Thank you everyone who bought a copy of By Your Side: The First 100 Years of Yuri Anime and Manga during my special clean-up sale.
Of course you can still get a copy in print or digital online, or at a bookstore near you. It makes a great present for a friend…or for yourself! ^_^
Speaking of gifts, don’t miss our Okazu Gift Guide for this year, with more people contributing, the selection is sure to have something for everyone on your Yuri gift list. ^_^
Yuri Manga
Via Sr. YNN Correspondent Matt Marcus, Sweet Heat (スウィートヒート！) is a manga looking at the junction of pro wrestling and Yuri. ^_^ Read a sample in Japanese online at Big Comi, or grab Volume 1 by Kosame Biyori.
YNN Correspondent gqll notes that Tokyopop’s LoveLove imprint has pre-orders up for Unnie, I Like You!, Volume 1, a collected Korean manhwa and Yuri Espoir, Volume 5.
Tokyopop has been busy this season. Via Sr. YNN Correspondent Sean Gaffney, we have this announcement of a new license from them on X: The Villainess’ Bride by Kawano Akiko.
And via Sr. YNN Correspondent Patricia B, we have the wonderful news that Yuri Hub and Bookwalker are formalizing their collaboration. Grab your faves from Inui Ayu, Namaniku and others on Global Bookwalker. Bookwalker has a new CEO, J Novel Club’s Sam Pinansky is taking over, and we are told to expect a new look soon.
Continuing the 20th anniversary celebration, Yuri Hime Cover Art Collection (百合姫表紙集 2011-2025) focuses on the third phase of the magazine’s art, in the years since it started doing cover stories.
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Other News
YNN Correspondent KaTsu pointed out this article, Baited: A Tropical Fish Yearns for Snow and the Anglophone Reception of Japanese Yuri Romance Manga by J Crawford from the University of Exeter.
Burkely Hermann has posted Part 1 of his Top Twenty Yuri Webomics on Pop Culture Maniacs.
My article on the Manga. Tout un Art! exhibit at Le musée national des Arts asiatiques – Guimet is live on ANN. It was a fantastic exhibit, really worth visiting!
Gundam: Witch From Mercury Mechagurumi Figures Inspire Web Manga says ANN Joana Cayanan. Fun!
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Live Action
Via Sr. YNN Correspondent Frank Hecker, GagaOOLala has done a look at the Top 25 Lesbian Series streaming on the platform.
You can watch the live-action adaptation of Taguchi Shouichi’s Futari Escape on TVer, with a VPN. This a a do-nothing story that should be fun brain candy. I’ll try and watch it shortly and get back to you. ^_^
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I noticed Unnie, I Like You! has a hardcover option for preorder. Anyone know how well Tokyopop does their hardcovers? Have they even done a GL hardcover before?
Hopefully someone can let us know. ^_^
Thanks for the mention of my “Top Twenty Yuri Webomics” post! I have another one which came out the other day which I’ll share with you as well. I’m trying to get all three parts published before the year ends. I’ll definitely have to put in a pre-order for Unnie I Like You (I’ve been reading it on Webtoon). You probably already saw it, but the second part of Watanare/There’s No Freaking Way I’ll Be Your Lover! Unless… (episodes 13-17) will start airing beginning on January 1st of next year. That means that more beyond volume 3 will be adapted. Otherwise, your news update is as good as ever.