Yuri Anime

The first trailer for Yuri science fiction/horror series Otherside Picnic is up on Youtube! I’ve been really enjoying the light novels by Miyazawa Iori, which are being translated by J-Novel Club. Here are my reviews of Volume 1 and Volume 2. I’m looking forward to the anime and third LN, which will be getting an April release. Check out the trailer now and let us know what you think!

Yuri Manga

Yen Press has announced an omnibus edition of Puella Magi Madoka Magica, the original manga by Magica Quartet, which will hit shelves later this summer.

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Yuri Events

The Mechademia conference in Kyoto has been postponed until 2021. I’m still up in the air about going to Anime Boston. It seems like it would be smarter for everyone to stay home for a while, because even one person walking around a large crowded event can infect thousands. I’m holding off canceling everything outright, but I expect that there will be no events for me this year as I am at high risk for respiratory illness.

So, instead of stressing, I’m running a special COVID-19-NO-TRAVEL Patreon campaign! Become an Okazu Patron, between now and April 7th, and you will get a sneak peek at my next article, “Girl Gangs and the Yuri Underground.” ^_^

Yuri Doujinshi

DMP’s doujinshi imprint has a new title – and a new creator to me – kkzt’s The Blank of Describer, as well as an interview with kkzt, on the Lilyka website.

Via Yurimother, we have the news that Shilin’s alt-universe story to her Carciphona series, Amongst Us, is being Kickstarted for a print volume! I am a HUGE fan of Shilin’s work, (I’ve reviewed her artbook here) and unrepentantly adore Blackbird and Veloce in this modern-world version of their life together. Check out the Kickstarter and join us~~~

Yuri Visual Novels

Studio Élan’s Bellhouse imprint has announced a second title, Without a Voice by L³. This “dark fantasy,” is about “Cassidy, a princess exiled to live alone in a forest, stumbles upon another woman living in the woods.” This VN will be available free on Steam on March 20. You can also check out the trailer on the Steam link.

Other News

Via YNN Correspondent David M. we have a really interesting article, The Art of the In-between in Japan’s Taishō Era, about gender fluidity in Taisho period art from a 2017 exhibit at the Yayoi-Yumeji Museum, which is one of my favorite museums in the world.

Lee Mandelo on Tor.com has us Looking Back on Ten Years of Queering SFF, From 2010 to 2020. I know I have mentioned how Tor is killing it right now, but let me reiterate, Tor is genuinely giving me a ton of reading material. I’ve been keeping my library hopping getting new Tor releases. Why the library? Because when I’m done reading it, then loads of other folks can read it, too! Remember, every time you check a queer SFF book out of your library, a butch lesbian angel gets her wings and wallet chains. ^_^

Wash your hands folks!

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