Thanks to everyone who came to yesterday’s Hunter College lecture, it was a great crowd. Many thanks to co-lecturer Anne Ishii, whose work with gay comics has been pivotal (and who is a moving force behind My Brother’s Husband, Volume 1 and Volume 2 will be out this fall). And thanks to Professor Takeda for having us once again!
Yuri Manga
This is kind of cool. We’ve been watching the evolution of the Yuribu at Animate, Gamers and Shosen, and, via Comic Natalie, we now can welcome online bookstore Kadokawa’s Comic Walker to the party! The Comic Walker Yuri Club (百合倶楽部 ) has been launched, with access to serialized and collected Yuri titles online!
“Barikyari to Shinsou” (バリキャリと新卒) by Esuesu, an office romance between a careerwoman and newbie in the office is being serialized on Comic Walker as part of the Yuri Club. You can read new chapters (in Japanese) for free on the Comic Walker reader. There is a very real movement I’m seeing on Yuri Twitter (Yes, duh, of course there is a community of Yuri fans and creators on Twitter, as there is a community for everything else on Twitter…) for adult Yuri, especially office romance. Apparently, I am not alone in wanting a little less schoolgirl in my Yuri. ^_^
Yuri Anime
From April 14, tickets for the theatrical release of Asagao to Kase-san will be sold at Animate, Gamers and Shosen (all chains that have “Yuribu”). Ticket purchases will include Yamada and Kase-san post cards by other former Hirari anthology artists, Morinaga Milk, Morishima Akiko, Hakamada Mera, Amagure Gido and Imura Youko. Check out the official Kase-san account for support messages from the artists for the upcoming anime!
ANN reports that Crunchyroll will be simulcasting Love to To Lie Angle. I feel the need to disclaim that while I do not personally care for this series, it at least is populated with happy people who smile and like each other, unlike previous Yuri anime from Comic Yuri Hime.
Sailor Moon News
I kind of think this mashup has been inevitable….members of idol group Nogizaka 46 will be starring in the next Sailor Moon musical, “Team Moon, via Comic Natalie.
Yuri Events
The Yuriten Exhibition has opened up in Fukuoka! It will run from April 14-22 at the Tenjin Core. It’ll open on April 28th in Tokyo and if you’re planning on being at Comitia at Big Sight in Tokyo , check it out – Yuriten will be exhibiting there, via YNN Correspondent Zoey B. That’s very cool. Last year, Comitia had a number of small exhibitions and the corporate booths also displayed original art (and there were also some set up to do portfolio review, which thrilled me no end.). I like Comitia more and more these days.
Other News
Comic Natalie posted an interview with Kazuma Kowo and Mizutani Fuuka, two of my favorite Rakuen: Le Paradis magazine authors, on the nature of “love,” which includes discussion of harem stories and Yuri among other things. (In Japanese.)
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Thanks to all of you – you make this a great Yuri Network!
I am not a big fan of To Lie Angle but I will still watch it. Maybe I will be good for a laugh or two(I hope). If not then I can at least give my eyes some exercise as I continuously roll them.
That seems like a completely reasonable way to approach it. ^_^
I also finally opened orders to my Ladykiller in a Bind fanzine: https://goo.gl/forms/a0VYTU4TSqvNknTI2
Check it out if you liked the game.
Thank you for the link!
Well, in that case, I think that you also might like this season’s <>, which telling about a group of mangaka girls who live in the same women’s dormitory. Although this is another adaptation of Manga Time Kirara with their ambiguous yuri, you know, the show is pretty blatant in some moments.
It even reminded me of Konohana Kitan in a number of aspects, like pairings Koume x Tsubasa and Ruki x Kaos.
This post was about Comic Girls*. I’m sorry, it seems there was some sort of glitch.
I’m sure it will appeal to some folks here, thank you.