Yuri Network News – (百合ネットワークニュース) – August 29, 2015

August 29th, 2015

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Yuri Manga

Pure Yuri Anthology Hirari Magazine is alive! According to the Shinsokan website, Hirari is beginning distribution as an e-book, with a free issue, Volume 0, available on practically every e-book retailer in Japan. I had no problems signing in and getting the issue to open in the reader on E-bookJapan, for what it’s worth. Volume 0 is composed of first chapters from some of their most popular series.

Competition is good for Yuri artists. ^_^

Hirari titles available on E-bookJapan are listed here. The prices are very reasonable for e-books.

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Last week, the Seven Seas translated edition of Bodacious Space Pirates: Abyss of Hyperspace Vol. 1 hit shelves, and now Volume 2 is up for pre-order! This is the manga for the movie, which has not been licensed here in the US.

Kumicho has a new online Yuri series, Idol Green Rhapsody (アイドれ!グリーン♥ラプソディ), available on Yawara Spirits online site. No online reader needed, which I quite like. As you might imagine from the title, it follows two members of an idol group.

Ichijinsha is up to Volume 3 of Saburouta’s Citrus in a new Special Edition format.

And they are also re-releasing Mikuni Hajime’s “ecchi comedy”(which you may remember from JManga, when they were funct,) Gokujou Drops. Volume 1 is now available!

Meno’s Yuri stories from Comic Yuri Hime have been collected into a new volume, Kawaisa Amatte Sukisa 100-bai!! (かわいさ余って好きさ100倍!!)

Canno’s adorable private school Yuri series, Anoko ni Kiss to Shiroyuri wo  (あの娘にキスと白百合を) returns for a third volume.

Yuri Light Novel

Yuri no Kishi to Bara no Hime (百合の騎士と薔薇の姫) is a a new novel with a really old, tired plot. Can you guess? Yes, it’s another Princess being married off who falls in love with her female knight. Gee, we’ve never seen that before. ^_^

Other News

If you’ve ever wondered what Comiket really looks like, here is a short, enthusiastic and not creepy NHK documentary, in English. While it shows the amazing line management, it doesn’t really talk about it. Shame, because that’s one of the most amazing things about Comiket.

You know you wanted an AKB48 music video with post-apocalytpic Mad Max-ian combat. I spent the entire video analyzing the fight choreography and I have to say, it was pretty, but annoyingly bereft of good tactics. ^_^ Also fighting with feather costumes.

Here’s Three Indian Comics Artists You Should Know About from Panels.net

Comic artist Kelly Sue DeConnick spoke at 99u, and her talk, How To Make People Uncomfortable (And Still Make a Living),  is well worth listening to all the way through. It’s not aspirational or inspirational, so much as how to function in the world as it is. Let’s call it Realspirational.

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7 Responses

  1. JB says:

    Foe what it’s worth, the Princess and Female Knight story has always been a personal favorite of mine no matter how overdone. I’ll check out Yuri no Kishi to Bara no Hime ^^

  2. Anon says:

    Anoko ni Kiss to Shiroyuri wo vol 3, hmm? I will pass. Vol 2 was quite a let down. Canno is definitly not good with writing longer series.

    • I don’t think this is a long form story, so much as 1-volume vignettes. V2 was as much fun for me as V!, because of the characters, but it was kind of sweet in the end. It looks like V3 is another pairing completely.

  3. Thespi says:

    So, I’m behind and just reading some older stuff… Loved the documentary about Comiket! Wow! That is so impressive!

    Also, ever since “AKB0048”, I’ve been listening to AKB48 and enjoyed the video a lot. I’m kind of with you, Erica, about the fight scenes. I would love to see the “making of” of that video (with translation, since I’m not proficient in Japanese)to get the girls’ reactions to what they had to learn and do for the video!
    (I happily bookmarked the site, too, thanks!)

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