Baihe News
Terrific news from Monogatari Novels on Twitter: Two of Qǐng Jūn Mò Xiào’s titles, Female General and Elder Princess, and Clear and Muddy Loss of Love are being released in Vietnamese and English. These will be our first officially licensed Baihe (also written 百合, as the word is Chinese for “lily”) novels in English. I am extremely excited to have them coming out in English.
If you are interested in Baihe, I suggest once again that you follow DouQi (from whom I hope to have a review here in the near future!) on Twitter, who also noted this week that the Baihe series Miss Forensics, was releasing a “vows” series of official merchandise. I’d love to see Seven Seas and J-Novel Club jump on this bandwagon. ^_^
Thai GL
For our Thai friends, ChaoPlanoy, creator of GAP The Series, is getting another live action series for her work. On her Facebook page she announced a casting call for MATE The Series.
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Anime News
Kuzushiro is having her much-deserved moment in the sun, as her workplace manga Egao no Taenai Shokuba Desu is getting an anime! Joanna Cayanan has the details on ANN. I read, but did not review Volume 1 when it originally launched. Also by Kuzushiro, just released is Amayo no Tsuki, Volume 6 in Japan and The Moon On A Rainy Night, Volume 3 in English.
Yuri Manga
Joanna also has the news that Ryousuke Asakura will launch a new manga titled Anastacia no Ikita 9-kakan with Square Enix’s Monthly Shounen Gangan Magazine. Looks Yuri, but we know that JP covers lie. ^_^
Tsukuritai Onna To Tabetai Onna, Volume 5 (作りたい女と食べたい女), will hit JP shelves next month!
Watashi no Yuri ha Oshigoto Desu!, Volume 13 (私の百合はお仕事です!) is out in Japan and on the Yuricon Store. All 12 “radio” talks from the anime series have been collected and are available as the TV Anime “Watashi no Yuri ha Oshigoto Desu!” “Cafe Liebe Gakuen Yori Ai wo Komete ” Radio CD (TVアニメ「私の百合はお仕事です！」「カフェ・リーベ女学園より愛を込めて」 ラジオCD on Otomart. You can listen to these 12 segments on Youtube as well.
We also have School Zone Girls, Volume 5 up on the store. This is probably the final volume of the series, which is on indefinite hiatus, now out from Seven Seas.
Sometime, creator of Superwomen in Love! Honey Trap and Rapid Rabbit, has teamed up with scenario writer Suoh for a new series in Comic Yuri Hime, Gakeppuchi Reijou ha Kuro Kishi-sama o Horesasetai! (崖っぷち令嬢は黒騎士様を惚れさせたい！) which I think means “A Lady on the Edge Wants To Makes the Black Knight Fall In Love With Her.” I am hopeful that this is more than just a premise.
Via Comic Natalie, we have news of Aishi Tabun Dake Aishite Hoshii~! (愛したぶんだけ愛してほしいっ！) a story about a mentally unstable (maybe?) woman and the cheater she allows herself to be seduced by.
Lycoris Recoil creator Asaura has a new manga series with artist Gomeyuki Nishima called Double Helix Blossom. A cop awakens in the future…, so it’s a cop x criminal buddy scifi isekai. ^_^ Rafael Antonia Pineda has details on ANN.
Yuri Live Action
Well gosh, since we’ve already mentioned Lycoris Recoil, ANN’s Joanna Cayanan has news that it will be getting a second live-action stage play this summer.
We are hours away from the second season of Tsukuritai Onna to Tabetai Onna live-action drama second season on NHK Plus.
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Other News
The I’m In Love With The Villainess Maid Cafe is at Cure Maid Cafe in Akihabara through the month end, but GEE! Store already has all the goods they are selling on their online shop. I finally caved and bought the Ralaire tee shirt. ^_^
Incidentally, Cure Maid Cafe is the oldest continually operating Maid Cafe in Akihabara. It’s been open since 2001. The earliest references I can find to an anime (or related) themed cafe, rather than maid cafes is 1998. If you know of an earlier one, let me know! It’s for research.
The Creator’s Guide To Comics Devices is online, for free. It’s is an excellent resource for creators…but also, as a reader it helps to understand what we are seeing. It has gotten some recommendations from folks I know who are professional comics creators, so definitely take a look!
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