Monthly Afternoon

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!. Recently is has been known for such series as Vinland Saga, Mushishi, Land of the Lustrous, and Blue Period. 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.

Well-known titles

 * Big Windup!
 * Blade of the Immortal
 * Blame!
 * Blue Period
 * The Garden of Words (manga)
 * Genshiken
 * GunSmith Cats
 * Heavenly Delusion
 * Knights of Sidonia
 * Land of the Lustrous
 * Mushishi
 * Mysterious Girlfriend X
 * Oh My Goddess!
 * Parasyte
 * Skip and Loafer
 * Vinland Saga
 * Wave, Listen to Me!
 * Weathering with You (manga)
 * Yokohama Shopping Log