Yuri Events
One more time with gusto – join me next weekend at AnimeNEXT in Atlantic City, NJ! I have so many things to give away for good questions! Please ask me good questions*, so I can give you things!
* I’ll be talking about what makes a question objectively “good” or “bad” during a panel in this week’s YNN Analysis Podcast, so be sure to tune in! (Okazu Patrons get early access at all levels. For as low as $2/month, you’ll get same-day access to this new feature, now available on Patreon!)
I’ll take this opportunity to remind you that there won’t be an YNN Report next week. But I may do some extemporaneous videoing (no promises!) from the con!
Yuri Anime
It’s the all Kase-san week, as we are seven days away from the huge theatrical release of Asagao to Kase-san in the theaters in Japan.
Yet *another* goodie for folks attending the movie has been released, reports Comic Natalie, original artwork by series creator Takashima Hiromi and a photo shoot of Yamada’s voice actress, Takahashi Masami and Kase-san’s voice actress, Sakura Akane has been posted online. The photo shoot was done by Hasegawa Keisuke, the same person responsible for the Yuriten main visual.
Rightstuf has a very attractive pre-order deal for the Revolutionary Girl Utena Blu-ray set, which includes production sketches, a simply gorgeous box set design and both Student Council and Black Rose rings. I have no money and should absolutely not be getting this, but…Black Rose Ring. ^_^;
ANN has the 2nd promotional video of Happy Sugar Life and reports a July premier.
Yuri Manga
Blick Publishing has announced a digital agreement with Morishima Akiko-sensei to digitally serialize her story for Galette magazine, Motto Hanjuku Joshi, (in Japanese). Just as the title indicates, Motto Hanjuku Joshi takes place after the conclusion of her two-volume series Hanjuku Joshi. Take a look at Okazu reviews of Volume 1 and Volume 2 of the original and drop by Booklive.jp for the newest chapters!
Yurigurashi (ゆりぐらし) tells the story of a two women in a relationship, living together. Hits me right in the “I want that so hard it hurts.”
YNN Correspondent Pat wrote in to let us know that there is a third Yuri + Kanojo anthology, Yuri +Kanojo Heroine doushi no Happy End (百合+カノジョ-ヒロイン同士のハッピーエンド). It’s already in my shopping cart. I’ve enjoyed both the Yuri + Kanojo volumes I’ve read.
The final volume of Viz Media’s definitive English release of Shimura Takako’s Sweet Blue Flowers is hitting shelves this month. I hope they did that on purpose, it being Pride Month and all….
Speaking of which, because heaven knows I don’t have enough on my plate I decided to release a “Good Pride Month Manga to Read” a day on Twitter. Because I can.
Yuri Visual Novels
I’m not trying to beat this Valve thing to death, but just after I posted this report last week, a news item came across my desk which was a bit of an ah-ha. Nick Statt on The Verge wrote: Apple rejects Valve’s Steam Link game streaming app over ‘business conflicts’.
LGBTQ Comics
Being True, a comics anthology celebrating LGBTQ life and identity, has just launched a Pride Month kickstarter, and is already past their halfway point. Run by a local comics group out of Boston, the sincerity and sweetness of this collection is really quite lovely.
Other News
The Animate Cafe in Kyoto is celebrating Maria-sama ga Miteru‘s 20th Anniversary with special themed cafe items.
If you liked Marvel’s Black Panther, check out Nnedi Okorafor’s TED talk on science fiction that imagines a future Africa. I’m a huge fan of her work and found the talk enlightening.
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!
In addition to Sweet Blue Flowers, the English translations for Kiss & White Lily vol.6 and yuri anthology Éclair: A Girls’ Love Anthology That Resonates in your Heart (both from YenPress) are out in a few days as well (or possibly out already, if you order your manga from your local comic shop).
Yes, thank you!
Oh, I’m still wondering why they can not afford a Kase-san TV series, at least with short episodes. At least, if they spend money on the adaptation of much less well-known works.
Since you don’t have any actual information as to the intent of the production committee or what kind of money they would need or could get, your conjecture is nothing other than myth you choose to believe.
The truth is that we do not know any of that, we will never know any of that and, most importantly, we have no particular right to know any of that.
In the meantime, it’s very exciting to know that we’re getting an OVA anime in theatrical release and I’m looking forward to it.
I meant the anime industry in general, and not just the creators of Kase-san’s anime. Please excuse me if my message looked like this, that you could misunderstand me. In any case, OVA is better than nothing, I agree.
You’re still making up facts to suit an opinion. The “anime industry” is not a thing in the sense you mean. We only measure an industry after the fact, by sales. Specific groups raise money for specific projects. The “industry” does not pay for things. You may wish to learn how anime is made – Justin Sevakis wrote a great three-part series on this in 2012.
https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/feature/2012-03-05 <- This part deals with the production committees and how money is raised and spent on making anime. https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/feature/2012-03-07
https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/feature/2012-03-09
The reality is that neither you and I have no facts of any kind to support any conjectures about money.
Well, then I can only admit that I was wrong. Thanks for the links, I will be interested to read them.
Kase-san. Huge little things. The main trailer has been embedded in the front page of websites for participating cinemas, such as Wald 9:
http://kinezo.jp/pc/wald9?ush=140feb4
【あさがおと加瀬さん。】劇場公開OVA 本予告【Kase-san and Morning Glories OVA Main Trailer】
Very cool. And huge. This is getting some serious push for such a niche anime.
Just found out there are English subtitles on the Kase-san OVA Blu-ray disks!
One disk per ticket holder can be purchased in participating cinemas – prior to a screening or after. Haven’t watched yet or opened the package but just picked up a disk and the back of the case says there are English subs …
YES!
Awesome.
They sent the trailer I premiered subbed. ^_^ It was very exciting
Kase-san. Huge little things. The main trailer has been embedded in the front page of websites for participating cinemas, such as Wald 9.
I haven’t received email notifications for any of the last three blog updates – is there a snafu with the messaging gnomes or do I need to resubscribe?
Sorry for any inconvenience. Since that is all automated, I can honestly say I have no idea. But since the GPDR went into effect it might be that you need to resubscribe or you have to allow specific access. I have literally no idea. If you resub and it doesn’t work, I’ll look into it.
I’m having the same problem.
How can we resubscribe?
Thanks.
I’ve been having trouble too, and I MAY have found where we re-subscribe. I only just found this out, though, so I haven’t verified that it’ll fix everything for us. But if anyone wants to give this a shot with me:
1) Find the last email you got notifying you of a new Okazu post (mine was [New post] Yuri Anthology: Yuri + Kanojo Suki ni Nattemoii? (百合+カノジョ 好きになってもいい?) from May 30)
2) At the bottom of the email, click on “Manage Subscriptions,” which will take you to your WordPress account.
3) Click on “Reader” on the top left, and then the “Manage” button that appears next to “Followed Sites.”
4) Okazu should appear as one of your followed sites, with a green “Following” icon to the right of it. Under that, click “Settings” and click the toggle button on (it should highlight in blue) for “Notify me of new posts.” You can also toggle on “Email me new posts” and select the frequency, as well as “Email me new comments” if you like.
Like I say, I’ve only just discovered this area, so I’m not sure it’ll reinstate everything – but I thought it’d be worth checking out, at least.
Christian suggests “1) Find the last email you got notifying you of a new Okazu post (mine was [New post] Yuri Anthology: Yuri + Kanojo Suki ni Nattemoii? (百合+カノジョ 好きになってもいい?) from May 30)
2) At the bottom of the email, click on “Manage Subscriptions,” which will take you to your WordPress account.
3) Click on “Reader” on the top left, and then the “Manage” button that appears next to “Followed Sites.”
4) Okazu should appear as one of your followed sites, with a green “Following” icon to the right of it. Under that, click “Settings” and click the toggle button on (it should highlight in blue) for “Notify me of new posts.” You can also toggle on “Email me new posts” and select the frequency, as well as “Email me new comments” if you like.”
I also see “Notify me of new posts by email.” at the bottom of any individual post, you can click that. Since this is managed directly by WordPress, a recent update may have fubared it. I’ll look into it after AnimeNEXT and see what I can tell you.
If you have WordPress account, you can click then Reader tab, “manage” and check that you’re still following Okazu. Then click setting to get emails.
You can also click on any individual post and click “Notify me of new posts by email.” under the comments field. I guess P borked this in the last update.
Sigh. Will I really buy Utena a fourth time? I might…
I had that same conversation with myself.
Only four? Pffft.
1. 1998 fansubs
2. CPM VHS
3. Laserdiscs
4. Movie DVD
5. Original DVD box sets
6. Remastered DVD box sets
7. Blu-ray remaster
My wife had some… pointed things to say about this purchase, to which I replied with a very adolescent YOU JUST DON’T UNDERSTAND.
Totally worth it though, the artbook is extremely high quality (if, obviously, a bit small L x W.) I already have signet rings from the old days but unlike those these actually fit me perfectly mwahahaha…
Yes, I wasn’t thinking of the TV set and the movies as different things. Yes all told I’ve bought it that many times as well. Except laserdiscs and the Blu-Ray as of yet, because I really just don’t have the money just now.