Yuri Anime
Top news this week is the Kadokawa’s confirmation of an anime adaptation for Sumiko Arai’s The Guy She Was Interested in Wasn’t A Guy At All. Volume 2 of the manga is out on EN bookstore shelves – and Kinokuniya is offering a line of original merchandise and pre-order goodies, while Volume 3 is out in Japan and international Kinokuniya is going to be selling some special overseas-only goods for that, as well.
Via YNN Correspondent Burkely Hermann, Jellyfish Can’t Swim In The Night Blu-ray collection is up for pre-order on Sentai Filmworks. Burkely also suggests we keep an eye out for Maebashi Witches, which is coming to Japanese theaters soon. It’s another idol group story, but Burkely says that it focuses on friendship between the characters.
Volicia of Pluto popped on our radar in 2023 with a short movie/long episode of a funky mecha story rooted in Yuri on Youtube. Cryssoberyl wrote it up for us on Okazu. I thought it pretty good and trippy. Well it’s back and the second part, Volicia of Pluto -Vapor Trail Another Age 2006- trailer is up on Youtube. Rafael Antonia Pineda has the story on ANN.
Also on ANN, Crystalynn Hodgkins has the scoop that Aniplex is teasing a new anime with the tagline, “Two girls, motorbikes, travel.” The key visual shows two young women standing next to a bike in Shibuya. I’m in.
Yuri Events
Join myself, Mala Kumar and J.D. Glass for an evening of queer joy on March 21, 2025 at the Ripped Bodice in Brooklyn, NY. Tickets are $15 – you get a $15 coupon for a book in return. Get some great books, signed by the authors, and fun talk about the Gift of Queer Love!
The second Queer and Feminist Perspectives on Japanese Popular Cultures symposium has launched it’s call for papers. I *highly* recommend doing something for this event. It’s a great place for independent researchers to speak alongside academic researchers. Last year the presentations were *amazing* and the audience was super engaged, welcoming and fun. Don’t self-censor – get your research ideas out there. I’m working on two different projects right now (plus new job eating my life, yay,) so can’t put in to present, but I will definitely sign up to attend. Last year was a blast.
Via the official account on X, there will be a Sasayakuyouni Koi wo Utau pop-up in the Atre at Akihabara in April with an Alice in Wonderland theme. (I’m telling you that, because I had to actually read the post to understand what I was looking at. Extra points for Shiho as the Queen of Hearts, though.)
Mark your calendars for Flamecon, August 16-17 in NYC! It’s a great, gay time for comics, games and other pop culture media lovers.
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Yuri Manga
Via YNN Correspondent an overachieving potato, Yuri Navi has announced the results of their Sixth Top Yuri Manga Election. Check out the ranking results and see which ones have you screaming at the screen. (^_^)
Kodansha has announced Sailor Moon Box Set 2, which includes Volume 7-12 of Eternal Sailor Moon and Codename: Sailor V, Volumes 1-2 for an autumn release. I have put a moratorium on any new Sailor Moon manga purchases until someone at Kodansha admits that academic rendering for the Outers’ names looks ridiculous as Ten’ô, Kai’ô, Mei’ô. When someone there just stops doing that, I’ll be back on buying every new edition. ^_^;
Rainbows After Storms, Volume 2 is out in English now, from Viz Media and Volume 3 is on the way in April.
Galette No. 32 (ガレット) is now available from multiple print and digital sources.
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Live Action
Big News in Live-action this week, as Ottona ni Nattemo (おとなになっても) / Even Though We’re Adults manga finished up, Comic Natalie has news that there will be a live-action series on Hulu JP in April.
Revue Starlight -THE STAGE- Seigfield Rerise (少女☆歌劇 レヴュースタァライト -The STAGE 中等部- Rerise) is happening June 7-14, 2025, at Hikosen Theater in Higashi, Tokyo.
Other Great Reading
Super exciting reading from Jamie J. Zhao, with her new article, Queer women prefer older sisters: the onee-san voice, the woman game streamer Southern Senior Female Schoolfellow, and the Aurora Australis fandom. You can read this for free at the above link. Obviously, I am ecstatic to see an analysis of another Yuri fandom.
Once again back to our friend Burkely Hermann, who does a retrospective of queer rep in animation in From Mahjong to Loving Magical Girls: LGBTQ+ Representation in Animation in 2024, which is well worth reading.
I once again want to highly recommend James Beckett’s ANN reviews of Momentary Lily, which are not only vastly superior to the anime itself, but have become a psychological horror story unto themselves. I am – no joke – watching the anime so I can more more fully experience his reviews, which are a masterwork.
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