Yuri Anime
Tomorrow! Revolutionary Girl Utena Movie: The Adolescence of Utena in theaters across North America! Don’t miss this opportunity to see this on a big screen.
Yuri Manga
Via The OASG on X, A Couple Drifting In The Wind, Volume 1, by Puebro, pre-orders are live. I reviewed this in Japanese this past winter here on Okazu.
Also via OASG, Yamada and Kase-san ,Volume 5 pre-orders are live. I reviewed that this past April in Japanese on Okazu. ^_^
By Asahina Shou, Kawaii ha, Tokidoki Kurushii is a manga about a woman who is trying to find herself and the gender presentation that suits her. Unusually a makeover allows her to be more butch, rather than femme. You can read sample chapters on Gangan Online, and Volume 1 and Volume 2 are available on Bookwalker JP.
The American Manga Awards 2026 nominees have been announced! Stop! Hibari-kun has a nod for Best New Edition of a Classic Manga and inee’s Love Bullet for Best New Manga. Sean Gaffney and I will be reporting from the AMA’s this August for Anime Herald, once again. ^_^
Speaking of Love Bullet, inee drew an image of the Cupids enjoying phở, to thank her Vietnamese fans, and the image and the news made mainstream Vietnamese media, according to himejoshiris on X.
Taifu Comics is regretfully allowing some of their titles to go out of print. Many of these are older titles, and a few are Yuri.
Via Comic Natalie, Musume ga Kanojo o Tsuretekita Hanashi (娘が彼女を連れてきた話), Volume 1, by Kurasaki King, out from orSIS tells the story of a girl who brings her girlfriend home, not sure how her single dad is going to take it, only Dad is a huge Yuri fan (Yuri pig, is how he is described.) It’s on Bookwalker if this sounds like you’d think it’s funny. ^_^
Also via Comic Natalie, Shimura Takako will be contributing a story to Comic Yuri Hime for the July issue.
Pride Month Sales
Along with Tokyopop and Yen Press Pride month sales and Kodansha’s Humble Bundle…
Baiheverse is running a June Sale!
By Your Side: The First 100 Years of Yuri Anime and Manga is on sale through June 30!
Yuri Events & Cafes
This past week, Morishima Akiko and Rica Takashima had a talk event at Loneliness Books in Nakano. Our JP Corespondent Sasori was there and will have a write-up about it, but in the meantime, Morishima-sensei shared some pictures of Rica’s art exhibit at the store on X. Rica showed all of the Yuri Monogatari books, and our edition of Rica ‘tte Kanji!?, the first Yuri work in English, as well as By Your Side, for which she did the cover art! Check out the pictures. I couldn’t be there, but I felt well-represented. ^_^
Via their official X account, Raspberry Heaven is set to open as a GL manga cafe in Seoul, Korea.
Yuri Novel
Via YNN Staff Matt Marcus, syasendou announced on X that their story, Kaijuu (回樹) from the 2023 collection of the same name is free to read on Hayakawa Books! The entire collection can be found on Bookwalker JP.
This is from 2023: Kono Ginban o Kimi to Tobu (この銀盤を君と跳ぶ) is a Yuri novel about two ice skaters, by Ayazaki Jun, available on Bookwalker.
Looking for some beach reads? The 2026 Lambda Literary Awards Winners have been announced. That’ll get you some new perspectives.
Yuri Visual Novel
From the folks over at YuriEureka we have a trailer for NSFW Exhibition of the Heart is “a nsfw yuri visual novel about love, exhibitionism, and being true to your heart. It follows the story of Alice, a shy university student who never got over her first crush from high-school: the upright and diligent Sylvia. She was regarded by their school as a gifted student, destined for success, a shining star that Alice felt she could never hope to reach. Even three years after graduating, she still can’t stop herself from thinking about her first crush.” The trailer is not explicit, but the VN is.
Studio Élan is celebrating the 10th anniversary of Highway Blossoms, the breakout hit Yuri VN that lead to their creation. Check out their free Patreon post to learn all the news of their celebration. Congrats to everyone at Studio Élan!
Live-Action News
Via Sr. YNN Correspondent Frank Hecker, Fairway of Love, a Thai Drama bout two golfers is on the horizon. Also via Frank is an article from Bloomberg about the popularity of Thai GL and Bl Dramas: Why Millions Are Falling for Thailand’s Same-Sex Romance Dramas. (This link is imperfect, but will get you most of the article.)
Other News
Via YNN Correspondent Sheila Webber, the lecture Kyoto International Manga Museum as a Hub of Knowledge and Community is up on Youtube.
Via YNN Correspondent Manga’albine, check out littleblossomdarling on Instagram talking about gay Victorian fashion plates. ^_^
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