Sunset on Third Street

• Ja Kanji — 三丁目の夕日 • Ja Romaji — San-chōme no Yūhi • Genre — Slice of life

• Type — manga • Author — Ryōhei Saigan • Publisher — Shogakukan • Magazine — Big Comic Original • First — September 1974 • Volumes — 72

• Type — tv series • Director — Tsuneo Maeda • Music — Kentarō Haneda • Studio — Group TAC • Network — JNN (MBS, TBS) • First — October 12, 1990 • Last — September 21, 1991 • Episodes — 27

• Title — Live-action films • Content — * Always: Sunset on Third Street (2005) • Always: Sunset on Third Street 2 (2007) • Always: Sunset on Third Street '64 (2012)

• Portal — yes 'Sunset on District Three: Poems of the Sunset' is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Ryōhei Saigan. It has been serialized in Shogakukan's seinen manga Big Comic Original since 1974, with its chapters collected in 72 tankōbon volumes as of February 2026. It was adapted into an anime television series broadcast from 1990 to 1991 and three live-action films: Always: Sunset on Third Street (2005), Always: Sunset on Third Street 2 (2007) and Always: Sunset on Third Street '64 (2012). It won the 27th Shogakukan Manga Award for general manga in 1982.

Set in post-war Japan from 1955 to 1964, the series tells countless stories that illustrate the humor and pathos of ordinary Showa life via the residents of the titular "Sunset on Third Street", a fictional Tokyo neighborhood. Though it begins with an exclusive focus on the recently settled Suzuki family and their auto shop, the focus soon expands to include other regulars of the neighborhood, as well as one-shot characters. Overall, the series is episodic, with stories following selective continuity. Some characters age linearly, while others remain the same age or even grow younger as needed.

Written and illustrated by Ryōhei Saigan, Sunset on Third Street has been serialized for over 45 years in Shogakukan's seinen manga magazine Big Comic Original since September 1974. Shogakukan has collected its chapters into individual tankōbon volumes. The first volume was released on September 29, 1975. The tankōbon volumes were initially published under the title Poems of the Sunset, and several feature stories that were never serialized as part of Sunset on Third Street. The first volume, in particular, collects Purofesshonaru Retsuden, Saigan's earliest series for Shogakukan, which is markedly different in tone and focus. Starting with the 20th volume, Sunset on Third Street was added to the title of each volume, including re-releases of all prior volumes. As of February 27, 2026, 72 volumes have been released.

A twenty-seven episode anime television series adaptation by Group TAC was broadcast on MBS from October 12, 1990, to September 21, 1991.