This month is Okazu’s and Yuricon’s birthdays so I am running an amazing birthday special! US folks can get By Your Side: The First 100 Years of Yuri Anime and Manga plus a signed bookplate for a flat fee of $20, including shipping! Overseas folks, please contact me and we’ll figure something out.
If you were waiting for the right moment to buy a copy of BYS, this is that moment!^_^ The offer ends Sept. 6th, so don’t wait!
Yuri Anime
Whisper Me a Love Song anime, which will be released in the new year, now has a key visual reports Rafael Antonio Pineda over at ANN.
Alex Mateo has some info on the music for the upcoming Hoshikuzu Telepath anime over at ANN as well.
Via Sr. YNN Corespondent Sean G., Yuri-adjacent anime, Management of a Novice Alchemist, is getting a Blu-ray collection from Sentai Filmworks.
Yuricon 2023
It was our very real pleasure to host a panel that we could not have done in 2003, but for 2023, we absolutely definitely could and did. Please enjoy Trans Perspectives On Yuri, featuring Alexis Sara, Cypress Catwell, Tif Gallant and hosted by our own Ashley Payne.
You can watch all the Yuricon 2023 videos on Youtube! We have some great content coming up as well. It’s going to be a fun Yuri autumn.
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Yuri Manga
Alter Ego 2: Noel & June by Ana C. Sánchez is slated for a February release in English from Tokyopop.
Also from Tokyopop, If My Favorite Pop Idol Made It to the Budokan, I Would Die, Volume 2 hits bookshelves this week!
Live-Action Thai GL
Via YNN Correspondent Frank H, Becky and Freen, stars of GAP The Series, are starring in a new series from Idol Factory called Pinpak, about a Princess and her childhood friend. The Twitter post linked here also contains links to Meb, where the books the series are based upon can be purchased in Thai.
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Yuri Doujinshi
The big news from Comiket was the existence of a G-Witch doujinshi b ythe staffers who worked on the anime Mobile Suit Gundam – The Witch From Mercury – which included many expressions of congratulations for the marriage of Suletta and Miorine. So that was *their* interpretation, Bandai Namco. ^_^
Irodori Sakura has pre-orders for two ongoing Yuri doujinshi series, Working Women Yuri Manga Compilation 2: After Dating by Yuriemon and My Crush Is My Roomate 3 by Hajima.
Other News
Anime Feminist has a must-read interview for us by Vrai Kaiser, Author And Scriptwriter Watari Wataru On Cynical Heroines, Getting A Lesbian Kiss Onscreen, And Keeping His Day Job.
Monique Thomas & Nicholas Dupree have a great conversation in Is There a Double-Standard for Same-Sex Relationships in Anime? over at ANN.
YNN Correspondent Patricia C. Baxter writes a compelling piece for Anime Feminist, On Nintendo’s Reluctance To Make Princess Zelda Playable.
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