Yuri Events
Yuri Kissaten LeLis is running a one-day event at Cafe Fuze in Sangenjaya, Setagaya. Join the staff on Sunday, November 10 for a lily-scented tea time.
Girls Love Fest is happening once again on October 6 in Asakusa, Tokyo.
Yuri Manga
Seven Seas has a new license for fans of their 18+ works, 12 Dirty Deeds to Unite the Princess and Her Heroine by Moridam. Sentiment over this in the comments on X was pretty mixed with a few enthusiastic endorsements, but more negative comments. My thoughts were this: The description of the manga reads in part, ” This fun and spicy tale follows a princess and the knight she loves—who returns from an epic battle as a pervert!” I replied that it really lost me with the word “spicy.” I know there is a lot of censorship of certain words on social media which has required us to find euphemisms for terms about sex, bodily functions, disease and death, but…it exhausts me. Of course if you like to refer to adult content as “sexy times,” I won’t stand in your way, I’m just finding some words more infantile than others. (This theme will be revisited next week, I should warn you. ^_^;)
I’ll also remind folks that just because we suggest something be licensed, doesn’t mean it can be, or that it will be with any alacrity. If you’re reading a Yuri manga you love, it’s going to take time to get it licensed. In the meantime, publishers are also licensing work they think will sell. If, for instance, Yuri with explicit sex is outselling adult-life office romance…guess which one gets prioritized by publishers?
Yuri Times wants you to know that Spoil Me Plzzz, Hinamori-san! is headed our way in English from Kodansha. This story follows the perfect student at the school who just wants someone to make her feel taken care of for a change.
Galette magazine has another form of support for folks who want to back creator-owned Yuri manga. The Galette Fanclub offers similar plans to those on Pixiv Fanbox and Fantia, but it looks like they are cutting out the middlemen for support and sales of their books and upcoming goods, which is great. Their first new book is Namae no Nai Tenshi by Nui!
Nomiya Rion’s Shakaijin Yuri series Watashi to Kanojo no Kawaii Koi no Hajimekata (私と彼女のかわいい恋のはじめ方) is available on Pixiv. Read the first few chapters then start following from the current chapters.
Comic Newtype (!) announced a interspecies Yuri anthology, Umare ha Chigaedo – Koi Takushou Ishuzoku × Yuri Anthology (生まれは違えど一恋托生 異種族×百合アンソロジー), which, based solely on the cover, looks kinda cute honestly.
Via Comic Natalie, Yokubare Ningen-san! (よくばれ！ 人間さん) is a Yuri comedy about a lethargic human female and a caring angel and devil.
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Yuri Live Action News
Via Yuri Navi, Aniplex has announced a new live-action imprint to bring non-Japanese Asian Yuri drama to Japan, ALiL. YNN Staff Writer Frank Hecker found this article on the aLiL distribution deal: and an interview with Kyoko Ota, who headed the team at Aniplex / aLiL responsible for distributing GAP: The Series in Japan, both subtitled and dubbed. Frank goes on to say that “It seems to have been very much a “passion project” for her and the other folks at Aniplex who volunteered to work on this.” This interview mentions ANCHOR rainbow port Tokyo, which happens to be running a Thai GL collaboration through October 7th, so I gather this is a specifically timed announcement. ^_^
Anime News
MediaOCD is offering the Bubblegum Crash! Blu-ray for the nostalgic price of $24.95 for three episodes. Experience the 1990s all over again!
Via SugoiLite on X, There’s No Freaking Way I’ll be Your Lover! Unless... will be getting an anime series. This Light Novel series is written by
DokiDoki PreCure is getting a novel set ten years later written by the anime’s head writer. Rafael Antonio Pined has the story at ANN.
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Yuri Voice Drama
SukeraSparo has announced a Voice Drama for their Yuri VN, Lip Trip Lip Plumper, Lip Trip ~ Henshū-chu (Boss) ha Watashi no Genetsuzai (リップ・トリップ～編集長（ボス）はわたしの解熱剤), which is a follow-on story of the original VN with original illustration drawn by Minori Chikusa.
Other News
This week was a hard one for those of us who love Sailor Moon, with the news of the passing of Shinohara Emi, who played many important anime roles, but will forever be Kino Makoto, Sailor Jupiter to me. Ken iikura-Gross reports on the condolences from those who knew and loved her in the industry. I was okay, until I read some her fellow original Senshi VA’s tweets. (T_T)
inori-sensei noted that the non-credit opening song for the I’m In Love With The Villianess anime has passed 500K views on Youtube. Why not go listen to Raise Your Hands! once again and smile at our ridiculous girls. ^_^
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