Yuri Manga
We’ve added the upcoming and much-looked forward to Doughnuts Under A Crescent Moon, Volume 1 by Shio Usui to the Yuricon Store. It didn’t make the Okazu Gift Guide this year because it won’t be out until 2021, but I’m just saying if you’re a betting person, you’ve got a sure bet on this making my Top 10 Yuri Manga of the Year. ^_^ And, if you’re looking for last minute holidays gifts for yourself or the Yuri fan in your life take a look at the Okazu 2020 Gift Guide! This gives you some current faves to enjoy and share!
Our Teachers Are Dating, Volume 2 is also heading our way in the New Year. Volume 1 is already available. This series by Pikachi Ohi, is an adorably sweet and sexy story about two adults who find love for the first time.
ANN’s Rafael Antonio Pineda has news that Sukeban Deka is getting not one, but two new manga series. They kind of sound fun and are at least not reboots of the original, which would probably piss off Wada Shinji’s spirit.
Yuri Web Comics
Opium is an 18+ historical Korean Yuri webcomic on Tapas.io that I am finding very intriguing.
Yuri Navi reports on Oshi ga Tonari de Jugyou ni Shuuchuu Dekinai!; a three-way love story about a girls’ beloved idol going to school in her class. You can read a sample chapter or two on Comic Days, in Japanese.
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Interviews
Lilyka has an interview with Yuri creator mintaro!
For those of you interested in Watashi no Yuri ha Oshigoto Desu!, Mikan-sensei and Mikami Teren-sensei, creator of Moshi, Koi ga Mietenara, chat a bit on Yuri Navi! (In Japanese, but what a great way to practice your Japanese, or failing that, you have Google translate and that ought to give you the main sense of it.)
Yuri Light Novels
J-Novel Club has gathered Volume 1 and Volume 2 for the Otherside Picnic Omnibus, Volume 1. I really like this series, and am certainly considering getting this in print.
Yuri Anime News
Crystalynn Hodkins has the details of the new Shoujo☆Kageki Revue Starlight movie, which has a spring 2021 release date.
Via YNN Correspondent NaraMoore, Otherside Picnic anime is being streamed by Funimation in January 2021!
You’ve probably all heard the news that Funimation has bought Crunchyroll. I am not and never have been a fan of Funimation’s efforts in streaming and I hope to high heaven they use CR’s platform, rather than shutting it down, and forcing us to use theirs.
Live-Action News
Hirao Auri’s Oshi ga Budokan Ittekuretara Shinu is getting a live-action adaptation, reports Rafael Antonio Pineda on ANN. As much as the series (like all of that creator’s series,) makes me feel a little crazy, I think this is a very good candidate for a live-action. And, legitimately, I though Ai Farouz did a stellar job as Eripyo in the anime version.
Sailor Moon News
Every year Sailor Moon fandom is asked who their favorite Senshi is and for the first time ever, Sailor Uranus gets top billing as favorite. Lynzee Loveridge takes a look at this expression of obvious fact (^_^) on ANN. Excuse us while all all of us long-time fans gloat a bit.
Other News
Absolutely worth taking a look at is Lynzee Loveridge & Matthieu Pinon’s article on ANN, A Profile of the Sparkling Life of Shojo Manga Pioneer Eiko Hanamura.
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Not at all a fan of Funimation’s streaming platform either, (especially the app version like on PS4/5, half the time the sub timing is several seconds off) but my assumption is this merger won’t mean CR is going away. Certainly, even though the service launched here a few years ago I’d say CR has vastly higher recognition and usership here in the UK, and the gap will be just larger anywhere else outside the US.
Legitimately kinda excited for the OshiBudo live action! I enjoyed the anime quite a lot and with only a few Yuri J-drama out there this (along with, in a very different way, the Gunjo adaptation) should make for a nice change of pace. I’ll probably be left wishing for an English stream though…
New Yuri serialisation in Comic Valkyrie – the secret relationship between a blond-haired gyaru and a black-haired council president. The latter girl is pretty large-chested but not clear from the preview pages if there’s much more fanservice here than that: https://natalie.mu/comic/news/408580
This year’s Kono Manga Ga Sugoi women’s list points of interest – Yuri-adjacent My Broken Mariko at #4, and Bisexual male lead shoujo Kieta Hatsukoi at #9. https://konomanga.jp/special/144513-2
I don’t know the word “adjacent” well, but as far as I remember, in a number of interviews the author implied that although she thought of the heroines more as “wanting to become a surrogate family,” she was not against fan interpretations of how their relationship could develop without story’s drama.
Comic Valkyrie is IMHO, pretty service-y. I took a loot at the first chapter and decided I wasn’t going to mention it.
I will not hide that I am very salty due to that my all-time favorite Rei took such low places along with her alter ego, but at the same time I want to congratulate you on the victory of your favorite character (as far as I understand). A good achievement for one of the most iconic characters in SM and anime in general.
As for Sukeban, is this topic still relevant for Japanese girls? I really liked the original episode, but it seemed to me that Sukeban was already a thing of the past with the pink films.
I agree that Sukeban is a relic of the past. But Gen X is in charge in editorial, so… our childhood faves are the stories everyone else has to deal with right now.
I’m reading Hana no Asuka-gumi Infinity, Volume 4, so there’s enough of an audience at least.
Well if so. It will be interesting for me to know how contemporary authors interpret Saki’s adventures.
Thank you so much for letting us know about the Tapas webtoon opium! I just read the preview episode. I am. Excited!!!!!! 🤗🥰🌈💐🌅🎼❤️🌹🦋🧜🏽♀️🦩💕
Excellent! Glad I was able to point you to something new!