I have so many great news items to share today, but I wanted to, once again, start with….

Yuri Events

Next week the Yuriten Yuri Exhibition hits Tokyo and I plan on being there. At the same time the Animate in Ikebukuro is doing the 1st anniversary Yurimate event! Once again, the third floor of the headquarters in Ikebukuro will be turned over to a Yuri-focused space, with special Yuri manga promotions. I’m also planning a visit to the other Tokyo area Yuribu at Gamers and Shosen Book Tower in Akihabara. All three are doing a joint Yuribu member recruitment, which is cute.  When I get back, I will be doing a bunch of Lucky Boxes that are going to be amazing~~!! (Hear this spoken in Oprah’s voice. ^_^) 

The Toronto Comic Arts Festival is guaranteed to be full of great queer content, as well. I’ll be moderating, I can’t wait! I’m so excited. And I’ll be talking to queer comics creators and other folks that you’ll want to hear from, so join me if you can.

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Yuri Anime

YNN Correspondent Su L wants you to know that Rightstuff is putting out Sweet Blue Flowers as a Blu-ray box set – for only $23.99! Gawd, I remember when that was cost of one episode of anime on a VHS tape, two if you were lucky. We’ve come a long way.

I’m pushing the limits of “Yuri Anime” pretty far here, but…Sailor Moon Super S, Part 1 will be hitting shelves this month! The Outers have pretty limited roles, but Haruka and Michiru  are increasingly gay as the series goes on. Stars is where they hit peak gay.^_^

The folks at Asagao to Kase-san are slamming out the cool goods right now – this June will see an original soundtrack CD for the movie with an original epilogue mini drama! Check out the news about Ashita e no Tobira on the official page.

Yuri Manga

Webmagazine Yawara Spirits has made Nighty-night Sheherezade (おやすみシェヘラザード) by Shinofusa Rokuro available for reading online (in Japanese).

The English-language Yuri manga anthology, Éclair: A Girls’ Love Anthology That Resonates in Your Heart, will be available in June, from Yen Press. Featuring stories by Canno and Nakatani Nio, you’ll want to put it on your wish list.

We’ve added Koi ni Urusai (恋に煩い), a collected of Yuri manga by Gotou Yuuki from Ichijinsha on the Yuricon Store.

Other News

Alex Myung has written an interesting piece for Our Queer Voices, Where are the Gay Voices in Animation?

And Michele Kirichanskaya talks about Anime and It’s Contribution to LGBTQ Media on Blendtw.

Okazu Hero and author Louis P shares this: Celebrating the characters of the fantastic erotic comedy visual novel Ladykiller in a Bind its Ladykiller in a Zine! 

Jutin Hall’s brilliant anthology No Straight Lines is being made into a movie. No Straight Lines – The Story of Queer Comics with Vivian Kleinman directing. 

And we’ve added the pre-order for the gorgeous, but quite expensive at $270, Korra and Asami in the Spirit World figurine on the Yuricon Store!

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