Queer Manga Studies
I want to start by thanking everyone who has bought By Your Side: The First 100 Years of Yuri Anime and Manga so far. To celebrate Pride Month, we’re doing an offer – send me your receipt for a digital version of the ebook and get a digital bookplate! This offer is good until the end of June. If you’ve enjoyed By Your Side, please feel free to review it at Amazon or Goodreads – your reviews can make a difference!
My series for queer book store Giovanni’s Room has finished up. Week 1, I talked about Yaoi manga. Week 2 I gave some time to Yuri manga and on Week 3, I talked about the rise of Queer manga!
I spoke with the Castle Talk Podcast this week about my book. Jason was very lovely to speak with. ^_^
If you have written anything about Yuri, please let me know! I’d love to add your work to the Yuricon Essays page!
Cayla Coats has an interview with Gaku Keito, creator of Boys Run the Riot, over on Crunchyroll News!
One more me thing – we have a new video out on Yuri Studio – Sports in Yuri Anime & Manga. Don’t forget to check that out and please, give it a like and follow the channel on YouTube! Kind comments are helpful, as well.
Yuri Events
As I write this, Melonbooks is sponsoring a virtual event, called Yurisakiannaiijou. Check out the list of participating circles for new doujinshi groups to follow and books to pick up on Booth.pm
Speaking of BL, Yuri and Queer manga, I’ll be presenting The “Secret” History of Yaoi and Yuri at FujoCon, tomorrow Sunday June 26, 2022 at 1:30 PM Eastern US Time. Check the schedule for loads of other panels in lots of time zones! Registration is free.
Girls Love Fest is returning to the Tokyo area on July 10, 2022.
I’ll be presenting The First 100 Years of Lesbian-themed Japanese Animation and Comics at Flamecon, August 20-21 in New York City!
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Yuri Manga
Bookwalker is running a Yuri sale through the end of today. Grab some Yuri manga for up to 40% coin back!
Bunch of new stuff on the Yuricon Store!
Catch These Hands, Volume 2 will be hitting your shelves this week, out from Yen Press.
Yuri Espoir, Volume 2 is slated for an autumn release from Tokyopop.
Yamada to Kase-san, Volume 3 (山田と加瀬さん。) by Takahashima Hiromi, hit shelves this week in Japan! Enjoy this promotional video on YouTube.
Galette, No.22 (ガレット) is out now, also in Japan.
Usui Shio’s ongoing drama, Onna Tomodachi to Kekkonshitemita, Volume 2 (女ともだちと結婚してみた。) is out and very thought-provoking.
Watashi no Oshi ha Akuyaku Reijou., Volume 4 ( 私の推しは悪役令嬢。) of the manga takes us to the end of the first LN volume.
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Other News
Congratulations to the United Workers of Seven Seas! The company has heard the public outcry and is voluntarily recognizing the union!
And congratulations to the Yuri Cafe Anchor staff on the Shinjuku store’s 2nd anniversary!
Birdie Wing Virtual Museum by HTC VIVE is live. I took a walk around. It’s a big space filled with the key visuals and episode teasers. You get to choose an avatar for walking around, but there’s no golf games or interactive stuff. It’s fun to see, if you have a few moments.
Art Tribune on Facebook has news and images from a Rose of Versailles collaboration with brand Max & Co. The images of the art is great, but you can’t see the clothes all that well. ^_^
Historian Yoshie Akiko takes a look at the assumptions that women never ruled Japan in Challenging the Myth of the Male Emperor: New Light on the Society of Ancient Japan on Nippon.com.
Avatar News announces three new Avatar: The Last Airbender and The Legend of Korra movies. Coming in 2024. 2025 and 2026, we’re getting movies focused on Kiyoshi, Zuko and Korra, respectively.
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