Yuri Manga and Novels

Big news this week is that The Rose of Versailles, Volume 1, by Riyoko Ikeda, from Udon Entertainment, is now available for pre-order! It’s real…and it’s gorgeous. I can’t wait to hold it in my hands. (As an added bonus, check out these photos by Yuri photographer Takahashi Minori on Twitter which are a Berubara collaboration.)

Seven Seas announced in September that they licensed Syrup Yuri Anthology. Futabasha has announced a third Syrup anthology volume, Syrup NIGHT, First Night Yuri Anthology, (シロップ NIGHT 初夜百合アンソロジー ).

More new anthologies are on the way from Kadokawa. Aoharu Band Yuri Anthology ( 青春バンド百合アンソロジー) looks fun. ^_^

Viz is putting out Makoto Hagino’s charming aquarium-focused  A Tropical Fish Years for Snow, and we’ve got Volume 1 and Volume 2 up on the Yuricon Store.

I’m reading Hara Yuriko’s Mayu, Matou, Volume 2 (繭、纏う) ahead of Cocoon, Entwined, Volume 2 from Yen coming in spring 2020.

Hayakawa Publishing, having decided that Yuri is a growth market in science fiction (from which J-Novel Club is drawing its so-far excellent Yuri novel choices,) is branching out into Yuri mystery with the collection Yuki ga Shiroi Toki, Katsu Sono Toki Kagiri (雪が白いとき、かつそのときに限り). If their mystery is as good as their sci-fi, this should be great.

In related, but not specifically Yuri, news, Seven Seas has previously licensed the Penguindrum manga, and this week they announced the license of both the Penguindrum novels and a Sarazanmai spin-off manga. ANN has the details.

LGBTQ Cartoons

SheRa and the Princesses of Power, Season 4 is on the way! Check out the trailer. This season will see the introduction of a nonbinary character, voiced by a nonbinary voice actor.

Yuri Events

Via Twitter, Animate has announced a Nakatani Nio-sensei autograph session in Akihabara in December to celebrate the 8th and final volume of Yagate Kimi ni Naru (やがて君になる,) which will be released in Japan in November.

Via James Welker, we have a couple of pictures from Comic Horizon 7, a Yuri comic market held in Taipei, Taiwan this month. If we’re lucky we’ll get a short write up of the event, as well. It certainly seemed very well-attended.

Don’t miss learning about 100 Years of Yuri at AnimeNYC, November 15, at Javits Convention Center in New York City.

There’s just about a month in 2019 left to book me at your school, university, organization, or convention to celebrate 100 years of Yuri, so feel free to contact me and we’ll make it happen!

Yuri Live-Action

Check out this Korean short film call Family Plan on Youtube. Once again, the camera is way, way too close, making it nearly impossible for me to watch it, but despite the absurdly pandering YT headline, the movie is interesting and full of ambiguity.

Yuri Visual Novel

This news popped into my email box literally JUST as I was about to hit Publish on today’s report!
Studio Élan Announces that their charming Yuri Visual Novel, Highway Blossoms will be getting a DLC coming in early 2020 called Highway Blossoms: Next Exit! This DLC will be fully voiced by the original cast. It’ll all ages, with art from moekki and kamifish.

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