Kase-san Series News
June 9th was the official theatrical premiere of Asagao to Kase-san, the anime based on Takashima Hiromi-sensei’s manga of the same name. The press for the event has kept up the energy and at least a few theaters have booked the run for a week or even two, while other have an open-ended time frame.
In the meantime, the interviews and articles are coming thick and fast.
Comic Natalie reports that folks who see the OVA have another new piece of art in the pamphlet. The Director and voice actresses have a discussion about Yuri. Comic Natalie also has an event report from the premiere event. And Movie Walker has an article about the movie. (All of these are in Japanese.)
Yuri Anime
The folks at Comic Yuri Hime have yet another new anime license and, again, it is one of the stories I don’t follow, Watashi ni Tenshi ga Maoirita! (I read about half the comics now – you know, the half they aren’t animating. ^_^) Check out the ANN report for details.
ANN also has news that Kaishaku’s incoherent Yuri-ish series, Eikyuu Monogatari ~Eternal Alice Rondo has been licensed by Diskotek. If you’ve never seen this, you won’t believe my description of it, anyway, so you might as well watch it, then come back and read my 2006 review, since not one moment of it makes sense anyway. ^_^
Yuri Manga
Killing Me~! (キリング・ミー!) is probably-a-vampire Yuri number four
It could turn out to be a bore
I may never know,
my motivation is low
I don’t think it could suck any more.
For folks who like high school love, Dare mo Ienai, Futarigoto (誰にも言えない、ふたりごと), first chapter is available online in Japanese.
There’s a new Yuri anthology on the block! Avalon (girls x garden comics) looks nice, but We’ll see. ^_^
Ichijinsha is putting out a perfect edition of Fujieda Miyabi’s Ame-iro Kouchakandan (飴色紅茶館歓談 完全版) in two volumes. Volume 1 and Volume 2 are slated for release at the end of this month. That means a new chapter in which Seriho makes Sarasa blush. Worth it.
I’m looking forward to the first volume of Model-chan to Jimimane-san (モデルちゃんと地味マネさん) about an attractive, yet flaky model and her serious, not-particularly-stylish manger.
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I know that Doga Kobo is widely open to adapting both yuri and yuri-ish moe-titles, but I’m embarrassed that this is the second yuri lolicon, which they announced this year. What a strange trend.
Takashima Hiromi Tweeted about an upcoming TV appearance – later today -on Japanese Broadcast Satellite channel 11 (BS11) programme アニゲー☆イレブン！ Monday June 18, 2018 at 23:30. Guest 高橋未奈美
https://twitter.com/hiromi_gko/status/1008346697590714368
https://www.bs11.jp/anime/post-269/
\o/ This is especially fabulous as so many manga artists are unwilling to photoed or filmed.
Takashima did not appear. The show was with the voice actor for Yamada. The OVA was introduced with clips and they had a brief talk about a.o. Yamada’s character, the way the role was performed and the nature of the series.
I see. I hope it was a good special.
The programme is now also online via the BS11 website (until July 2):
https://vod.bs11.jp/video/anige-eleven/OIc3dp/
Thank you!
I can’t wait to read the Avalon Anthologies. I think I read that there would be a special event at Melon Books Akihabara on the release date, but I’m not quite sure…
Also, I really want to read the printed version of Model-chan to Jimimane-san. I read it on pixiv magazine online, but I’d like to see if some changes were made for the printed version. So far, it was quite cute.