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Good! Afternoon

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Good! Afternoon
Cover of issue #7 (first anniversary issue), featuring Teppu
Editor-in-ChiefAkira Kanai[1]
CategoriesSeinen manga[2]
Frequency
  • Bimonthly (2008–2012)
  • Monthly (2012–present)
Circulation27,000[3][4]
PublisherKodansha
First issueNovember 7, 2008[5]
CountryJapan
Based inTokyo
LanguageJapanese
Websiteafternoon.kodansha.co.jp/goodafternoon

Good! Afternoon (Japanese: good! アフタヌーン, Hepburn: Guddo! Afutanūn; stylized as good! Afternoon or good! AFTERNOON) is a Japanese seinen manga magazine anthology published by Kodansha. Initially published bimonthly, it switched to a monthly publication schedule starting with the 25th issue in late 2012.[6] 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 manga anthology Monthly Afternoon, and was first launched on November 7, 2008.[7] Each issue sells for 680 yen. It had a circulation of 27,000 from October 1, 2018 to September 30, 2019.[3]

Currently running manga series

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Title Author / Artist Premiered
Ameku Takao's Detective Karte – Sphere no Shitenshi Mikito Chinen (story) & Eri Takenashi (art) September 6, 2024
Dēryizu Megochimo June 7, 2020
Drifting Dragons Taku Kuwabara June 7, 2016
Grand Blue Dreaming Kenji Inoue (story) & Kimitake Yoshioka (art) April 7, 2014
Magus of the Library Mitsu Izumi November 7, 2017
Majo no Hanaya-san Sou Hamamyumiba November 7, 2023
Natsume no Sekai - Ikai Taimaden Hiroaki Wakamiya March 7, 2020
New Jigokudo Reikai Tsushin Hinowa Kozuki (story) & Mimori (art) October 7, 2020
Suika-tachi Mori Tonkatsu August 8, 2020
Tonight, I Have a Date with a Serial Killer Kon Iguchi (story) & Yūji Nakamura (art) June 7, 2024
Towa × Baretto ─ Kaijū Gakuen Morion Kokuu (story) & Gendo (art) October 7, 2020
Witchcraft Works Extra Ryu Mizunagi March 7, 2022
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2010s

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2020s

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References

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  1. ^ good! アフタヌーン (in Japanese). Kodansha. Archived from the original on August 9, 2025. Retrieved May 12, 2026.
  2. ^ "Men's Manga". Japanese Magazine Publishers Association. Retrieved July 26, 2016.
  3. ^ a b 一般社団法人 日本雑誌協会. www.j-magazine.or.jp. Archived from the original on January 15, 2023. Retrieved April 23, 2020.
  4. ^ From October 1, 2018 to September 30, 2019.
  5. ^ "good! Afternoon". Comipedia. August 25, 2008. Archived from the original on April 21, 2016. Retrieved March 30, 2010.
  6. ^ Hodgkins, Crystalyn (September 7, 2012). "Good! Afternoon Manga Magazine Goes Monthly". Anime News Network. Retrieved October 29, 2015.
  7. ^ Loo, Egan (August 25, 2008). "Takahashi's Ice Blade Manga to Relaunch in Japan". Anime News Network. Retrieved March 30, 2010.
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