of Wonder by Kenji Tsuruta (1989–1994) (originally serialized in Weekly Morning) 1990s • by Kia Asamiya (1990–1992) • Gunsmith Cats by Kenichi Sonoda (1990–1997) • by Riichi Ueshiba (1991–1999) • by Kazuichi Hanawa (1992–1994) • by Hideji Oda (1992–1998) • by Tsutomu Takahashi (1992–1999) • by Kia Asamiya (1992–1995) • by Hisashi Sakaguchi (1993–1995) • by Hiroaki Samura (1993–2012) • by Yo Morimoto, Toshiya Takeda (story) and Hiroyuki Utatane (art) (1993–2008) • by Shinji Makari (story) and Shū Akana (art) (1993–2004) (transferred to Evening) • by Daisuke Igarashi (1993–1996) • by Hitoshi Ashinano (1994–2006) • by Shimoku Kio (1994–1996) • by Yukinobu Hoshino (1995–1997) • by Mohiro Kitoh (1995–1997) • by Hiroki Endo (1995–1997) (transferred to Afternoon Season Zōkan) • by Masaya Hokazono (1996–2002) • by Riichi Ueshiba (1996–1997) • Blame! by Tsutomu Nihei (1997–2003) • by Satoshi Shiki (1997–2003) • by Kenichi Sonoda (1997–2004) • ''Eden: It's an Endless World!'' by Hiroki Endo (1997–2008) • by Shimoku Kio (1997–1998) • by Mohiro Kitoh (1998–2003) • by Kon Kimura (1998–2006) • by Shimoku Kio (1998–2001) • by Yoshitoh Asari (1999–2000) • by Riichi Ueshiba (1999–2000) • by Hideji Oda (1999–2000) • by Asa Higuchi (1999–2000) 2000s • by Hitoshi Tomizawa (2000–2001) • by Shohei Manabe (2000) • by Iou Kuroda (2000–2002) • by Asa Higuchi (2000–2001) • by Riichi Ueshiba (2001–2003) • Dead End by Shohei Manabe (2001–2002) • by Kenji Tsuruta (2001–2002) • Stone by Shinichi Hiromoto (2001–2002) • by Yoshito Asari (2001–2009) • by Shimoku Kio (2002–2006) • by Minoru Toyoda (2002–2005) • by Daisuke Igarashi (2002–2005) • by Yuki Urushibara (2002–2008) (moved from Afternoon Season Zōkan) • by Takatoshi Kumakura (2003–2009) (moved from Afternoon Season Zōkan) • Shadow Skill by Megumu Okada (2003–2014) (moved from Afternoon Season Zōkan) • by Tooru Fujisawa (2003–2004) • by Akira Hiramoto (2003–2008) (transferred to Young Magazine the 3rd) • by Kia Asamiya (2003–2004) • by Makoto Shinkai (original work) and Sumomo Yumeka (art) (2004) • by Masaru Katori (story) and Jiro Ando (art) (2004–2008) • Gunsmith Cats Burst by Kenichi Sonoda (2004–2008) • by Yuzo Takada (2004–2008) • by Tetsuya Toyoda (2004–2005) • by Harutoshi Fukui (original novel), Takashi Nagasaki (story) and Takayuki Kosai (art) (2005–2007) • by Yukari Takinami (2005–2014) • by Mahiro Maeda (2005–2008) • by Mami Kashiwabara (2005–2011) • by Makoto Shinkai (original work) and Sumomo Yumeka (art) (2005–2006) • by Makoto Yukimura (2005–2025) • by Riichi Ueshiba (2006–2014) • by Daisaku Tsuru (2006–2010) • by Keito Koume (2006–2007) • by Yutaka Tanaka (2006–2009) • by Kazuki Nakashima (original story) and Una Hamana (art) (2007–2009) • by Hitoshi Ashinano (2007–2012) • by Haru Akiyama (2008–2010) • by Shimoku Kio (2008–2010) • by Ichiro Takeuchi (story) and Etsushi Ogawa (art) (2008–2011) • by Yoshiki Tanaka (story) and Narumi Kakinouchi (art) (2009) • by Tsutomu Nihei (2009–2015) • by Yuki Urushibara (2009–2010) • Butter!!! by Tomoko Yamashita (2009–2013) • by Shimoku Kio (2009–2016) 2010s • by Yoshiki Tanaka (story) and Narumi Kakinouchi (art) (2010) • by Makoto Shinkai (story) and Yukiko Seike (art) (2010–2011) • by Kenichi Sonoda (2010–2012) • by Tetsuya Imai (2011) • by Kenshin Hidekawa (2011–2015) • by Nisio Isin (story) and Iruka Shiomiya (art) (2011–2013) • by Akira Miyagawa (2011–2013) • by Yoshikazu Yasuhiko (2012–2016) • by Masashi Tanaka (2012–2013) • by Yoshiki Tanaka (story) and Narumi Kakinouchi (art) (2012) • by Haruko Ichikawa (2012–2024) • by Yoshiki Tanaka (story) and Narumi Kakinouchi (art) (2012–2013) • by Ao Akato (2013) • by Kaori Ozaki (2013) • by Makoto Shinkai (story) and Midori Motohashi (art) (2013) • by Yuri Shibamura (story) and Daisuke Kimura (art) (2013–2021) • by Yukiko Seike (2013–2019) • by Hitoshi Ashinano (2014–2017) • by Kōsuke Fujishima (2014–2016) (moved from good! Afternoon) • by Yoshikazu Yasuhiko (2014–2016) • by Nisio Isin (story) and Chomoran (art) (2014–2016) • by Daisuke Igarashi (2015–2019) • Black-Box by Tsutomu Takahashi (2015–2019) • by Makoto Shinkai (story) and Tsubasa Yamaguchi (art) (2016) • by Ao Akato (2016) • by Chima (2016–2018) • by Yasuhiro Watanabe (2016–2018) • by Keiko Suenobu (2016–2018) • by Hiroki Endo (2016–2018) • by Yu Yoshidamaru (2016–2019) • by Yuki Shirono (2016–2018) • by Umi Shiina (2016–2025) • by Shinji Makari (story) and Double-S (art) (2017–2025) • by Hideo Nishimoto (2017–2020) • by Riichi Ueshiba (2017–2020) • by Kaori Ozaki (2017–2019) • by Yoshinori Kisaragi (2017–2019) • by Shimoku Kio (2018–2022) • by Yuki Urushibara (2018–2020) • by Ikko Tanaka (2018–2019) • by Yoshikazu Yasuhiko (2018–2024) • by Yoshiko Kon (2018–2019) • by Uhei Aoki (story) and Kumichi Yoshizuki (art) (2019–2021) • by Kenji Takigawa (story), Ryū Suenobu (art) and Hiroaki Samura (collaboration) (2019–2024) • by Ryūsuke Takashiro (2019) • by Makoto Shinkai (original work) and Wataru Kubota (art) (2019–2020) • by Yukito Ayatsuji (story) and Hiro Kiyohara (art) (2019–2022) 2020s • by Mikumi Yuuchi (2020–2021) • by Kaze Miura (2020–2021) • by Hideo Nishimoto (2020–2023) • by Michi Ichiho (story) and Nori Arashiyama (art) (2021) • by Fiok Lee (2021–2022) • by Shun Sakura (2021–2022) • by Yasuhiro Yoshiura (original story) and Megumu Maeda (art) (2021–2022) • by Daiki Yamazaki (2022–2024) • by Richard Woo (story) and Seimu Yoshizaki (art) (2022–2023) • by Sako Aizawa (story) and Hiro Kiyohara (art) (2022–2023) • by Makoto Shinkai (story) and Denki Amashima (art) (2022–2023) • by Hinohiruko (2022–2025) • by Bomhat (2022–2025) • by Mikumi Yuuchi (2023–2024) • by Ayumu Seki (2023–2024) • by Yuichi Nakamaru (2023) • by Nori Arashiyama (2024–2025) • by Aki Kaneda (2025–2026) ==References==