Young Animal

is a magazine in Japan that features seinen manga and scantily clad women. It is published by Hakusensha and issued on the second and fourth Friday of each month in saddle-stapled B5 format, selling for 440 yen. A typical issue is usually over 300 pages, with about 288 black and white pulp pages of comics wrapped in about 20 slick pages of color pinup photos of teen age girls (pop stars and gravure idols) in bikinis. As of 2015, circulation is approximately 119,000 copies. Each issue features about 15 different stories, mostly serial stories tending toward sexy romantic comedy, fantasy, and epic adventure, with a number of humorous "4-koma" or 4-panel gag strips.

Many animals, particularly domesticated, have been given specific names for males, females, young, and groups.