Yuri Anime

We knew it was coming, but at last we have confirmation! Top news this week is that Miman’s romantic comedy Watashi no Yuri ha Oshigoto desu!, released by Kodansha in English as Yuri is My Job! is getting an anime. This is a stellar choice for an anime as the concept is absurd, and the whole first arc is over-the-top reaction shots. ^_^

SugoiLite on Twitter has the key visuals and cast. Egan Loo at ANN has details and a trailer on Youtube. Fun fact – this will be the first anime from Comic Yuri Hime that is a series I actually like. They have a lot of stories that I’ve loved, but the ones they’ve chosen for anime are, without fail, among those I do not care for (cough/Citrus/cough). I’m very much looking forward to this!

The Executioner and Her Way of Life has announced more characters, Daryl Harding has the news on Crunchyroll. And Alex Mateo on ANN wants you to know that HIDIVE is now streaming the dub, as well as the sub for Executioner.

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Yuri Literature

I have been purposefully remiss in adding anything to the Yuricon Store this month, because of course I have just published a ground-breaking new book on the history of Yuri anime and manga and I want you all to buy it. So I’m leaving it as the first entry on the home page for a little while longer.^_^

By Your Side: The First 100 Years of Yuri Anime and Manga will make a terrific Pride month read, even if I do say so myself. ^_^ It’s a historical – and personal – look at the history of Yuri, key series and a look to a future Yuri eutopia. We’ve made sure that this volume is affordable for a fan studies work, so grab a copy for yourself and for your local library!

Yuri Manga

Yen Press on Twitter has released the cover for Catch These Hands, Volume 2! This will be hitting shelves in June.

Volume 4 of Watashi no Oshi ha Akuyaku Reijou. (私の推しは悪役令嬢。) will also be hitting JP shelves in June. That ought to bring us through the first novel. Obviously, I hope that it stays popular enough to get through at *least* the whole first arc…but really I’m holding out for 20 volumes, so we’ll get the entire story. ^_^ Don’t forget to tell Comic Yuri Hime editors that you love the series and would like to see it completed!

“Business Yuri” idol comedy “Kono Yuri ha Fiction desu” (この百合はフィクションです) is being serialized in Young Animal Zero. Check out some of the pages from creator Muchaham and details on the story on Yuri Navi.

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Vampire Yuri

Senior YNN Correspondent Eric P. Has written in, knowing how much I love vampire stories ^_^, to let us know about two of interest on Netflix.

“When it’s time for teenage vampire Juliette to make her first kill so she can take her place among a powerful vampire family, she sets her sights on a new girl in town named Calliope. But much to Juliette’s surprise, Calliope is a vampire hunter, from a family of celebrated slayers. Both find that the other won’t be so easy to kill and, unfortunately, way too easy to fall for… First Kill will make its global debut on Netflix on June 10, 2022.” Check out the trailer on Youtube.

Eric also points to Netflix anime Vampire in the Garden, about which he says “Admittedly there’s no clear-cut indication that it’ll be Yuri or even subtext, but it’s still a story centered around a bond between two women, one vampire and one human, who try to rediscover a peaceful coexistence between the two races.”

So you have a nice selection of vampire Yuri-ish stuff to look forward to, and I’ll have to come up with limericks. ^_^

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Other News

Our good friend Xan has a new comic out, Pandora’s Tale, Volume 1. Screen Rant’s Andy Davis calls it “the Revolutionary Trans Comic You Must Read Right Now.” Congrats, Xan and here’s to great success!

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