It’s Anime Expo weekend, let’s celebrate all the amaziiiiiing licenses thus far!

Yuri Anime

Our top story this week is the The Guy She Was Interested In Wasn’t A Guy At All promotional video is real and up on Youtube.  In a stunning indication of a Yuri anime getting real money invested, Nirvana’s “Breed” is the OP animation by Cloverworks

The announcement came paired with a video of Arai-sensei handing over the anime playlist to Dave Grohl and getting his feedback.  This will be streaming on Crunchyroll in January 2027. 

As Sr. YNN Corespondent Sean Gaffney so cogently put it:  

2001: “Those two girls sometimes stand next to each other. Yuri? I should write a fic.” 
2026: “Yeah, the new yuri anime based on a bestselling manga has Breed by Nirvana as its OP and it was introduced at the con by Dave Grohl.”

We are entering a whole new era. Let us pray that no Yuri anime is ever poorly funded again. Amen.

MediaOCD is releasing a Lady Oscar: The Rose of Versailles Complete Collection Blu-ray set. This is the entire 40-episode television series for under $50. Unbelievable.

Via YNN Correspondent Patricia Baxter, here is a link to Mitwa, a short sapphic animation that was shown at the Annecy Festival. Set in In Southern India in the 60s, two lovers find time with each other among the hubub of festival preparations.

ANN’s Joanna Cayanan has news that the Maebashi Witches Emoemories: Blooming Witches Compilation Film Opens in Japan on October 23.

Sr. YNN Correspondent Sean Gaffney  AnimeAnime reports the results of their Favorite Yuri poll. Giant Robots for the win. ^_^

Yuri Manga In English 

Huge news out of Anime Expo for manga!

Manga Mavericks is working on a beautiful deluxe print edition of The Sword of Paros!  This queer fantasy is epic and personal and gorgeous. I am editing the book and could not be happier. Pre-order direct from Manga Mavericks for North America and UK.

Inklore has entered the ring with Ikoku Nikki by Yamashita Tomoko! Yay! I started reading that ages ago but never finished. I love Yamashita’s work and thought the anime adaptation, Journal With Witch was fantastic.

Kodansha announced the license for Battan’s Fatale Game. I reviewed Volume 1 of that recently here on Okazu.

Meian announced a French edition of The Fed-Up Office Lady Wants to Work for the Villainess to be released in September

BluPetal announced The Black World is Dyed in White Chalk. This story brings two girls who have suffered trauma together to find healing.

And Yen Press announced Takane-san and Arashi-chan, a school life Yuri.

The Death-Dying Princess Creates a Yuri Harem to Survive is up for pre-order. This Yuri spin on the Villainess subgenre looks fun.

Anita Tai on ANN notes that Stardust Telepath manga will be ending with 7 volumes.

A little late on my part, sorry, but Glam Beat sent Pride Month off with a post that all their Yuri manga is now available on MangaPlaza (which is subscription-only,) and Bookwalker!

Yuri Manga In Japanese

Yuni’s Anata Mitai ni, Volume 1 (あなたみたいに) adult life romance is up on Bookwalker!

And Boyishna Kanojo ni Numatteku! ? Yuri Anthology  (ボーイッシュな彼女に沼ってく!? 百合アンソロジー) is  as advertised on the tin. ^_^ This is out from Comic Growl, which is a new name to me.  ^_^

Aoto Hibiki’s office romance Kono Koi, Ittan Mochikaerasete Itadakimasu! Volume 1 (この恋、一旦持ち帰らせていただきます!) is out!  Link to Bookwalker JP.

Volume 1 of Kuzushiro’s  30 Made Hhitoridattara Isshonikurasōoutte Itta Yo ne? (30まで独りだったら一緒に暮らそうって言ったよね? ) is out. Two women make a drunken promise that if they don’t have a lover by 30, they’ll move in together. Link goes to Amazon JP, but it is serialized on Bookwalker.

Yuri Merch and Pop-Ups

Via Sr. Correspondent Matt Marcus wing is releasing figurines for Gujo and Chin-lan from Kamiina Botan.

Yuri Podcast

This Week In Fandom History celebrated Yuri Day with me! Check out our conversation on June 25: Yuri Day (百合の日) with Erica Friedman. We had a lovely conversation.

Yuri Visual Novels

via YNN Correspondent Akatsukinoluna, Carmilla: Crimson Moon now has a demo up on Steam. ” A dark yuri horror visual novel inspired by a classic gothic novella. When the enigmatic Carmilla arrives, Laura is swept into a fever dream of obsession. Is this stranger the cure for her loneliness or a herald of corruption? And what caused the mysterious deaths of two girls in the nearby village?” So, it’s straight up Carmilla. ^_^

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Yuri/Baihe Reading

Baiheverse offers up this short disussion of Baihe vs Yuri: What Is the Difference? where they make a very solid argument that when readers call Chinese WLW media Baihe, reader keep the cultural context of the work. I absolutely agree, honestly. I’m not for policing you, personally, but knowing and using the words used by a community shows respect and understanding of that community…something we know to be true in the queer community as well. ^_^

Sean Gaffney gives us his thoughts on Kamiina Botan Fully Blossoms When Drunk on his own blog. Sean’s posts are always worth reading.  

We added two articles to the Yuri Resources Page under the Fan Studies section, by Burkeley Hermann and Mayo Chiki. If you have Yuri research or essays, let us know and we’ll get them up on our Resources page.

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