Yuri Events
I will be presenting on the First 100 Years of Lesbian-themed Japanese Animation and Comics at Flamecon, August 20, 12:45 – 1:45 PM in New York City!
Via James Welker, check out the COMITIA official image for the September event! It’s not the first time they’ve gone in on a Yuri image, but this one is classic.
The next Girls Love Festival in Japan will be in November in Asakusa, Tokyo Metropolitan Industry and Trade Center Taitokan.The July one just wrapped up.
Lastly – next month is Okazu’s 20th anniversary! I am planning an anniversary treasure hunt event! Okazu Patrons will be getting a heads up on August 1 and I’ll be making it public after. Find Yuri treasures, for Yuri prizes. ^_^
Yuri Manga
Kodansha has some cool news, they’ve licensed Kanojo to Camera to Kanojo no Kisetsu by Tsukiko (all 5 volumes of which I reviewed back in 2012-14) as as She, Her Camera and the Seasons. This is a story about three young people in a complex relationship triangle. I thought the story was compelling and the ending well handled. I described it as “seriously intense, Dear Brother-levels of emotion.” I look forward to Kodansha’s English edition.
An absolutely wonderful story about a widow who finds life and, maybe, love with another woman – Hana Monogatari (はなものがたり), by schwinn, will be getting a collected Volume 1 in August. I adore this story, and read it regularly on Comic Walker.
Support Yuri News & Reviews
Become an Okazu Patron today!
Yuri Anime
Birdie Wing‘s second Blu-Ray box set is going on sale in Japan. To celebrate, they asked Koga Ryoichi, creator of Ninin ga Shinobuden / Ninja Nonsense to do a crossover promotional comic. This is a crossover none of us could have predicted.
Liam Dempsey has given us all a sense of relief as he reports that “Yuri no Aida ni Hasamareru. Aru Asa Dummy Head ni Natteita Ore-kun no Jinsei (“Caught Between Lesbian Relationships. My Life After Waking Up as a Dummy Head Microphone”) is officially changing its title to just Aru Asa Dummy Head ni Natteita Ore-kun no Jinsei (“My Life After Waking Up as a Dummy Head Microphone”)” for Crunchyroll News. Phew. I did not wanna watch that.
Support Okazu on Ko-fi! Drop a tip here or become a subscriber
Yuri Live Action
Bloom Into You is getting a new stage play in Japan, Bloom Into You encore. Komatsu-san has the news over at Crunchyroll, where he writes, “according to the play’s official Twitter, the remake version “encore” tells the story up to the last volume of the original manga while being based on the first play. All of the main cast members, including Misato Kawauchi as Yu Koito and Moeka Koizumi as Touko Nanami, will return.”
Yuri Visual Novel
From burgeroise, we have news of their new Yuri VN, Coquette Dragoon, which they describe this way: “Girls love + alternative mecha VN series Coquette Dragoon is now out in early access! ~50k words. Contains full first two chapters and preview of chapter three! Coquette is for adults only and contains dark/suggestive themes, read at your own discretion.“
I’d love to have a review of this if anyone wants to read it for me! ^_^
Via Yuri Navi, comes news of a promotional video for a new Yuri VN, Watashi-tachi no Marriage. The PV opening is cute, but after watching the commercial…I couldn’t tell you what the VN is about, which maybe is not great for a promotional video. ^_^;. BUT the story of the two girls will play out in the remaining videos, according to Yuri Navi’s interview with the game creator, Noame Takii. The game will be released with English and Chinese subs in August on Steam.
Other News
By Your Side: The First 100 Years of Yuri Anime and Manga is now available through Kinokuniya USA online. Additionally, folks who buy it it at their store locations in Edgewater New Jersey, Katy Texas, Portland Oregon or Seattle Washington, will be able to get signed bookplates! If there’s a Kino near you and you’d like a signed bookplate, have them contact my publisher. They’d be delighted to get you one. ^_^
It’s exhibition season in Japan, and The Rose of Versailles is getting a 50th anniversary exhibition at Roppongi Hills. Richard Eisenbels has the details at ANN. There will be four rooms and, among the many items on exhibit will be the edition of the RoV manga I edited for Udon Entertainment! So there’s a benchmark for my mental photo album. ^_^ Check out the Room 4 lineup on the Roppongi Hills official site.
Did I say “exhibition”? Then I must have news of a new Sailor Moon Exhibition! Also in Roppongi, the Sailor Moon Museum has a new set of visuals and goods. Daryl Harding has the news over at Crunchyroll.
Not quite an exhibition, but Hana no Asuka-gumi creator Takaguchi Satosumi has opened an online store and is selling original designs with her characters. No Yohko, boo.
The first part of Gideon the Ninth (ギデオン 第九王家の騎士 上) is out in Japanese! You can take a look at the 41-page sample on Bookwalker.
My review of Summertime Rendering, Volume 3 from Udon Entertainment is up on ANN. This is a truly fantastic series full of eldritch horror and action and paranormal events. It’s a great read, honestly.
Thanks to our Okazu Patrons who make the YNN weekly report possible! Support us on Patreon or Ko-fi to help us give Guest Reviewers a raise and to help us support Yuri creators!
Become a YNN Correspondent: Contact Us with any Yuri-related news you want to share and be part of the Yuri Network. ^_^
