Afternoon (magazine)
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is a Japanese seinen manga magazine published by Kodansha
. It is a monthly anthology, and 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.
Kodansha
, the largest Japanese publisher, produces the manga magazines Nakayoshi, Afternoon, Evening, and Weekly Shonen Magazine, as well as more literary magazines such as Gunzō, Shūkan Gendai, and the Japanese dictionary Nihongo Daijiten. The company has its headquarters in Bunkyō, Tokyo...
. It is a monthly anthology, and 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!
Oh My Goddess!
, also known as Ah! My Goddess!, is a Japanese seinen manga series written and illustrated by Kōsuke Fujishima. It premiered in the November 1988 issue of Afternoon where it is still being serialized. Every few months, the most recent chapters are published in tankōbon volumes by Kodansha...
, Genshiken
Genshiken
is a manga series by Shimoku Kio about a college club for otaku and the lifestyle its members pursue. The title is a shortening of the club's official name, , or "The Society for the Study of Modern Visual Culture". The series has also been adapted into an anime directed by Tsutomu Mizushima...
, Blade of the Immortal
Blade of the Immortal
is a Japanese manga series by Hiroaki Samura. The series won an Excellence Prize at the 1997 Japan Media Arts Festival and the Will Eisner Comic Industry Award in 2000 for Best U.S. Edition of Foreign Material...
and Big Windup! It is part of Kodansha's "1day" series, which also includes the magazines Morning and Evening
Evening (magazine)
is a bi-weekly Japanese seinen manga magazine published by Kodansha, aimed at adult men. It is printed in black and white on newsprint and saddle-stapled in B5 format, and retails for 330 yen...
. In its October 2008 issue, a spin-off magazine called good! Afternoon
Good! Afternoon
is a Japanese seinen manga magazine published by Kodansha. It is a bimonthly anthology, and each issue typically has around twenty-five stories by various artists and runs about 800 pages. It is a sister magazine to Kodansha's successful monthly manga anthology Afternoon, and was first launched on...
was announced to be launched.
Manga artists and series featured in Afternoon
- Haru Akiyama
- Octave
- Kia AsamiyaKia Asamiyais the pen-name of Japanese manga artist Michitaka Kikuchi whose work spans multiple genres and appeals to diverse audiences.He is well known for using influences from American comics, television, and films in his work, and describes himself as a big fan of both Batman and Star Wars...
- Assembler 0X
- CompilerCompiler (anime)is a two part anime original video animation.Compiler is an anime based on the manga by Kia Asamiya which features two girls, Compiler and Assembler, who arrived on earth from 2-D cyberspace to play a "game" in which they will delete the real world and reform it...
- Karapuri!
- Hitoshi AshinanoHitoshi Ashinanois a Japanese manga artist. He is most noted for Yokohama Kaidashi Kikō, for which he won Afternoon magazine's Four Seasons Award for debut works and the 2007 Seiun Award for Best Science Fiction Manga. Another notable work is PositioN. He has also been known to create dōjinshi under the name "suke"...
- Yokohama Kaidashi KikōYokohama Kaidashi Kikois a science fiction manga written and illustrated by Hitoshi Ashinano. The title can be translated Yokohama Shopping Log or Record of a Yokohama Shopping Trip. One tankōbon volume, the publisher's former English language website, and the second original video animation series have the subtitle...
- Kabu no IsakiKabu no Isaki, literally Isaki of the Cub, is a Japanese manga by 2007 Seiun Award winner . It first appeared in 2007 as a one-shot, but due to its popularity, has subsequently become a semi-regular feature in Kodansha's Afternoon manga anthology magazine...
- Yokohama Kaidashi Kikō
- Hiroki Endo
- Eden: It's an Endless World!
- Tooru FujisawaTooru Fujisawais a Japanese manga author. His name is romanized as Tohru Fujisawa on the Tokyopop English-language Great Teacher Onizuka books and as Toru Fujisawa on the Kodansha bilingual releases. His first serialized work was Adesugata Junjou Boy, published from 1989 in Weekly Shonen Magazine...
- Tokko (manga)Tokko (manga)is a Japanese manga written and illustrated by Tohru Fujisawa. An anime series directed by Masashi Abe, animated by AIC Spirits and Group Tac and based on the manga first aired in Japan on April 15, 2006 and ran for 13 episodes. The anime series has been licensed in the United States by Manga...
- Tokko (manga)
- Kōsuke FujishimaKosuke Fujishimais a Japanese manga artist.Born in Chiba, Japan, he first came to public attention as an editor of Puff magazine, his first job after completing high school. Fujishima originally intended to be a draftsman, but took the editorial role after failing to get a drafting apprenticeship...
- Oh My Goddess!Oh My Goddess!, also known as Ah! My Goddess!, is a Japanese seinen manga series written and illustrated by Kōsuke Fujishima. It premiered in the November 1988 issue of Afternoon where it is still being serialized. Every few months, the most recent chapters are published in tankōbon volumes by Kodansha...
- You're Under Arrest (originally on Morning Party Extra)
- Oh My Goddess!
- Asa HiguchiAsa Higuchiis a female Japanese manga artist, born in Urawa, Saitama Prefecture . She graduated from Saitama Prefecture's prestigious Urawanishi High School and Hosei University's department of psychology, with a major in sports psychology...
- Big Windup!
- Hitoshi Iwaaki
- ParasyteParasyteis a manga series written and illustrated by Hitoshi Iwaaki, and published in Kodansha's Afternoon magazine from 1990 to 1995.The North American version of the manga was published by Tokyopop. The Tokyopop English-language manga went out of print on May 2, 2005. At the 2006 Comic-Con, Del Rey Manga...
- HistorieHistorieis a historical manga by Hitoshi Iwaaki that tells the life story of Eumenes, a secretary and general to Alexander the Great. It is serialized by Kodansha in Afternoon, and collected in 6 tankōbon volumes as of June 2010.- Story :...
- Parasyte
- Shimoku KioShimoku Kiois a Japanese manga artist best known for his manga Genshiken, which was originally serialized in the Afternoon Magazine. It was later published in Japan by Kodansha, which produces Afternoon Magazine, and by Del Rey in the United States...
- GenshikenGenshikenis a manga series by Shimoku Kio about a college club for otaku and the lifestyle its members pursue. The title is a shortening of the club's official name, , or "The Society for the Study of Modern Visual Culture". The series has also been adapted into an anime directed by Tsutomu Mizushima...
- Jigopuri
- Genshiken
- Mohiro KitohMohiro Kitohis a Japanese manga artist. He was born in Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture, Japan, and graduated from the Nagoya Institute of Technology. Kitoh created the manga Shadow Star and Bokurano: Ours, both of which were adapted into anime series...
- NarutaruShadow StarShadow Star, known in Japan as , which comes from the abbreviation of , is the name of a Japanese manga and of the anime series which was based on the manga. The series was created by Mohiro Kitoh and was originally serialized in the magazine Afternoon. When asked about the manga, Mohiro Kitoh...
(Shadow Star) - Wings of VendemiaireWings Of Vendemiaireis the debut manga of Mohiro Kitoh. It was published by Kodansha and introduced the style and themes that would be Kitoh's trademarks such as graphic depictions of violence and abuse and the cruel nature of human beings while at the same time balancing the story against what would be considered...
- Narutaru
- Takayuki Kōsai
- Shuusen no Lorelei (based on the novel by Harutoshi Fukui)
- Iou KurodaIou Kurodais the pen name of a Japanese manga artist.-Biography:Born in Sapporo as one of two twins, Kuroda moved many times in his youth. He graduated from Hitotsubashi University. The pen name "Kuroda Iou" is a combination of his family name and the name of a toy robot, Mars King...
- NasuNasu (manga)is a manga series by Iou Kuroda. Serialized in Kodansha's Afternoon manga magazine, the series spanned a total of 24 chapters and three tankōbon volumes, the first of which was released on July 2001, the second of which was released on May 2002, and the last of which was released on December 2002...
- Nasu
- Mahiro MaedaMahiro MaedaMahiro Maeda is one of the most prominent Japanese anime creators working today, having worked as director, character designer, and animator for many of Japan's top series....
- Gankutsuou: The Count of Monte CristoGankutsuou: The Count of Monte Cristois an anime series loosely based on Alexandre Dumas, père's classic French novel, Le Comte de Monte-Cristo. Spanning 24 episodes, it was produced by Gonzo, directed by Mahiro Maeda and broadcast by Animax across its respective networks in Japan, East Asia, Southeast Asia, South Asia, Latin America,...
- Gankutsuou: The Count of Monte Cristo
- Tsutomu NiheiTsutomu Niheiis a Japanese manga artist. His cyberpunk-influenced artwork has gained a strong cult following. He has a relatively large community of fans in Germany where his manga Blame!, NOiSE and Biomega were published by Ehapa. Blame! was also published in France and Spain by Glénat, in the US by Tokyopop...
- Blame!Blame!, pronounced "blam", is a ten-volume 1998 cyberpunk manga by Tsutomu Nihei published by Kodansha. A six part original net animation was produced in 2003, with a seventh episode included on the DVD release.- Plot :...
- NOiSENOiSEThis article is about NOiSE the manga. For other uses, see Noise . is a one volume manga created by Tsutomu Nihei as a prequel to his ten-volume work, Blame!. Noise offers some information concerning the Megastructure's origins and initial size, as well as the origins of Silicon life...
- Blame!
- Megumu OkadaMegumu Okadais a Japanese manga artist, best known as the creator of the series Shadow Skill and Saint Seiya Episode.G.- Works :In 1992, Megumu Okada begins the creation of his first major work, Shadow Skill, a martial arts manga published by Kodansha and serialized in several Japanese magazines, including...
- Shadow SkillShadow Skillis a manga series with anime adaptations, produced by Studio Deen and aired on Japanese Television in 1998 and has been released in the United States by ADV Films in 2005. The series is based on the manga by Megumu Okada. Shadow Skill is a shōnen series which features Styles of combat, such as...
- Shadow Skill
- Sumomo YumekaSumomo Yumekais the pseudonym of a Japanese manga artist, who also writes as and . She writes in a variety of demographics, publishing yaoi manga as Sumomo Yumeka, seinen manga as Mizu Sahara, and shōjo manga as Sahara Keita...
- The Place Promised in Our Early DaysThe Place Promised in Our Early Daysis a 90-minute Japanese anime film created and directed by Makoto Shinkai, following his previous work Voices of a Distant Star. As in the previous film, the soundtrack was composed by Tenmon...
(adaptation of original work by Makoto ShinkaiMakoto Shinkai, better known by the stage name , is a Japanese anime director, animator, and voice actor. A native of the Koumi Nagano Prefecture in Japan, he studied Japanese literature at Chuo University. He traces his passion for creation to the manga, anime, and novels he was exposed to while in middle...
) - Voices of a Distant StarVoices of a Distant Staris a Japanese anime OVA by Makoto Shinkai. It chronicles a long-distance relationship between two close friends who communicate by sending emails via their mobile phones across interstellar space...
(adaptation of original work by Makoto ShinkaiMakoto Shinkai, better known by the stage name , is a Japanese anime director, animator, and voice actor. A native of the Koumi Nagano Prefecture in Japan, he studied Japanese literature at Chuo University. He traces his passion for creation to the manga, anime, and novels he was exposed to while in middle...
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- The Place Promised in Our Early Days
- Hiroaki SamuraHiroaki Samurais a Japanese writer/illustrator and creator of Blade of the Immortal, as well as several other short works. He has also done various illustrations for magazines and ero guro work. He has an ero guro book out that is mostly a compilation of some of the work he has created.His favourite bands are...
- Blade of the ImmortalBlade of the Immortalis a Japanese manga series by Hiroaki Samura. The series won an Excellence Prize at the 1997 Japan Media Arts Festival and the Will Eisner Comic Industry Award in 2000 for Best U.S. Edition of Foreign Material...
- Blade of the Immortal
- Satoshi ShikiSatoshi Shikiis a Japanese manga artist whose works include Kamikaze and Riot. He's also an artist of hentai manga, and this influence can be seen even in his non-hentai works like Kamikaze and ....
- Kami Kaze
- Kenichi SonodaKenichi Sonodais a comic book artist and animation character designer.-Professional career:Sonoda moved to Tokyo in 1984, at the age of 21, and began work at Artmic, an anime studio. During this time, he worked on Bubblegum Crisis, producing the original Knight Saber character designs...
- Cannon God ExaxxionCannon God Exaxxionis a seven volume manga by Kenichi Sonoda that deals with Earth's fight against alien colonization with the help of giant robots and super powered battle suits.-Story:...
- Gunsmith CatsGunsmith Catsis a Japanese seinen manga series written and illustrated by Kenichi Sonoda. It was published in Kodansha's Afternoon from 1991 to 1997 and was followed between 2004 and 2008 by a sequel series Gunsmith Cats Burst which included the same characters and situations.The series describes the adventures...
- Gunsmith Cats BURSTGunsmith Catsis a Japanese seinen manga series written and illustrated by Kenichi Sonoda. It was published in Kodansha's Afternoon from 1991 to 1997 and was followed between 2004 and 2008 by a sequel series Gunsmith Cats Burst which included the same characters and situations.The series describes the adventures...
- Bullet the Wizard
- Cannon God Exaxxion
- Yuzo TakadaYuzo Takadais the pseudonym of , a popular Japanese manga artist. He worked as an assistant for manga artist Fujihiko Hosono before starting his career as an original author...
- Little Jumper
- Tsutomu TakahashiTsutomu Takahashi' , born on September 20, 1965 in Tokyo, Japan, is a Japanese manga artist, who is well known for his manga Jiraishin. As of March 2006, he is currently married and has one child...
- Ice BladeIce Bladeis manga series written and illustrated by Tsutomu Takahashi, published in Kodansha's Afternoon magazine from 1992 to 1999. It was announced by Afternoon's October magazine that a new Jiraishin series would be in the magazine good! afternoon and would be known as Jiraishin diablo, which is...
- Ice Blade
- Daisaku Tsuru
- Nachun
- Kenji TsurutaKenji Tsurutais a Japanese manga artist. Among his most famous works is the science fiction series Spirit of Wonder, which has been adapted into an anime series and brought him much acclaim.-Profile:...
- Spirit of WonderSpirit of Wonderis a manga series authored by Kenji Tsuruta, originally serialized from 1986 in Kodansha's Morning seinen manga magazine, and later in Afternoon, until 1996....
(originally serialized in monthly Weekly MorningWeekly Morningis a weekly Japanese seinen manga magazine published by Kodansha, aimed at adult men. It debuted in 1982 as and is also known as simply .- Series running every week :- Series running every other week :...
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- Spirit of Wonder
- Hiroyuki UtataneHiroyuki Utataneis a Japanese manga artist and anime director. His wife is manga artist Ryō Ramiya.Utatane began his career with adult works such as Countdown. His more recent works have been seinen works such as Seraphic Feather and Heaven's Prison, though he continues to release some adult works as...
- Seraphic Feather (story by Yo Morimoto and Toshiya Takeda)
- Yuki UrushibaraYuki Urushibarais a Japanese manga artist. She is best known for the series Mushishi, for which she received an Excellence Prize for manga at the 2003 Japan Media Arts Festival and the 2006 Kodansha Manga Award for general manga...
- MushishiMushishiis a manga series written and illustrated by Yuki Urushibara, published in Kodansha's Afternoon magazine from 1999 to August 2008.The manga was adapted into an anime television series in 2005. The Artland production was directed by Hiroshi Nagahama...
- Waters
- Mushishi
- Riichi UeshibaRiichi Ueshiba' is a Japanese manga artist. His manga Yume Tsukai was turned into an anime series, and he currently draws Mysterious Girlfriend X.- Works : ' is a Japanese manga artist. His manga Yume Tsukai was turned into an anime series, and he currently draws Mysterious Girlfriend X.- Works : (1991–1999,...
- Mysterious Girlfriend X
- Yume TsukaiYume Tsukaiis a Japanese manga series by Riichi Ueshiba. It was made into a TV anime series that aired on TV Asahi and Television Saitama.-Plot:The series revolves around dream masters who turn nightmares into peaceful dreams...
- Discommunication
- Makoto YukimuraMakoto Yukimurais a Japanese manga artist. Yukimura made his debut in 2000 with the praised Planetes, serialized in Kodansha Weekly Morning mangazine and adapted into a 26 episodes anime series by the studio Sunrise...
- Vinland SagaVinland Saga (manga)is a Japanese historical manga series written and drawn by award-winning manga author Makoto Yukimura. The series is published by Kodansha, and was first serialized in the youth-targeted Weekly Shōnen Magazine before moving to the monthly manga magazine Afternoon, aimed at younger adult men...
(originally serialized in Weekly Shōnen MagazineWeekly Shonen Magazine, also known as Shōnen Magazine, is a shōnen manga magazine published by Kodansha, first published on 17 March 1959. Despite some unusual censorship policies , it's mainly read by an older audience, with a large portion of its readership falling under the male high school or college...
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- Vinland Saga
- Kumakura Takatoshi
- MokkeMokkeis a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by manga author Takatoshi Kumakura. The manga was first serialized in the Japanese seinen manga magazine Afternoon Season Zoukan on August 2000. The magazine was suspended after its 14th issue, and the manga continued its serialization from the...
- Mokke
- Naoko HayashibaNaoko Hayashiba, who is also known by the pen name , is a Japanese writer and manga author from Fukuoka. She had a successful career as professional shogi player, but quit during a scandal in 1995, and has focused on writing and TV work. She has written two novel series, Tondemo Police and Kiss Dakeja Iya, and...
& Jiro AndoJiro Andois a Japanese manga artist notable as being the artist of the manga Shion no Ō.-External links:...
- Shion no ŌShion no O, subtitled The Flowers of Hard Blood, is a Japanese mystery manga written by Masaru Katori and illustrated by Jiro Ando. It is published by Kodansha in the seinen manga magazine Afternoon, and is collected in eight bound volumes. It has been adapted as a twenty-two episode anime television series...
- Shion no Ō
- Minoru Toyoda
- Love RomaLove Romais a Japanese Romantic comedy manga series written and illustrated by Minoru Toyoda. It began serialization in 2003 Afternoon a Japanese manga magazine. The first bound volume was released in September 2003 in Japan; as of December 2005, the story concluded with five volumes released...
- Love Roma