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 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.

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