Happy Okazu Birthday month! August is always such an amazing time of year with tons of stuff going on and this year is no different. So let’s get into it. ^_^
Yuri Manga
The Galette Magazine in English kickstarter launched today and has already cleared it’s first goal! As I am typing, it is very close to clearing the first stretch goal in less than 24 hours. I’m very excited that you’ll all get to see what I have been talking about for 5+ years!
We have some new items up on the Yuricon Store!
I Can’t Say No to the Lonely Girl, Volume 3 just came out this past month and I’ve got it here on the to-review pile. ^_^ This series has a rocky start, but ends up quite sweet.
The fourth volume of Cheerful Amnesia will be hitting shelves in September.
Futaribeya: A Room for Two, Volume 5 is up on the Store. This series has very limited numbers of early volumes left, I find.
Pre-orders are being accepted for Kase-san and Yamada, Volume 4 now, with an April 2025 release date.
We have Comic Yuri Hime, September 2024 (コミック百合姫2024年9月号) on the store and I’m reading it now, trying to stay caught up. ^_^
Catching up on one other series on the Store, we have Kuzushiro’s Heian historical comedy Kimi no Tamenara Shineru, Volume 12 (姫のためなら死ねる)
A-shi to Watashi 2 Gal x Yuri Anthology (あーしとわたし。2 ギャル×百合アンソロジー) is the second Gal Yuri Anthology from Kadokawa which they promise is a “little more sexual” than the first.
For folks looking for something heartwarming, try Salvia no Bouquet, Part 1 (サルビアのブーケ（上）) the story of a young orphan being raised by an also young magic master.
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Yuri Light Novel
In a world where idol competitions have replaced warfare, idols carry the fate of the world on their shoulders. Stellar Step, Volume 2 (ステラ・ステップ) is up on the Yuricon Store.
Anime News
Via YNN Correspondent Patricia B Toei is teasing Girls Band Cry on their English X account. Get the details from Crystalynn Hogdkins on ANN.
Diskotek has announced the release of Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha A’s – Complete Collection on Blu-Ray.
Quick reminder that Sailor Moon Cosmos premieres on Netflix on August 22 (which kind of sucks for those of us at AnimeNYC, but whatcha gonna do.)
Ojamajo Doremi Anime Releases New 25th Anniversary Video – Komatsu-san has the scoop on Crunchyroll News.
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Yuri Events
I am excited to announce that I will be tabling with Rica Takashima at AnimeNYC this year! We’ll be at Table E01 at the front of the Artist’s Alley. Drop by and grab a copy of By Your Side: The First 100 Years of Yuri Anime and Manga signed by both of us! She’ll have art prints, I’m bringing some ALC manga and some postcards and stickers as give-aways, and it’ll be a blast for all of us.
Don’t miss my two panels! The Rise of Queer Manga, with TJ “Tiff” Ferentini, Jacqueline Fung and Nicole Roderick. We’ll be talking about queerness in manga and being queer in manga!
On Sunday, Zack Davisson and I will be talking about A History of Manga By Decade: Manga’s History Two Books At A Time. We were hoping to promote our upcoming book Manga: A Visual History, coming this autumn from DK, but we couldn’t get permission to share pages. ^_^; Jillian Rudes of Manga in Libraries will be our moderator, so it’ll definitely be a party.
One last super exciting AnimeNYC note – this year is the first North American Manga Awards ceremony. Deb Aoki and pals have been working their butts off to get this established. Two Lesbian books are up for awards, She Loves To Cook And She Loves To Eat and the My Lesbian Experience With Loneliness, Special Edition. ^_^
Other News
Miles Thomas Atherton does amazing work in Comparing Japanese and US Anime Viewership: Spring 2024. Isekai is here to stay.
From Eniko, whom we have known for a long time, the game Kitsune Tails is now out! The creative team is majority-queer, and the game is incredibly cute. Give it a look and throw them some money. ^_^
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