Yuri Interviews
This past week got off to an amazing start with a wonderful interview. inori-sensei, creator of I’m in Love With the Villainess, was kind enough to answer some questions for us here on Okazu. Thank you, Sensei, for your time!
And then I was interviewed by Kurt Sasso on Two Geeks Talking. We covered a couple of key topics about Yuri and my upcoming book! It’s a short interview so please give it a watch and give Kurt a like!
Today I’m talking with Heather Rose Jones of the Lesbian Historical Motif Podcast – which is, by the way, a fantastic resource for fans of literary history. I’ve been listening to an episode or two every day and have learned a lot. That will go up in June, most likely.
If you’d like me to be on your podcast or YT channel, please Contact Me. I love to talk about Yuri. ^_^
Yuri Studio
This week also brought us a new Yuri Studio video: Yuri Studio S03 E02 – Girl Gangs in Anime and Manga is something I have been working on for a long time and I think it came out brilliantly. Thanks so much to Ashley for her editing. Again, I appreciate it if you give the video a like on Youtube and follow the channel. This one was really a lot of fun! ^_^ (Also, crazy…we’re in Season 3 of this!)
Yuri Manga
Shonen Jump Plus has launched a new series, Shinjuku Liar Girls (新宿LIAR♡GIRLS), about a “Business Yuri” couple – that is, two people paired for business purposes, like an idol ‘ship – in what is the very first example of a manga on the app labeled Yuri. Hat tip to YNN Correspondent Megan for this!
Sal Jiang has a new collection of her Web Action comics, SAL went on sale this week!
ANN’s Alex Mateo has the news that semelparous will be moving to irregular serialization due to creator Ogino Jun’s health. Here’s hoping for his speedy recovery.
I’ve mentioned this before, but I finally had a chance to read a few chapters on Comic Walker and…I think I like it! JK to Tomodachi no Okan,(JKとともだちのオカン) is a kind of goofy Yuri about a high school girl who falls for her school friend’s mother.
Wako to Komako (わくとこまこ) is a slice-of-life web comic about two women that is simple and sweet. You can read it for free in Japanese on eboook.yahoo.jp.
Out of Context GL on Twitter posted a great thread on “If you liked X, you might like Y!” for Yuri manga series suggestions. ^_^
Anime News
Sentai Filmworks has announced that Revue Starlight The Movie will be in theaters in Summer 2022! Take a look at the list of participating theaters and see if this will be playing near you.
Sailor Moon’s 30th Anniversary will be celebrated with a retrospective video featuring key cast and staff members. I’m looking forward to this, obviously. ^_^ Joseph Luster has the details at Otaku USA magazine.
Okazu News
As you know, I do not typically embargo content here on Okazu. All our articles and news and merch are open to anyone to enjoy. For the first time ever, I have released a supporter-only item. Folks who support us on Patreon or Pixiv Fanbox can buy signed and numbered By Your Side canvas prints that will be available for a limited time.
Yuri Artbook
Galette magazine has launched it’s second Illustration Book! Volume 2 will have more cover art by PEN and other color illustrations from the magazine. As soon as there are links, I’ll get this up on the store. ^_^
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