It’s going to be short today, as I have a lot on my schedule! I’m participating in my local International Women’s Day March among other things.
Okazu News
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Yuri Manga
Seven Seas reminds you that 12 Dirty Deeds to Unite the Princess and Her Heroine is up for pre-order and that pre-orders matter!
Yuri Anime
Guro dark scifi/fantasy I Want To Love You Until Your Dying Day is getting an anime. Egan Loo has details on ANN. Our own Eleanor Walker reviewed Volume 1 of the manga here on Okazu. Watch the trailer on Kadokawa Anime’s Youtube channel. If they take the same route as The Executioner and Her Way of Life anime, minimizing the body horror/violence, it could be interesting.
YNN Correspondent Burkely Hermann points us to Joana Cayanan’s article on ANN, BAND-MAID and Little Glee Monster are performing the themes for the Rock Is a Lady’s Modesty anime, premiering on April 3. This Class S and girls band mix looks so in our wheelhouse that whether it is Yuri or not seems irrelevant. ^_^
Gundam GQuuuuuuX -Beginning- earns $916,000 USD in U.S. screenings, debuting at #10, says ANN’s Adriana Hazra. Menawhile the enshittification of anime streaming continues as Amazon picks the Gundam GQuuuuuuX series up for streaming.
Yuri Event
Important news – The Gift of Love Event in Brooklyn has been canceled again due to one of the authors not being able to make it…BUT I still intend to see James Welker’s talk at NYU and get over to The Ripped Bodice on Friday March 21 to sign some books. I’m going to work my schedule out this week and figure out where I will be, when. Then you are all welcome to meet up with me in Brooklyn for a book-signing and hopefully, dinner at Japan Village. No RSVP needed, I’m going to do these things anyway! ^_^ It’ll be an impromptu Okazu meetup!
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Games and VNs
Studio Élan has announced a “dark yuri visual novel A Tithe in Blood will launch with Japanese language support and full Japanese voice acting!” Grab it over at Steam. Thanks to Sr. YNN Correspondent Cryssoberyl for the heads up!
Other News
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