Yuri Events
The schedule has dropped for Anime NYC and there are going to be a bunch of interesting panels. It’s got a nice mix of industry and fan stuff going on!. I’ll try and do a round-up before we’re live.
Please join TJ “Tiff” Ferentini, Jacqueline Fung, Nicole Roderick and myself on Friday, August 23 in Panel Room 3 for The Rise of Queer Manga and on Sunday, August 25 at 12:30, in Panel Room 1, for A History of Manga By Decades: Manga History Two Books At A Time, with myself and Zack Davisson, where we’ll be talking up our new book, Manga: A Visual History from DK!
Rica Takashima and I will be tabling together and we’re thinking of doing a little pop-up on where to get Yuri in Tokyo. In the mean time, I do want to let you know that Yuri Cafe Anchor has been rebranded to Anchor rainbowport Tokyo. It still is all about Yuri, and is very openly welcoming all genders, with a charge-free period every day, so it can function as a true “third space.” If you get a chance, you should drop by (and buy something to support them, anyway. ^_^)
I’ve put our very own Okazu merch back on the Yuricon Store just in time for you to show up at AnimeNYC wearing your love of Yuri on your chest. Our Okazu Mascots Love Yuri tee comes in 8 colors and sizes from Small to 3x. All of the new designs are back up on the Yuri Apparel section in multiple colors and sizes so I hope to see you proclaiming your love of Yuri at the con! You know I will be. ^_^
Also at AnimeNYC will be the first-ever North American Manga Awards! My very sincere congratulations to Deb Aoki who has working on the creation of this award for years. This is a much-needed award, as manga is regularly sidelined at the Eisners, even though manga is, as a category, the largest chunk of comic sales in the US. Two amazing lesbian works are up for awards: Sakaomi Yuzaki’s She Loves To Cook and She Loves To Eat, from Yen Press is up for a Best Continuing Series Award and the My Lesbian Experience With Loneliness Special Edition by Kabi Nagata, is up for Best Publication Design. Check out the full nominations list on ANN by Rafael Antonio Pineda. Congrats to all the nominees! I’m so excited that this is a real thing after all that work by so many folks.
Yuri manga artist Inui Ayu shared some photos of the Shoujo x Shoujo 4 Yuri Managka Exhibition (少女と少女と少女～百合作家4人展～) in Kichioji this week, featuring work by Morinaga Milk, Hakamada Mera, Hatosaki Haru and Morita Miyuki. My favorite photo shows the nicely framed Yuri prints in the window, where anyone passing by can see them. ^_^
Don’t miss Miguel Adarlo’s report on the The Guy She Was Interested In Wasn’t a Guy at All Cafe, this week on Okazu!
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Yuri Manga
My Idol Sits the Next Seat Over, Volume 7 is on the Yuricon Store. This volume completes the series and we had Luce let us know how it went this week on Okazu!
Also on the Store is Kiss the Scars of the Girls, Volume 3, by Haruhana Ayu. The cover may not be final, but the story sure is. Check out Okazu Staff Writer Christian Le Blanc’s hilarious review of Volume 2 this week.
Matt Marcus did a great review of Assorted Entanglements, Volume 5 for us this week, as well!
Rafael Antonia Pineda has the news that Kodama Naoko’s latest series for Comic Yuri Hime, “Usotsuki Hanayome to Dousei Kekkon-ron” is ending in the September issue of the magazine. Volume 1 of the manga is on the Yuricon Store!
Joana Cayanan has the news that Yodokawa’s adult life romantic comedy Maitsuki Niwatsuki Ooyatsuki, is ending with the August chapter. We have volumes 1-4 on the Store in Japanese and Volumes 1-3 in English.
Via Comic Natalie, two new series are starting in Comic Yuri Hime, “Kimi ga Hoeru Tame no Uta o” is a story about a girl who has a complex about her husky voice and a singer she admires who teams up with her, and Usui Shio’s new series, “Bokura no Ai ha Kimochi Warui,” about women with unusual sexual fetishes.
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Yuri Visual Novel News
ANN’s Rafael Antonio Pineda has the news that Yuri Visual Novel, Uso kara Hajimaru Koi no Natsu ~The Summer Romance Bloomed From A Lie~ (嘘から始まる恋の夏 ) is getting a manga adaptation in Comic Yuri Hime, called Uso kara Hajimaru Koi no Natsu ~ squall.
Yuri Live Action
Rafael Antonio Pineda also has the news that Chaser Game W, the live-action series based on the manga of the same name, is getting a second season. Season 1 was reviewed here on Okazu by Staff Writer Frank Hecker, who has been amazing at tracking down and reviewing live action Yuri!
Just want to remind folks, too to watch Ayaka is in Love With Hiroko, available on GagaOOLala streaming with EN subtitles or TVer.jp on for free in Japanese only. This has been a very entertaining adaptation of the manga, Aayaka-chan ha by Sal Jiang so far!
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Yuri Anime
The Look Back anime film has topped 1 billion yen at Japanese box offices. Alex Mateo has the news on ANN. Studio Ghibli head Suzuki Toshio had some comments on the movie trailer. Daryl Harding over at Crunchyroll News has that report.
Other News
Of interest to folks here, Just Like Mona Lisa, Volume 1 was reviewed by Mr. AJCosplay over on ANN. In a world where most people choose their gender by 12 years old, our protagonist is 18 and happily non-binary, until they are caught up in a love triangle. Read the review for details of the good and the problematic.
Women directing major anime movies is rare enough still that I want to draw your attention to Mohamed Mir’s article on Crunchyoll News, The Colors Within Director Naoko Yamada on Blending Sound and Color in Her Latest Movie.
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