Yuri Events

I am being interviewed by Kinokuniya NYC on November 29, and at 1PM or thereabouts will be available at the store to sign some books! The interview will go live on their socials afterwards.

Via YNN Correpondent Mariko S, the Chicago Japanese Culture Center is having a “Magical Girl Moment” movie night in support of the Chicago Abortion Fund,  featuring Sailor Moon R movie, and Adolescence of Utena on Dec 3 & 4! Drop by meet other Yuri fans and have fun! (Wear an Okazu t-shirt or carry an Okazu sticker or sign. Say hi to one another. ^_^)

James Welker and I are going to be interviewing each other as a panel for CasaCon on December 16th, at 8PM US Eastern Time. CasaCon is free and all panels are on Discord, so why not join us?

Yuri Manga

Aside from ANYC news, this week had a fair amount of Yuri manga news. ^_^

Manga Mogura has the news of Kabi Nagata’s newest comic essay, Suisou ga Kowaretara, Sukoshi Iiyasuku Narimashita (膵臓がこわれたら、少し生きやすくなりました。), My Broken Pancreas Made My Life A Little Bit Easier.

Kodansha has written up their licensing announcement for Kuzushiro’s Moon on a Rainy Night and I am incredibly happy!

Yuri Espoir, Volume 3 will hit shelves in January from Tokyopop.

Even Though We’re Adults, Volume 5 is out from Seven Seas.

Citrus is celebrating a 10th anniversary with goods and events. Check out the Citrus 10th Anniversary site for all the news.

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ANN‘s Joanna Cayanan has the news that Futari Escape will be wrapping up soon in Comic Yuri Hime. Volume 1 is available in English now, from Seven Seas.

Via Yuri Navi, Ooba Naoto’s HinaYuri Bouken (ひなゆり冒険記), is a fantasy adventure Yuri series from Comic Ryuu. Take a look at the first chapter on Twitter.

Yuri Visual Novels & Games

Studio Élan has released their new Yuri VN, Please Be Happy! on Steam and itch.io! Via their newsletter, they are also doing a sale: Over on Steam, itch.io, and GoG, all of their (non Please Be Happy) games & DLC are 50% off until November 29th. On the Nintendo Switch, Heart of the Woods is on sale for 25% off until November 30th.

Brianna Lei has released Butterfly Soup 2, the sequel to her VN about “gay Asian-American teens playing baseball and falling in love.” This VN “switches between the perspectives of Diya, Noelle, Akarsha, and Min-seo as they navigate high school life in the San Francisco Bay Area.” This is currently name your own price, so definitely take a look!

 
Yuri Anime

In case you missed the news, Crunchyroll will be streaming Yuri is My Job!,in spring 2023.  This is the anime adaptation of the manga series by Miman, which runs in Comic Yuri Hime magazine and is published in English by Seven Seas.

Yuri Doujinshi

Lilyka is running a 25% off Thanksgiving sale with the code TG25!

Yuri Cafe Anchor announced that it participated in Comitia today with a work that included contributions from Yuri authors and artists, including I’m in Love With The Villainess‘ inori, Kyou mo Hitotsu Yane no Shita‘s Inui Ayu, and If My Favorite Idol Made It To The Budokan, I Would, Die‘s Hirao Auri.

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Other News

The amazing movie about American gay comics, No Straight Lines is coming to PBS’ Independent Lens, on January 23rd. This is a must-see look at several key figures in America’s gay comics scene. I saw and reviewed this last year with the Tribeca Film Festival and it was SO worth watching!  Definitely find it on your PBS affiliate.

Egan Loo at ANN reports that the Lycoris Recoil spin-off novel has now sold more than 250K copies…including the one I bought that I will eventually get to. ^_^

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