Yuricon News
I’ve got some really exciting news for fans of Okazu and Yuricon – my book on the first 100 Years of Yuri, tentatively titled By Your Side, will be published by Journey Press. ^_^
This is a collection of my essays, articles and lectures on the history of Yuri and key “gateway” series, on Okazu, for other sites, and books over the past 20 years. I’ve commissioned a piece of original art by Rica Takashima for the cover. The book is slated for a June 2022 release, which puts it out in Pride month and in time for the 20th anniversary of Okazu!
All active Okazu Patrons at the time of release will get a e-book, but we’ll also looking into doing a Kickstarter with extras for both print and digital fans! I hope you’ll all be impatient and tell your friends as we get this ready. And of course, I’ll be giving you updates as we go. ^_^ Here’s to our journey through the past, present and future of Yuri!
Yuri Manga
We have some new items on the Yuricon Store for you:
Akiko Morishima’s short story collection Conditions of Paradise, Azure Dreams is out from Seven Seas and on shelves!
I’m super pleased to announce the availability of Morinaga Milk’s series for Galette magazine as a collected volume. Watashi no Kawaii Neko-chan, Volume 1 (私の可愛い子猫ちゃん) follows roommates Yuna and Reina as their lives and relationship change radically after they adopt a stray cat.
Kaishaku’s newest Kannazuki no Miko spin-off Himegami no Miko Volume 1 (姫神の巫女) is now available as a print volume.
Running now in Comic Yuri Hime magazine, Kimi to Tsuzuru Utakata, Volume 1 (君と綴るうたかた) about novelist who shuns her classmates and a classmate who wants to collaborate.
Koisuru Meiga, Volume 2 (恋する名画) offers more Yuri + fine art scenarios.
Alex Mateo at ANN reports that Kabi Nagata has a new series, Meisоu Senshi Nagata Kabi: Gourmet de Go! focusing on her eating disorder. This follows up her volume Meisou Senshi Nagata Kabi (迷走戦士・永田カビ) which focused on gender and sexuality. You can read Hittori Kekkonshiki (in Japanese) on Web Action.
Don’t forget to grab the remaining Yuri manga from the first Yuri publisher in English, ALC Publishing. Get Yuri Monogatari Volumes, 3, 4 & 6 for only $18.00 and a copy of the second-ever Yuri manga in English, WORKS by Tadeno Eriko for only $7.00 and free shipping in contiguous 48 with a purchase of $25 or more with the code ALC2020 from our friends at Chaeapmanga.com!
Anime News
RightStuf has a pre-order for Diskotek’s gorgeous-looking Blu-Ray release of Lady Oscar Rose of Versailles.
Via Yuri Navi, Pony Canyon announced an Adachi & Shimamura Online Special Event for February 21. Ticket information is available (in Japanese) at the link.
Oshii scholar and gentleman Brian Ruh has a write-up on about Vlad Love with the delightful title You Give Love a Vlad Name. As you know I loathe vampires and believe they deserve nothing but crappy puns and limericks, so I approve. ^_^ The whole article is worth a read, as is everything Brian writes.
Sailor Moon Eternal, Part 2 ends with a “To Be Continued” Teaser according to YNN’s RafaelAn tonio Pineda. Since the Crystal/Eternal series is an animated version of the manga, we’re in for a Three Lights group of cross-dressing women, rather than the gender-switching Starlights of the anime. I wonder how that will play.
Folks in Tokyo who want a participatory Senshi experiences have a year to enjoy a Sailor Moon-themed Escape Room in Shinjuku. Kim Morrissey has the scoop at ANN. Check out the Tokyo Mystery Circus site for booking.
Yuri Game & VN News
Georgina Young takes a look at Lesbian love syndrome: a history of Yuri and lesbian romance in gaming for Techradar.
Other News
Yuri Doujinshi localizing company Lilyka is looking for original submissions for publication. Check out Want to make your GL Manga debut? on the Lilyka site for details. Lilyka is also running a Valentine’s Day sale on translated doujinshi, so you might want to check into that too. ^_^
Also for Valentine’s Day, “butch Yuri manga artist” Mieri Hiranashi is opening up her online store and those of us who are her patrons have gotten a great look at the goods. Trust, me, you’ll love them! I know I’ll be buying at least a few things. ^_^
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I’m wonder too! I remember this arc more thanks to the old anime, so I’ve been wondering for a long time how much this would change or complement the gender play from the 90s show.
The book deal is absolutely fantastic news! Consider me firmly in the queue already for any Kickstarter ^_^
Just one bit of news from me this week (and probably some time to come cause – in a good way – I’m crazy busy!) but we have an anime adaptation in the Animeism block of 2017 RPG Blue Reflection. The original game is apparently more Yuri subtext than text, but atleast enough that a number of Yuri game sites have reviewed the game. The PV and teaser visual suggest the subtext is front and centre: https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2021-02-12/gust-blue-reflection-game-gets-tv-anime-in-april/.169433
Thank you very much for the news!
Seikyouiku 120% ended with volume 3 released on the 10th. It’s a sex education series that values LGBT inclusivity, written by a bisexual woman, with a yuri framing narrative. Topics in the last volume were Pregnancy and Abortion, Transgenderism, LGBT History and Bisexuality.
Volume 2 of Ise-san to Shima-san, also the concluding volume, comes out on the 16th. I think it’s an interesting series for the way the flashback chapter that shows how they started living together recontextualizes what the series was doing.
Thank you! This is excellent news.
I quite liked Ise-san to Shima-san, so I’ll be sure to take a look at V2!.
So that series is wrapping up just as the English release gets going – from Yen Press under the title Sex Education 120%, vol 1 is pencilled in for March 23rd! This is one of those cases there was time a time between the license announcement and the actual release I almost forgot it was happening.