Kase-san Series News
Couple of pieces of news about the June 9th Asagao to Kase-san anime OVA theatrical release. For one thing, we have a release date! ^_^
The second wave of deluxe ticket sales are supposed to come with a Drama CD, Sakura to Kase-san (さくらと加瀬さん。), so as you might imagine, I hope I can get one. It’s asking a lot that they’ll still have it by late April, though, I may end up just ordering it from Amazon JP.
Check out this web commercial for the comics and the Drama CD on Youtube!
Eagle-eyed YNN Correspondent Verso S. took these photos in the lobby of a local theater. (Did someone sticker over their faces(?) ^_^
Verso says, “Maybe difficult to get a sense of scale but Yamada and Kase are approximately the height of real high-schoolers. Didn’t see their cut-out.”
The Asagao to Kase-san official website launched a a series of Kase-san series web icons for you to enjoy on your phone or computer. AND a new series of Kase-san LINE stamps were released, as well. Inexplicably, I had coins on LINE and thus, those stamps are mine! Bwahaha! ^_^ (Seriously, I have no idea at all where those coins came from….)
Maria-sama ga Miteru News
ANN reports that a 20th anniversary project is in the works for Maria-sama ga Miteru! I was just saying last night that they had to be planning something….
Okazu News
We are launching the first of our 2018 Okazu micro-goals! For every $50 on Patreon from this point on, I will become patron of another creator. I’m launching this goal with two *amazing* Patreons:
The first is Nakawē Writer Mari, a talented writer and artist who was part of the Absolute Power anthology! As a patron of her work, you get poetry and prose by a very talented queer Native creator.
The second is: The Ladybroad Ledger, a group of female and nonbinary cartoonists from Vermont, who produce a free twice annual newsprint publication to promote comics and comic art by femme Vermont cartoonists. I just got my first issue and it’s so good, I’ve added it to the to-review pile!
Like my Kickstarter activity, this new micro-goal gives me a chance to pay forward the kind of generosity I’m receiving and puts money into the creative ecosystem at the creator level. I buy the books I read to fuel the publishing economy. I back crowdfunding campaigns to give smaller publishers a chance to publish the kind of content mainstream publishers won’t or can’t and, now, I’m giving money directly to creators who can use it for whatever they need or want, just as you help me get to events like Yuriten and read the latest volume of MURCIÉLAGO. ^_^
LGBTQ Comics
YNN Correspondent Sam wanted to let you all know about. The Princess and the Dressmaker by Jen Wang. Sam says “Sebastian is a teenage prince who likes to wear dresses and sometimes feels like a princess, and Frances is the dressmaker keeping his secret. There is a lot of pain for both characters, but it ends with a kiss and both of them getting to live as their truest, most authentic selves. The art is clean and fun to look at and you get a lot for your money – it’s a thick graphic novel.”
Yuri Manga
Comic Natalie says that the new chapters of Revolutionary Girl Utena will be collected into a volume Shoujo Kakumei Utena – After the Revolution (少女革命ウテナ -After The Revolution-) which will be released in May.
Yuri Hime Comics are publishing comics they’ve been running on Yuri Hime on Pixiv, including this manga that I liked, despite the terrible name, Watashi ni Karada, Utteminai? (私に体、売ってみない?).
Nishio Yuhta’s After Hours, Volume 3 (アフターアワーズ ) is on sale in Japan. and we’ll be seeing it in English at the end of 2018!
Yuri manga series from Galette magazine are being released as standalone chapters for download on Booklive.jp. I have not yet tested this for overseas purchase, but Chiara has some thoughts on it in the comments here: “I often buy from Booklive because their coupon system is pretty cool, and as far as I’ve seen I never had problems with purchasing from them using my cards. They don’t offer paypal as a payment option, though, and their point system is tied to the T Card circuit. The main problem is, their app isn’t available on overseas app stores (or at least the android one), and while they offer a web viewer, it’s not very comfortable to use.”
Anoko to Me ga Autabi Watashi ha Shakaiin Yuri Anthology (あの娘と目が合うたび私は 社会人百合アンソロジ)ー is an anthology of Yuri love in the office by Satsumaage, Yukiko and others.
Comic Natalie has news about a harem story with some inevitable Yuri in Minori to 100-nin no Ojousama (みのりと100人のお嬢様).
LGBTQ Comic and Manga Events
This weekend in New York City, don’t miss the NYC Queer Comics Fair, at Bureau of General Services-Queer Division 208 W 13th St, Rm 210, New York, New York.
I will definitely be talking about Queer Manga at Hunter College in NYC on April 13, with Anne Ishii of Massive. If you think you want to attend, please contact me and let me know and I’ll have you added to the guest list!
The Yuriten art exhibition opened in Osaka this week! At least one reader is there and I’ve asked for them to report back. YNN Correspondent Christian L also reported in with an overview of the Yuriten goods he bought from Village Vanguard. “I dug into the calendar…some of the illustrations are familiar to English-speaking fans, and the rest you’d probably recognize as Japan-only at the moment. The clear files are really neat (I’d gotten one of the main Yuriten illustrations, and Canno’s one specifically). And the K&WL bag seems really cool.”
And to wrap up for today, I also suggest you revisit the Yuriten main page, and scroll down to the Yuriten Introductory Manga (百合展紹介漫画) at the bottom, which shows a tired career woman finding refreshment for the mind and body at the Yuriten cafe…and maybe a beginning of something more. By Miman-sensei, creator of Watashi no Yuri ha Oshigoto desu!, familiar characters make a cameo and it’s just a lovely mental image of the Yuriten as I’d like to imagine it. ^_^
Become a YNN Correspondent by reporting any Yuri-related news to anilesbocon01 at hotmail dot com with your name and an email I can reply to!
Thanks to all of you – you make this a great Yuri Network!
I often buy from Booklive because their coupon system is pretty cool, and as far as I’ve seen I never had problems with purchasing from them using my cards. They don’t offer paypal as a payment option, though, and their point system is tied to the T Card curcuit. The main problem is, their app isn’t available on overseas app stores (or at least the android one), and while they offer a web viewer, it’s not very comfortable to use.
Thank you for that insight! Web viewers seems to never be properly implemented, do they? ^_^;
The Hibike! Euphonium’s poster looks rather ambiguous next to Kase-san, given the certain reputation of the Hibike :).
By the way, I also wanted to draw your attention to the “Mahou Shoujo Site” in the new season. This is a rather cruel manga both in content and in the atmosphere, but as far as I understand, yuri was practically confirmed in the penultimate volume.
Thank you. I’m personally holding out for more than “practically confirmed” which means not-confirmed, but maybe someone else will like to take a look!
Well, “practically” in the sense that we saw a kiss and something similar to mutual confessions, but this was done against the backdrop of a tragedy that is unlikely to help the development of relationship. At least for now.
Fair enough.
Announced earlier today that Liz and the Blue Bird will also premiere at Anime Expo. No overlap with the time scheduled for the Kase-san and Morning Glories premiere at AX – so those in attendance can see both on different days (July six and eight).
http://www.anime-expo.org/2018/06/19/pony-canyon-presents-kase-san-morning-glories-premiere-screening-ax-2018/
http://www.anime-expo.org/2018/06/23/anime-expo-host-us-premiere-kyoto-animations-latest-feature-film-liz-blue-bird/
Promo artwork for both films ended up side by side again:
http://www.anime-expo.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/Anime-Expo-Los-Angeles-Convention-Shinichi-Nakamura-150×150.png
The “eagle-eyed reporter” failed to spot that spotlight induced face transplant until getting back home… very unfortunate positioning of the “photographer” causing the reflection of a poster on the opposite wall to appear right where Yamada and Kase-san’s faces should have appeared. Quite fuzzy overall as well…
Liz and her bluebird have been hanging out together with Yamada and Kase-san ever since the first visuals started appearing on flyers for both films. I imagine theirs to have been a pleasant conversation over the last few months – sports and flowers interrupted only by impromptu concerts and whatever eye opening activities lovely young women might get up to in deserted cinema lobbies at night – I’m referring to Karuta matches. No way Chihaya wouldn’t have dragged them into that…
The better cameras we have makes us all critics. They were fine pictures, even if the face transplant was amusing.
Keep forgetting to add this. Liz to Aoi Tori had its theatrical premiere on April 21 and the Kase-san trailer was among the preview clips shown as part of its screening too.
… and Wings (ウィングス) 2018年 06月号 is out as of today.
http://www.shinshokan.co.jp/mag/w201806/
Cool!
Looking at trailers and screenshots of the Asagao to Kase-san OVA…was Kase-san’s bust quite so large in the manga? -_-
Yeah. She’s shown as pretty busty when not running.
My wife and I just arrived home from our holiday in Japan. So many stories to tell of course, but one of the best highlights was we were able to attend Yuriten in Osaka on opening day!
We have quite a few photos of the displays with the various author and photographers’ work and of the shop itself. It was good showcase, and my wife says, “It was an interesting setup. It felt like an art museum as you entered with each creator’s work displayed on a wall that wrapped around, then it opened into the shop selling all kinds of goods.” (we can give a more detailed report after tons of sleep…zzz)
We enjoyed the experience, though a bit smaller than we would have thought. 2DK, G pen was my highlight and Kase-san for my wife with surprising photography mixed in. ^-^ Thank you posting about this event a few months back as we wouldn’t have known otherwise!
Wonderful! I’m thrilled you were able to attend and look forward to your report! Please email me and we’ll make it an official event report. ^_^