Afternoon 40th Anniversary Exhibition: Key Visual Unveiled Today Featuring Characters from 25 Gorgeous Works Including 'Oh My Goddess!', 'Parasyte', 'Blue Period', and 'Medalist' Intermingling Under the Catchphrase 'Manga Ryoran'
To commemorate the 40th anniversary of Kodansha's 'Afternoon' magazine, an exhibition will be held at Sunshine City, Ikebukuro, from July 10, 2026. A key visual featuring characters from 25 popular works has been released.
📋 Article Processing Timeline
- 📰 Published: April 24, 2026 at 21:00
- 🔍 Collected: April 24, 2026 at 12:31
- 🤖 AI Analyzed: April 25, 2026 at 01:40 (13h 8m after Collected)
To commemorate its 40th anniversary, the 'Afternoon 40th Anniversary Exhibition' will be held from July 10 (Friday) to July 26 (Sunday), 2026.
Under the catchphrase 'Manga Ryoran' (Profusion of Manga), the exhibition's key visual (KV), which brings together the main characters of the participating works, was released today, April 24 (Friday).
Characters from a total of 25 works, including 'Oh My Goddess!', 'Parasyte', 'Blue Period', and 'Medalist', appear in this KV, expressing the impact and glamour unique to this exhibition where various diverse story worlds intersect. The works featured in the KV represent only a portion of all the works scheduled to participate, and further participating works and exhibition details will be announced sequentially in future updates.
Limited-edition merchandise using newly drawn illustrations by the artists will be sold, and various modeled objects and reference materials related to the works are currently in production. The venue has been decided as Sunshine City Exhibition Hall A in Ikebukuro, Tokyo.
Please look forward to the full picture of this exhibition where the charm of Afternoon will bloom profusely under the name of 'Manga Ryoran'.
Participating Works (Authors in Japanese alphabetical order)
Hitoshi Ashinano 'Yokohama Kaidashi Kikou'
Masayuki Ishikawa 'Moyashimon+'
Masakazu Ishiguro 'Heavenly Delusion'
Haruko Ichikawa 'Land of the Lustrous'
Hitoshi Iwaaki 'Parasyte'
Riichi Ueshiba 'Mysterious Girlfriend X'
Shun Umezawa 'Darwin's Incident'
Yuki Urushibara 'Mushishi'
OMOCAT/Noito Konoi 'OMORI'
Shimoku Kio 'Genshiken'
Bin Kusamizu/Saburo Megumi 'Fragile'
Coffee 'Wandance'
Hiroaki Samura 'Blade of the Immortal'
Kenichi Sonoda 'GUNSMITH CATS'
Tsutomu Takahashi 'Jiraishin'
Misaki Takamatsu 'Skip and Loafer'
Hiroshi Tamaru 'Love-yan'
Kenji Tsuruta 'Spirit of Wonder'
Ikada Tsuruma 'Medalist'
Tsutomu Nihei 'Knights of Sidonia'
Asa Higuchi 'Big Windup!'
Kosuke Fujishima 'Oh My Goddess!'
Tsubasa Yamaguchi 'Blue Period'
Makoto Yukimura 'Vinland Saga'
Yoshida. 'Dig It'
and more
Event Overview
Event Name: Afternoon 40th Anniversary Exhibition
Venue: Ikebukuro Sunshine City Exhibition Hall A
4F World Import Mart Building, Sunshine City, 3-1-3 Higashi-Ikebukuro, Toshima-ku, Tokyo
Dates: July 10 (Friday) - July 26 (Sunday), 2026
Organizer: Afternoon 40th Anniversary Exhibition Production Committee
Original Cooperation: Kodansha Afternoon Editorial Department
Admission: Paid
Official Webpage: https://mixalive.tokyo/afternoon_40thten
Official X: https://x.com/aft_40thten
About Afternoon
Afternoon is a monthly manga magazine launched by Kodansha in 1986.
Promoting free expression unbound by genres or styles, it publishes a wide variety of works including sci-fi, historical, youth, slice-of-life, and fantasy.
It has produced many manga with original authorship and high artistic quality, and continues to be supported by many readers as one of the seinen manga magazines representing Japan's manga culture.
* Content and schedule are subject to change depending on circumstances. * Images are for illustrative purposes only.
©Kodansha ©Hitoshi Ashinano/Kodansha ©Masayuki Ishikawa/Kodansha ©Masakazu Ishiguro/Kodansha ©Haruko Ichikawa/Kodansha ©Hitoshi Iwaaki/Kodansha ©Riichi Ueshiba/Kodansha ©Shun Umezawa/Kodansha ©Yuki Urushibara/Kodansha ©OMOCAT・Noito Konoi/Kodansha ©Shimoku Kio/Kodansha ©Bin Kusamizu・Saburo Megumi/Kodansha ©Coffee/Kodansha ©Hiroaki Samura/Kodansha ©Kenichi Sonoda/Kodansha ©Tsutomu Takahashi/Kodansha ©Misaki Takamatsu/Kodansha ©Hiroshi Tamaru/Kodansha ©Kenji Tsuruta/Kodansha ©Ikada Tsuruma/Kodansha ©Tsutomu Nihei/Kodansha ©Asa Higuchi/Kodansha ©Kosuke Fujishima/Kodansha ©Tsubasa Yamaguchi/Kodansha ©Makoto Yukimura/Kodansha ©Yoshida./Kodansha
Under the catchphrase 'Manga Ryoran' (Profusion of Manga), the exhibition's key visual (KV), which brings together the main characters of the participating works, was released today, April 24 (Friday).
Characters from a total of 25 works, including 'Oh My Goddess!', 'Parasyte', 'Blue Period', and 'Medalist', appear in this KV, expressing the impact and glamour unique to this exhibition where various diverse story worlds intersect. The works featured in the KV represent only a portion of all the works scheduled to participate, and further participating works and exhibition details will be announced sequentially in future updates.
Limited-edition merchandise using newly drawn illustrations by the artists will be sold, and various modeled objects and reference materials related to the works are currently in production. The venue has been decided as Sunshine City Exhibition Hall A in Ikebukuro, Tokyo.
Please look forward to the full picture of this exhibition where the charm of Afternoon will bloom profusely under the name of 'Manga Ryoran'.
Participating Works (Authors in Japanese alphabetical order)
Hitoshi Ashinano 'Yokohama Kaidashi Kikou'
Masayuki Ishikawa 'Moyashimon+'
Masakazu Ishiguro 'Heavenly Delusion'
Haruko Ichikawa 'Land of the Lustrous'
Hitoshi Iwaaki 'Parasyte'
Riichi Ueshiba 'Mysterious Girlfriend X'
Shun Umezawa 'Darwin's Incident'
Yuki Urushibara 'Mushishi'
OMOCAT/Noito Konoi 'OMORI'
Shimoku Kio 'Genshiken'
Bin Kusamizu/Saburo Megumi 'Fragile'
Coffee 'Wandance'
Hiroaki Samura 'Blade of the Immortal'
Kenichi Sonoda 'GUNSMITH CATS'
Tsutomu Takahashi 'Jiraishin'
Misaki Takamatsu 'Skip and Loafer'
Hiroshi Tamaru 'Love-yan'
Kenji Tsuruta 'Spirit of Wonder'
Ikada Tsuruma 'Medalist'
Tsutomu Nihei 'Knights of Sidonia'
Asa Higuchi 'Big Windup!'
Kosuke Fujishima 'Oh My Goddess!'
Tsubasa Yamaguchi 'Blue Period'
Makoto Yukimura 'Vinland Saga'
Yoshida. 'Dig It'
and more
Event Overview
Event Name: Afternoon 40th Anniversary Exhibition
Venue: Ikebukuro Sunshine City Exhibition Hall A
4F World Import Mart Building, Sunshine City, 3-1-3 Higashi-Ikebukuro, Toshima-ku, Tokyo
Dates: July 10 (Friday) - July 26 (Sunday), 2026
Organizer: Afternoon 40th Anniversary Exhibition Production Committee
Original Cooperation: Kodansha Afternoon Editorial Department
Admission: Paid
Official Webpage: https://mixalive.tokyo/afternoon_40thten
Official X: https://x.com/aft_40thten
About Afternoon
Afternoon is a monthly manga magazine launched by Kodansha in 1986.
Promoting free expression unbound by genres or styles, it publishes a wide variety of works including sci-fi, historical, youth, slice-of-life, and fantasy.
It has produced many manga with original authorship and high artistic quality, and continues to be supported by many readers as one of the seinen manga magazines representing Japan's manga culture.
* Content and schedule are subject to change depending on circumstances. * Images are for illustrative purposes only.
©Kodansha ©Hitoshi Ashinano/Kodansha ©Masayuki Ishikawa/Kodansha ©Masakazu Ishiguro/Kodansha ©Haruko Ichikawa/Kodansha ©Hitoshi Iwaaki/Kodansha ©Riichi Ueshiba/Kodansha ©Shun Umezawa/Kodansha ©Yuki Urushibara/Kodansha ©OMOCAT・Noito Konoi/Kodansha ©Shimoku Kio/Kodansha ©Bin Kusamizu・Saburo Megumi/Kodansha ©Coffee/Kodansha ©Hiroaki Samura/Kodansha ©Kenichi Sonoda/Kodansha ©Tsutomu Takahashi/Kodansha ©Misaki Takamatsu/Kodansha ©Hiroshi Tamaru/Kodansha ©Kenji Tsuruta/Kodansha ©Ikada Tsuruma/Kodansha ©Tsutomu Nihei/Kodansha ©Asa Higuchi/Kodansha ©Kosuke Fujishima/Kodansha ©Tsubasa Yamaguchi/Kodansha ©Makoto Yukimura/Kodansha ©Yoshida./Kodansha