Yuricon News

We are gearing up for the new website launch this month. I will be doing cleanup for about a week and then freezing adding anything, so if you see anything that needs to be updated, contact me and we’ll try to get to it before switchover. 

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Yuri Manga

Yen Press has announced Common-Sense Monster, about a girl who finds her friend is actually a monsterwho blens in with humans, so she asks her to teach her to act “normal.”

Via YNN Staffer Matt Marcus, CandleA, the Kadokawa Imprint that currently carries Tsukuritai Onna to Tabetai Onna, Wicked Spot and Hime Miko to Hime Kishi, now is getting Onni ‘tte Yonde mo Iimasuka? (オンニって呼んでもいいですか？) by Hanakage Alt! Watch for this story about an idol and her fan later this month.

Via Comic Natalie, we have a tantalizing sample in Japanese of Watanuki Hiroya’s Scifi Yuri about a terrible alien and useless robot, Aliens (エイリアンズ), with the provocative tagline: “We are not alone in the universe. But we are alone in this world.” Volume 1 is available now, in Japan.

Just a reminder that No.9 has a line of Yuri works, many of them available on Bookwalker. Check out their site and click “Other stores” on any book that looks good to get the full listing of where they can be found.

While flitting around No. 9’s Bookwalker listing, I found this anthology – Sousaku Yuri Fesuta Anthology Shiro-gun no Sora ni Kimi o Kaite iru. (創作百合フェスタアンソロジー 白群の空に君を描いている。) This includes a number of names we’re familiar with here, like Kodama Naoko, as contributors.

From Yuri Navi, we have Rakuen No Kisetsu (楽園の季節) a sweaty hot popsicle-eating summer Yuri. This one-shot can be read in Japanese on Comic Days.

Via Sr. YNN Corespondent Sean Gaffney, Joanna Cayanan has the news that Yodogawa, creator of Monthly in the Garden with My Landlord, has a new manga on Kadocomi,  Neko ni Hakuchō, Hotaru ni Koban (猫に白鳥、蛍に小判). The first chapter introduces us to a teacher and a student.

Via Sr. Correspondent Ashley, the Kickstarter for STARWARD LOVERS, a “tokusatsu-inspired f/f action romance comic about longing and space aliens” has already made it’s initial goal and has 27 days to go! They got me at “all-lesbian team of secret agents.” ^_^

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Anime News

Lauren Orsini reviews the world premiere of This Monster Wants to Eat Me anime on ANN. It’s such a great series and the trailer and this review have me stoked for the series.

Via Animate Times, we have character designs for the upcoming workplace comedy Egao no Taenai Bassho desu., (笑顔のたえない職場です。) known as A Mangaka’s Weirdly Wondeful Workplace in in English, based on the manga by Kuzushiro.

Via YNN Correspondent KatGrrrl, The UK is getting The Executioner and Her Way of Life Collection on Blu-Ray.

ANN’s Ken IIkura-Gross reports on  20th anniversary of the My-Otome series, the sequel to My HiME. Those have both been extensively reviewed here on Okazu, along with the adjacent OVAs, manga and CDs.

Yuri Visual Novels & Games

One more from KatGrrrl, Special Forces is a butch x butch Yuri visual novel, From  developer Eclipse‘s description, “MEN WENT EXTINCT. ONLY WOMEN REMAIN. Step into Eclipse—a bold, choice-driven YURI VN where Butch x Butch takes the spotlight. Play as Haesu of the Special Forces and shape not only her fate, but the future of this UTOPIA. Can you face the truth—amid love, desire, and bloodshed? “

Via YNN Sr. Correspondent Patricia Baxter, check out Rebecca Silverman’s review of Yuri VN Iwakura Aria. It is an excellent review of a game that sounds very intriguing.

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Live-Action News

Via Disc-connected on Bluesky, Maedchen in Uniform, one of the oldest lesbian movies extant, is getting a release on Blu Ray from KinoLorber, as part of their KinoClassics line. I know I have watched it, but apparently never reviewed it here.

We’ll finish up with the US team for Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon Super Live streaming free on Youtube! Even if Sailor Moon is not your Jam, check it out. It’s sparkly fun.

Other News 

We have a lot of good reading on tap this week!

Via YNN Corresponent Adam J, we have Rock Is A Lady’s Modesty Perfectly Captures Music As An Act Of Rebellion by Elijah Gonzalez on Endless Mode.

Our frequent guest reviewer and all around fantastic writer Patricia Baxter has a new article on Anime Feminist, Queer Self-Acceptance in Guilty Gear Strive.

This Week in Anime features Chris and Steve, discussing queer anime in TWIA: Rainbow Days.

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