Yuri Live Action
Stardust Telepath is getting a live-action TV drama! With the girls looking far more age-appropriate than the infantilized moe design of the original manga, it’s probably going to feel way more intimate and Yuri. Komatsu-san over at Crunchyroll News has the details and the trailer. You can follow the official account on Twitter.
YNN Staff Writer Matt Marcus wants you to know Ohsawa Yayoi has drawn an illustration of the characters for the live-action stage play of one of her short Yuri manga, Koko kara tsuredashite 〜 jigoku no HELL hen 〜
(ココから連れ出して 〜地獄のHELL変〜), which is running this weekend. You can read some of the comic in her posts on Twitter.
Via Comic Natalie, we have more cast announcements from the upcoming TV drama abased on Sal Jiang’s comic Ayaka-chan ha Hiroko-sempai ni Koishiteru (彩香ちゃんは弘子先輩に恋してる).
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Yuri Manga
Via Sr. YNN Correspondent Cryssoberl, Citrus+, Volume 7 is getting a special edition from Ichijinsha. You can find that and a lot of other limited goods on Ichijinsha’s Comic Yuri Hime Store. Okazu Staff Matt Marcus adds that Oshichalle is running a Citrus + lottery for special goods, as well.
Yuri Events
For folks in Japan, July will see the group art show for four Galette magazine artists in Kichioji, Tokyo. July 17-22, at the Sabineko Gallery, art by 4 Yuri artists, Hakamada Mera, Morinaga Milk, Yatosaki Haru and Yorita Miyuki will be displayed for the Shoujo to Shoujo ~ Yuri Sakka Yonnin Ten (百合作家4人展).
Girls Love Fest 41 will be happening on June 30, in the Keikyu Kamata/Ota Ward Industrial Plaza PiO, Ota Ward, Tokyo, once again. 41 shows, wow!
I spoke last night with the amazing folks at BlymeCon, Brazil’s BL convention, about the history of BL and Yuri. They are going to be subtitling my presentation in Portugese for the event later this summer!
I’ll be at AnimeNYC in the Artist Alley as a Guest. Join myself, TJ ‘Tiff’ Ferentini, Nicole Roderick, Jacqueline Hung as we talk about “The Rise of Queer Manga.”
And I will be doing a presentation of that same name for CitrusCon, also an online BL convention. It has been fantastic to me that so many BL cons are open now to discussion of Yuri, and LGBTQ+ manga and media. This is an incredible direction for fandom.
If you’d like to have your event or panel listed here – or you’d like me to speak at your event, let me know through the Yuricon Contact Form. ^_^
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Yuri Anime
Fujimoto Tatsuki’s Look Back anime movie premiered at the Annecy Film Festival and was “warmly received by the (very demanding) audience of the biggest animation festival in the world.” Matthieu Pinon has the report on ANN. I very much look forward to seeing this. In a room, by myself, with tissues pressed to my face as I bawl my head off. (T_T)
Once again, from Matt, The Executioner and Her Way of Life Premium Blu-Ray Box Set is shipping in August from Sentai Filmworks.
Cryssoberyl is back with news from Manga Mogura that the Shy anime will have a Season 2. Paul Chapman over at Crunchyroll News says that a Season 1 recap as functioning a trailer for the upcoming S2.
I’m still not entirely sure, but am willing to be convinced, that this will be Yuri, but CR News’ Darryl Harding reports on a key visual for Momentary Lily.
Komatsu-san also has the news that all 4 of the original cast members for Mahoutsukai PreCure will be returning to their roles in the Mahoutsukai PreCure Mirai Days sequel. This appears to shift Mirai from midde school to college-aged. Clearly Toei has found it’s new cottage industry, aging up the Cures. ^_^
Yuri Doujinshi
Once again, via Matt, he’s discovered a Yuri doujishi circle, YURI HUB, on Melonbooks that includes Inui Ayu and a few other creators’ works. Some of these are available as digital downloads (for which you will need Melonbooks’ proprietary reader, but they make that available when you dl the doujinshi.) Most of these have sample pages in Japanese for you to check out.
Other News
While I was at Kinokuniya in Edgewater, NJ, I noticed this awesome Pride Month display. Note Arai Sumiko’s manga Kininatteru Hito Ga Otoko Janakatta, prominently displayed. I’ll get back to that in a second. So I walked in and the staffer (Hi Yaz!) commented that they were going to put my book on the display – they are down to the last copy. So, I signed it. ^_^ If you get there and it’s gone, ask them – they’ll order more.
As my final thought, I want to note that Kininatteru Hito Ga Otoko Janakatta, Volumes 1 and 2 are displayed here, on an aisle endcap and on the shelves. Last night on Bluesky someone commented that they thought this series was about to become HUGE, with a live-action, and other media. Based on this store alone, I am inclined to agree. I have been going to this store (and all the other stores that have occupied this space, Sanseido and even Asahiya back in the day) for decades and I have only seen this level of saturation for massively popular Shonen Jump titles. This series is being primed to be huge. We’ll definitely keep our eyes peeled.
In the meantime, I am also running a Pride Month/2nd Birthday special on By Your Side” The First 100 Years of Yuri Anime and Manga. My book with a signed bookplate and an original art print by Rica Takshima! Limited supplies, so check it out if you can’t get to a Kinokuniya. ^_^
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