is a Japanese

seinen manga is an editorial category of Japanese comics marketed toward young adult men. In Japanese, the word ''seinen'' literally means "youth", but the term "''seinen'' manga" is also used to describe the target audience of magazines like ''Weekly Ma ...

magazine anthology published by

Kodansha is a Japanese privately-held publishing company headquartered in Bunkyō, Tokyo. Kodansha is the largest Japanese publishing company, and it produces the manga magazines ''Nakayoshi'', ''Afternoon'', ''Evening'', ''Weekly Shōnen Magazine'' an ...

. Initially published bimonthly, it switched to a monthly publication schedule starting with the 25th issue in late 2012. 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 Afternoon is the time after solar noon. It is the time when the sun is descending from its peak in the sky to somewhat before its terminus at the horizon in the west. In human life, it occupies roughly the latter half of the standard work and s ...

'', and was first launched on November 7, 2008. Each issue sells for 680 yen. It had a circulation of 27,000 from 1 October 2018 to 30 September 2019.

Currently running manga series

Manga artists and series featured in ''Good! Afternoon''

2000s

Tsutomu 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. His alias is Ichigo Nekota. History He began his involvement i ...

- '' Jiraishin Diablo'' (2008–2011) *Hiroaki Wakamiya - ''Shūkyū Shōjo'' (2008–2014) *Moare Oota - '' Teppu'' (2008–2015) *

Masayuki Ishikawa is a Japanese manga artist. He is best known for '' Moyasimon: Tales of Agriculture'' and '' Maria the Virgin Witch''; both of which were adapted into an anime television series. Career He made his debut as a manga artist in 1997 with the shor ...

- '' Junketsu no Maria'' (2008–2013) *

Motoi Yoshida is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Motoi Yoshida. It was published in Kodansha's ''seinen'' manga magazine ''Evening'' from 2001 to 2004, with its chapters collected in five ''tankōbon'' volumes by Kodansha. The serie ...

- ''Natsu no Zenjitsu'' (2008–2014) *Asuka Katsura (art) &

Isuna Hasekura is a Japanese author. In 2005, Hasekura won the Silver Prize in the twelfth Dengeki Novel Prize with his debut novel ''Spice and Wolf''. The first volume was published the following year. Early life Hasekura studied at Rikkyo University. Wor ...

(story) - ''Billionaire Girl'' (2009–2013) *

Mohiro Kitoh is a Japanese manga artist. He created the manga '' Shadow Star'' and '' Bokurano: Ours'', both of which were adapted into anime series. Biography Kitoh's first manga '' Vendémiaire no Tsubasa'' debuted in ''Afternoon'' magazine in 1995. ...

- ''Nani ka mochigatte masu ka'' (2009–2015)

2010s

* Hiroaki Wakamiya - '' Loveplus Kanojo no Kakao'' (2010) * Ryū Mizunagi - ''

Witchcraft Works is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Ryū Mizunagi. It was serialized in Kodansha's ''seinen'' manga magazine '' Good! Afternoon'' from March 2010 to February 2022, with its chapters collected into seventeen ''tankōbon'' v ...

'' (2010-2022) *Eiji Karasuyama (art) & Yusuke Kishi (story) - ''Aku no Kyoten'' (2012–2015) *Gamon Sakurai - '' Ajin: Demi-Human'' (2012–2021) *Gido Amagakure - '' Sweetness and Lightning'' (2013–2018) *Kōsuke Hamada - ''

Hanebado! , also known as ''The Badminton Play of Ayano Hanesaki!'' or ''Hanebad!'', is a Japanese sports manga series by Kōsuke Hamada. It was serialized in Kodansha's ''seinen'' manga magazine ''good! Afternoon'' from June 7, 2013 to October 7, 20 ...

'' (2013–2019) *Saburouta - '' Jūō Mujin no Fafnir'' (2014–2015) *

- '' Junketsu no Maria Exhibition'' (2014) * Chiyomaru Shikura - ''

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'' (2015–2017) *Hiroaki Wakamiya - ''U12'' (2015–2019) *Yoko Hano - ''Iron Snow'' (2018–2020) *Mari Mafuyu - ''Tettsui to Pieta'' (2019–2020)

2020s

* LEN -7- ''Love Score'' (2020–2021)

References

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