Week after week, I put this news report together and am absolute amazed at how much news there is from the Yuri Network. It’s a great time to be a fan of Yuri. ^_^
Yuri Manga
Yen Press has announced a license of the Adachi and Shimamura manga.
Yuni’s I Love You So Much I Hate You,is hitting shelves this month in English also from Yen Press. I really like Yuni’s style and enjoyed this manga when I reviewed it in Japanese.
Satsumaage’s stories about a Miyu and Yu’s life together has been colorful and fun and I look forward to Volume 3, Douseiseikatsu, Watashi ha Anata dake no mono, ( 同棲生活3 わたしは貴方だけのもの).
Online comic platform Comico has a GL genre of comics in Japanese for you to enjoy.
Yuri Anime
Sentai’s Revue Starlight Premium Box Set is pretty chock-full of extras and looks very classy. I was pleased with the way Sentai handled the Bloom Into You Premium Set, and this looks about the same level of value for your money.
Not Yuri, but… Alex Mateo reports that Funimation.com will be streaming Sailor Moon R, which does have a prominent gay (if delusional) relationship and Moon Revenge. ^_^
While we’re on Sailor Moon (again! ahahah! You can never escape Sailor Moon here on Okazu!) Komatsu-san has the news on Chrunchyroll of the casting for Amazon Trio is the upcoming Sailor Moon Eternal movies.
Daryl Harding over at Crunchyroll News wants you to know that the Miss Kobayashi’s Dragon Maid Twitter account has been reactivated and is teasing something awesome.
Daryl’s clearly got the sort-of Yuri-ish beat, as he also has news of Wandering Witch‘s new visuals.
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Other News
Adriana Hazra at ANN, has the news of a Youtube Initiaitve for Overseas viewers from Kodansha, Toei and other Japanese anime studios. Check out Anilog Channel which so far has no content available for overseas viewers, but hopes to provide English and Chinese language subtitled content.
Lauren Kaori Gurley and Patrick Klepek have the follow up on Vice.com, about the Visual Novel Lovestruck writers who formed a collective bargaining group. Initially the word was that they were fired for their attempt to unionize, but after negotiations (and a promise to not call Voltage Organized Workers a union, apparently) they have negotiated pay raises for writers across the virtual game’s continuum. Visual Novel Writers Win Pay Raise After 21 Day Strike.
ANN’s Kim Morrisey reports that, after having had to cancel a September show because of the pandemic, Comitia is looking to run a crowdfunding campaign on Motion-Gallery.
Director Lily Wachowski this week tweeted that The Matrix was always trans allegory. The insane argument that because the Wachowskis had not yet come out when the movie was made it could not possibly represent their story inspired me to create a fake product: Trans Plan! A precognitive tool to preserve and prove creative intent after transitioning. ^_^
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I’m really looking forward to Wandering Witch! Looked up the director and the script writer, and they’ve both been involved in such a variety of shows. I trust that they will make an enjoyable adaption :) I also really like how the art looks! Especially the surroundings, in the promo images.
“Director Lily Wachowski this week tweeted that The Matrix was always trans allegory. The insane argument that because the Wachowskis had not yet come out when the movie was made it could not possibly represent their story inspired me to create a fake product: Trans Plan! A precognitive tool to preserve and prove creative intent after transitioning. ^_^”
In this context, I’m wondering what the Neo and Trinity romantic line might could look like in this version. She said that it was originally planned that Neo would be a woman in real life, so it could be like an unconscious Hollywood version of hack//SIGN.
“Sentai’s Revue Starlight Premium Box Set is pretty chock-full of extras and looks very classy. I was pleased with the way Sentai handled the Bloom Into You Premium Set, and this looks about the same level of value for your money.”
Oh, I’m wondering if RS will ever get a second season. If the original school was predominantly yuri-ish in the Eupho way, then Mahiro’s “sisters” in other schools don’t seem to even try to be subtle.
What are some improvements to the yuri genre you guys would like to see?
Cliches,tropes etc etc…
Having read the first volume of the Wandering Witch LNs, I must warn that its pretty fatphobic. Its there throughout, but there’s a whole chapter devoted to it in which the lead visits a town where, perish the thought!, fat people think they’re pretty. And… that’s the joke.
Ugh. Well, thank you for the warning. That’s hard to tolerate.
Oh wow. Let’s hope they don’t bring that aspect on to the anime. Thanks for the heads-up!