Yuri Manga

[Boyish²] Butch×Butch Yuri Anthology has made its Kickstarter goal with more than a month left! That means you have plenty of time to back this anthology. With so much support they are considering doing a print volume, as well as digital.

Via Fayorei on Twitter,  Bookwalker is running a coin boost sale on Inori’s I’m In Love With the Villainess Manga and Light Novels! (These are both affiliate links, so I get a pittance of coins if you pick something up with them.^_^) The sale ends Oct. 20th.

While we’re talking ILTV, Sekai Edition has just announced a Spanish edition of the Me Enamoré de la Villana light novels!

We have some new items up on the Yuricon Store, which means these are all, again, affiliate links.

Zaou Taishi and Eiki Eiki’s early 2000’s Yuri series for what was then Yuri Hime magazine, are being reissued as complete editions. Love Gene Double XX Complete Edition  and Haru, Natsu, Aki, Fuyu Complete Edition (春夏秋冬 完全版) both include new pages and new cover design.

Lonely Girl ni Sakaraenai, Volume 4 (ロンリーガールに逆らえない) is hitting Japanese shelves this week. I am so glad this story didn’t just wrap up after Sora and Ayaka started to go out. It feels more substantial, somehow.

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Yuri Navi is reporting a new Yuri series starting in Comic Cune magazine. Lily-Lily-La-La-Land, is set at a private girls school and begins with a confession.

Also via Yuri Navi, Kimi to Shiranai Natsu Naru by Keiyyang, will begin and get color pages in the New Year’s first  issue of Comic Yuri Hime.

Again via Yuri Navi, Mikanuji’s new Yuri + food manga Sempai, Oishii Desu ka? (先輩、美味しいですか？) has begun on Young Ace online. I kind of found the premise a bit depressing, so I hope our protag gets to eat whatever she wants.

Via Aki Yanagi on Twitter, another food + Yuri manga that has really intrigued me, Tsukuritai Onna to Tabetai Onna,  (作りたい女と食べたい女) by Yuzaki Sakaomi, has been given a content warning – something that is very rare in JP manga. But this, Aki-san, says, is done as a kindness by the author, as it includes scenes of sexual harassment. This was part of a great conversation with translator Jocelyne Allen, who noted a single chapter in Witch Hat Atelier which was likewise tagged with a CW in Japan.

Events

AnimeNYC is on the way and – if everything works out – I’ll be attending on Saturday, to cover the event as press and be part of a GEEKS OUT panel on queer manga. Vaccines and masks will be required, so make sure you’re sorted. If you are there, say hi after the panel. ^_^

I’m also going be recording a session for the New York Public Library, with a whole lot of much more qualified folks, to talk about LGBTQ+ Manga in the Library. The livestream will be Nov. 17 and I’ll drop the link as soon as I have it.

It looks like we’ll be doing our cover reveal for By Your Side: The First 100 Years of Yuri Anime and Manga as part of our annual Okazu Patron Online Holiday Party. My publisher will be a special guest. Dates will be chosen on the Okazu Patreon. We’ve been doing this the last couple of years and it’s a lot of fun!

Spring 2022 is already lined up for a bunch of interesting things, so stay tuned!

Anime News

In another example of how the universe is unfair, Wataten is getting an anime film. Egan Loo has the details on ANN. While that mess gets money poured into it, I’m in Love With the Villainess remains unanimated thus far. (I still have hope.)

Kakegurui XX has been licensed by Sentai Filmworks, with a Q1 2022 projected release.

Other News

ANN’s Lynzee Loveridge reports on a Sailor Moon-themed at illumination at Sagamiko Resort. The resort’s official website has an image that makes it look kinda fun! I know I’d go, if it were doable. ^_^

I know I keep mentioning this, but. Via Yuri Navi, the 4th Yuri Bungei Shousetsu Contest is live! Pixiv, Comic Yuri Hime and Hayakawa Publishing have been sponsoring this short story contest and we’ve gotten a fair amount of decent works so far. I just went and bought the print versions of the second and third contest winners from Booth.pm. ^_^

ANN’s Kim Morrissy has this great article: TMS Entertainment’s 1st Female Producer Explains How the Anime Industry Can Improve For Women. Well worth reading.  ^_^

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