Yuri Manga
Yen has announced a license for Shino & Ren, which looks to be a pretty spicy Yuri manga by Minori Chigusa. Alex Mateo has the scoop on ANN.
Via YNN Correspondent Matt Marcus, ANN’s Rafael Anthony Pineda has news that Auri Hirao’s If My Favorite Pop Idol Made it to the Budokan, I Would Die, will end in Japan with the next chapter. Volume 12 will hit JP bookshelves in December. Volumes 1-9 are out in English from Tokyopop, with Volume 10 and 11 looking at releases in December and January.
Late pledges are being accepted for Galette Special English Edition, Volume 4 until November 15!
Seven Seas has licensed Yuri Yuri Panic, about a girl who gets a marriage proposal from the prettiest girl in school. Anita Tai reports that Seven Seas has licensed a gender-switch love triangle comedy, Uesugi-kun wants to quit being a girl on ANN.
YNN Correspondent Patricia Baxter wants you to know there is a new chapter of Inui Ayu’s Threads of Me and You up on Renta! This is in English, on a JP digital “rental” manga site.
Kevin Cormack takes a look at Gunsmith Cats Omnibus Volumes 1 and 2 on ANN. You’ll have to trust me when I say that Rally is actually quite gay, but is more in love with guns and cars than anything. But we do get Misty and Goldie. And it is a classic. Take a look if you never read any of the first three editions of this.
Love Bullet, Volume 2 (ラブ・バレット) is up for pre-order in Japan, and will hit bookstores later this month. That’s up on the Yuricon Store for your pre-ordering convenience.
Ki ni Natteru Hito ga Otoko Janakatta, Volume 4 (気になってる人が男じゃなかった) pre-order is up on Amazon JP, but will go up on the Store when it can be ordered on other sites as well as Amazon JP. It’s the prom volume and I cannot wait! The Guy She Was Interested in Wasn’t A Guy At All, Volume 3 is headed our way next month.
Via Comic Natalie, Dame Inu Kanojo, Volume 1 (ダメ犬彼女) by Kuwabara Tamotsu tells a story of a school playgirl who was rejected by her first love. When that other girl sees her, she does not recognize her and confesses to Yuhi, who decided to “take revenge” on her. It doesn’t sound “fun” but it does sound unique. This is being published by Kadokawa.
Yasaka Syu has a new series from Kadokawa, as well Baka ni Kokuhaku. Volume 1 (バカに告白), is a love-comedy about a girl who starts an astronomy club who falls for a gym sis. Yasaka-sensei’s name might be familiar to you from their series Monologue Woven For You and How Do I turn My Best friend Into My Girlfriend?.
Also from Comic Natalie, Ichijinsha is celebrating its 20th anniversary with a month of free manga on their online manga site Ichijin Plus! Different days feature different series from their magazines, but a number of Yuri hits are included. These are all in Japanese.
Fujimoto Remochi’s Makoto- senpai no Mae de Hakakko Tsukerarenai! , Volume 1(真先輩の前ではかっこつけられない!) is about one cool, handsome girl being macked on by and even cooler handsome girl.
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OceanVeil added some of the Media Blasters catalog to their streaming service, including that Yuri oldy, Yamibo: The Darkness, The Hat and The Travelers of the Book. This adaptation of a proto-Yuri Visual Novel porn game thingy is variably good and terrible. The OP is great, though. ^_^ Alex Mateo has the details on ANN.
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Sean Gaffney takes a look at Seven Seas’ release of Baihe novel The Beauty’s Blade: Mei Ren Jian on his blog A Case Suitable For Treatment.
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Chill Planet from Aozorite, has an EN version up on Steam! This apocalyptic story follows four young women as they travel towards Hokkaido, as a meteor large enough to destroy life heads towards Earth.
Other News
ANN’s Egan Loo has the story that my hero Go Nagai has received the Order of the Rising Sun, Gold Rays with Rosette, from the Japanese government to honor his contributions.
Two items from the Anime magazine world. Otaku USA is cutting back to 2 issues a year, says Alex Mateo.
Where one door closes, another opens, as Anime Herald’s Samantha Ferreira has announced that pre-orders for the upcoming release of Anime Herald Magazine‘s first issue is just about at the point where she can plan for a Issue 2. I’ve spoken with her about this and the goal is to have this be an annual magazine, featuring writing by some of the best in anime and manga journalism! I’m proud to have an article in this upcoming issue and hope to have one in the next. Pre-order your copy today and enjoy this preview of one of the articles.
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