I started a new job last week, this one in-office, so my life is now commute-work-commute for the first time in 15 years. Keeping up on reviews has taken all my free time, so I’m keeping today short and sweet to make some time for catch up. ^_^
Yuri Manga
The Galette Special English Edition02 kickstarter has come to a successful close, surpassing the 5th and final stretch goal! Our own Frank Hecker did a little number crunching: Over ¥8M pledged (up from ¥7M for the first kickstarter), 400% over-subscribed, 759 backers (up from 637), average pledge of over ¥10,600 (down slightly from ¥11,100). Here is my insight: The slight decrease in ¥ per backer can be explained by the increased number of backers. Since the high amount rewards level were limited, people coming in after will join at the more unlimited lower reward levels. In any case, yay GaletteWORKS for an even more successful run this time. I am so looking forward to seeing this edition. ^_^
ANN’s Alex Mateo has news that Kakinouchi Narumi and Hirano Toshiki will launch a new Vampire Princess Miyu-Yui manga. This is about the only vampire anything I really enjoy. Kakinouchi’s art is fantastic and the stories are batshit. The anime is a fave of mine, with the best creepy doll and lesbian story ever.
Yuri Short Stories & Light Novels
Via Canno, the short story collection WSS Yuri Anthology- Watashi ga Saki ni Suki Dattanoni (WSS百合アンソロジー 私が先に好きだったのに) is available on Melonbooks for those folks who can get it. ^_^ It features 7 Yuri short stories.
J-Novel Club has announced a license for a print edition of Gushing Over Magical Girls light novel by Ononaka Akihiro. ANN’s Crystalynn Hodkins has the details.
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Anime News
Joanna Cayanan has the new cast members, character highlight trailer and news about last week’s premiere of The Rose of Versailles anime movie on ANN.
Crunchyroll is streaming the Precure baton pass with EN subtitles, ANN’s Egan Loo reports. Following up the change from Wonderful (which I watched all the way through, and it was pretty wonderful, with a human boy Precure by the end) we look to You and Idol Precure, which will also stream on Crunchyroll according to ANN’s Alex Mateo.
Speaking of Precure, (which we are now doing with a regularity that alarms me slightly,) Sr. YNN Correspondent Cryssoberyl says that Mahoutsukai PreCure!! ~ Mirai Days~ is getting pop up shops in Loft stores in Ikebukuro Tokyo, Yokohama, Umeda and Nagoya.
Rafael Antonio Pineda reports on ANN on Gundam GQuuuuuuX -Beginning- film stayed at #1 for a 2nd weekend.
Look Back has won the Tokyo Anime Award Festivals’ top award for animated film of the year. Crystalynn Hodgkins has the details.
One more from Crystalynnn Hodgkins, Zombie Land Saga: Yumeginga anime film will debut in 2025.
Yuri Audiobook
Qualia The Purple audiobook, narrated by Katy Vaughn is up on the Yuricon Store!
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Yuri Videos
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Via YNN Correspondent mandtheblubird, Thai GL novel My Honey She Is The Best has a fun little promotional animation up on Youtube!
Other News
Ado, Yoasobi, Atarashii Gakkō! are going to be in concert in Los Angeles in March. Any one of those would be amazing, but together, that is a holy cow kind of concert. Hope they do a recording/stream/something. ANN’s Adriana Hazra has the news.
Sailor Moon Super Live tickets are starting pre-orders! They are visiting 20 cities in 2025. This was so much fun when I saw it the first time. I hope if you go to a local show, you’ll write something up for us. I’ll be at the Newark, NJ performance at NJPAC, so if you’re there, say hello! It’s really fun. ^_^
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