Anime News
The upcoming season will be filled with Yuri-adjacent or Yuri-adjacent-adjacent – i.e., cute girls doing things cutely – to keep us busy. All (or mostly)-female casts will likely provide great moments of intimacy and friendship.
To begin with – our one truly Yuri anime of the season Whisper Me A Love Song is going to be streaming as a simulcast on HIDIVE starting April 13. ANN’s Anita Tai has the specifics of cast and staff.
HIDIVE has also picked up Jellyfish Can’t Swim In The Night, according to Alex Mateo on ANN.
Crunchyroll’s got Shy, Season 2, and Laid-Back Camp, Season 3, according Alex, once again.
ANN’s Joanna Cayanan asks us to ask Where Does The Doomsday Train Go? Crystalynn Hodgkins has thetrailer for this series, which definitely gives us a plot driven by deep emotional connection between two girls, so there’s that. ^_^
ANN’s Rafael Antonio Pineda has cast and staff notes for Seiyuu Radio no Ura Omote.
Look Back based on Fujimoto Tatsuki’s manga of the same name (which I reviewed in Japanese and English here on Okazu) is getting an anime film. Anita Tai has the details on cast and staff for that. This is an amazingly intense portrait of friendship and rivalry and loss.
Sound! Euphonium, Season 3 is headed our way. Adrana Hazra has the details over at ANN.
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Yuri Live Action
Ikoku Nikki, the long-running manga series by Yamashita Tomoko (creator of HER) is getting a live-action film. The manga has a gay best friend character and is a touching look at creating one’s own family. Rafael Antonio Pineda has the news on ANN.
If you are interested in Baihe, and the many Chinese live-action series that are available out there, please follow DouQi on Twitter, to find out how to watch series like the gender bendy Moonlight Fills The Western Tower.
Yuri Light Novel
The Magical Revolution of the Reincarnated Princess and the Genius Young Lady, Vol. 6 is headed our way this week!
Shuu ni Ichido Classmate wo Kau Hanashi ~ Futari no Jikan, Iiwakeno Gosenen~, Volume 2 (週に一度クラスメイトを買う話 ~ふたりの時間、言い訳の五千円~) continues the tale of two schoolmates whose relationship starts with a financial contact, but becomes something more.
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Yuri Manga
Manga Mogura teased us with the news that Kininatteru Hito ga Otoko Janakatta by Arai Sumiko has been licensed, no publisher listed yet. As I reported yesterday in my review of Volume 2, there is also a pop-up shop for the series this month in Japan and an upcoming Drama CD next month from Frontierworks.
Shio Usui’s dramatic I Married My Female Friend, Volume 2 is headed our way in April.
Yokohama Kaidashi Kikou Deluxe Edition, Volume 4 is out now in English from Seven Seas.
I Can’t Say No to the Lonely Girl, Volume 1 by Kashikaze, was low-key a really lovely series. The premise sounds kind of yuck, but it really wasn’t and the story was a lovely, empowering journey. This is hitting shelves next month from Kodansha!
Yukidoke to Agapanthus, Volume 1 (雪解けとアガパンサス) has been added to the Yuricon Store. I reviewed this “School Prince” story this past winter and found it not to be as stale as the plot implies.
Yuri Visual Novels
Kindred Spirits on The Roof is 50% off on Steam. This was one of two VNs I have ever made to the end of, so I can recommend it. ^_^
Studio Élan is celebrating the 5th anniversary of National Park Girls this week with 40% off on Steam and up to 40% on itch.io!
Other News
Thanks to Anime Herald for letting me write up a floor-level view of my favorite doujinshi event – Comitia 146 Event Report!
Melonbooks is doing a big Doujinshi Fair with multiple coupon options, so if you’ve been wanting to pick some doujinshi up from them – now’s the time! They also do digital downloads for some doujinshi, so it’s worth taking a look if there is a circle you like that they have.
Bookwalker has radically reset the way coins work, as they change over to points…and frankly, I don’t think it’s a good deal for users. You can no longer apply points to totals, only purchase things in full with points. Use what coins you have now before you lose them. I understand that they have been eating their hat with the weak yen rate, but ugh. ^_^;
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