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.