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Melonbooks is doing a promotion if you buy Volume 2 of Kininatteru Hito Ga Otoko Jankakatta (気になってる人が男じゃなかった), by Arai Sumiko, you will be entered into a drawing for a signed copy. Purchases must be made by February 18th.
Galette No. 29 (ガレット) is available for pre-order through Fantia until February 16. Galette web is taking 140 character descriptions for “a world of Yuri,” for a shorts in the magazine. This would be in Japanese, but if you think you can do it, why not take a stab at being part of the project!
Probably no one but me cares, but ANN’s Joana Cayanan says that Sukeban Deka Pretend (of which I have reviewed Volume 1, and Volume 2 and read, but did not review, Volume 3) will end in March. It ‘s been a lot of fun. I think Wada-sensei might actually not have hated this one.
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Members of the Birdie Wing staff will be doing an event in Osaka on March 3. Luminaries include the producer, director, art director and other staff, and they will be doing an audience Q&A. I find this lingering of the anime very interesting.
Of course, JP companies decided that since Birdie Wing went so well, we need more…golf anime. Sigh. So we’re getting the generic sounding Sorairo Utility. Undoubtedly there will be no Yuri, and it will be real golf, which just utterly misses the point of everything we loved about Birdie Wing. Check out Crystalyn Hodgkin’s article on ANN for details. It probably isn’t Yuri, but it will be cute girls doing things cutely.
For another cute girls doing things cutely anime, we may wish to check out Yoru no Kurage ha Oyogenai (夜のクラゲは泳げない) for which an anime is coming in April. Check out the trailer on Youtube and grab the details on ANN from Joanna Cayanan.
Also coming in April is the anime for Sasayakuyouni Koi wo Utau, which is both cute girls doing things cutely AND a darling Yuri romance. Some of the voice actors will be attending a preliminary screening of the anime. Details can be found at Comic Natalie.
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The demo of Love In A Bottle from Studio Élan is available now on Steam and Itchi.io. “Ankora the Love Demon only has a month to prove she can live on her own, but the CUTE SINGLE LADIES IN HER AREA might turn out to be a distraction! Can she settle down and find love?! “
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Other News
Alex Mateo has the news that a new Nogizaka46 Sailor Moon musical will be opening in Tokyo this spring. This is the first in four years and will feature performers from the 5th generation of the popular idol group.
Casey Baseel on Sora24 News, has the news that Sailor Moon art manhole covers will be appearing in selected sections of Tokyo that are related to the series.
Bluesky has opened to the public, please join the anime/manga/comics community there! There is a Yuri feed run by Seriously Sempai and my Yuri Resource List, which I am rebuilding slowly as folks move over. If you know of – or are! -an artist, writer, game dev, notable or company related to Yuri on Bluesky, contact me there, and let me know, so I can add it to my list!
Dafne Veliz take a look at The Tezuka Revue: How an all-woman theatre troupe influenced the Godfather of Manga, for Anime Feminist.
YNN Correspondent Patrricia Baxter wants you to know that comic Influenca by Jade LFT Peters is available for pre-order now. This Short Box Comics Fair entry is a collection with a queer take on a zombie apocalypse.
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