Bear with me, as we play catch up for a few weeks on all the Yuri news that happened while I was out of action.
Yuri Live Action
The live-action How Do We Relationship? has launched on GaGaOOLaLa and is already receiving favorable reviews! Our own Sr. YNN Correspondent Matt Marcus will be giving us a review (or two, or three ^_^).
Uprising Entertainment is looking for support for Dragon House, a live-action Thai GL series. Check out the video on X for cast and staff perspectives or check out the trailer on Youtube.
Yuri Anime
Via Matt Marcus, injoo-kuma presents their graduation project [Between Us] on YouTube. Of this short animation, they say, “It started with a pure love for lilies, and was diligently created over the course of a year with my team members. As the director, there were many shortcomings, but I’d be thrilled if you take the time to watch it.”
Yuri Manga and GL Manhwa
Inklore Books announced the license for Korean GL HER TALE OF SHIM CHONG, Volume 1 with a late winter 2027 release date.
Comic Yuri Hime have released a series of Youtube commercials in which Mimi and Sheena from I Want To Love You Til Your Dying Day discuss many of the continuing series in the magazine. It’s a little wacky as they stay in character, while discussing things like My Girlfriend Isn’t Here Today or I’m In Love With the Villainess.
Akatsukinoluna wants you to know that if you’re looking to learn English through Yuri, Navia Yoshiro has you covered with YURI ENGLISH on Booth.pm
Yen Press announced the cover debut for Two A.M. at the Dining Table, Vol. 1. “Maria is a gyaru haunted by her mother’s ghost, but the spirit who appears before her one night is… a surprisingly cute, young girl who looks like a doll!?“
Ki ni Natteru Hito ga Otoko Janakatta, Volume 5 (気になってる人が男じゃなかった) is up for Pre-order on Amazon JP Japanese, while The Guy She Was Interested In Wasn’t A Guy At All, Volume 4 is up for Pre-order in English!
Yuri Events
I will be participating in a “Green Yuri” panel as part of the Queer and Feminist Perspectives on Japanese Popular Cultures Symposium 2026!
Thurs, September 17 – 7:00 AM JST / Wed, September 16 – 6:00 PM EDT – Session 9
Green Yuri Panel by Audrey Leonard (Universitas Indonesia), Ashley Remminga (University of Tasmania) and Erica Friedman (Yuricon) moderated by Megan Catherine Rose
The event runs from Mon, Sep 14, 12am – Thu, Sep 17, 12am EDT online. Tickets are free, so you can join any sessions that interest you, but you must register to be able to attend.
Via Sr. YNN Correspondent Frank Hecker, there are plans for a spring 2027 GL Fanfest in Anaheim, California. Sign up on their mailing list for news!
Galette Magazine is holding a 10th Anniversary event on October 2-4 at the Machida Palio 3F Gallery Palio
1-15-13 Morino, Machida City, Tokyo. Click the link to get tickets!
Yuri Visual Novel News
My VTuber Rival is Actually Cute?! from Studio Élan has a new trailer, and demos have been released on Steam and Itch.io!
Japanese Yuri game developer Takii Noame reported that right-wing (“religious”) pressure on payment systems forced them to delay their new Yuri title. This is the same bullshit RW groups have pulled here in the US and UK multiple times over sex work, queer lives and porn panics.
Via Carlos Zotomayor on Automaton Media, Monophobia is a 2.5D urban legend-solving game depicting the bond between two girls, written by yuri author Teren Mikami.
Yuri News
Reporter Yáng Zhìrén talked to Kadokawa about the changing nature of the manga audience in Taiwan, Isekai fatigue and the growth of Baihe/GL series on ETtoday in Bǎihé Chéng dà Hēimǎ / Baihe Emerges as a Major Dark Horse.
Over on Anime News Network Lynzee Loveridge spoke with The Guy She Was Interested In Wasn’t A Guy At All creator Sumiko Arai, about her characters, the upcoming anime and, of course, music, in Rockin’ Out With Sumiko Arai.
Via Frank Hecker, on Thai GL Hub, Amy Strassner criticized a panel held in Bali which was supposed to have been about “queer” Thai media that only discussed BL. The story is an inteesting one, in which an organization that was supposedly trying to become official and was reported as official, but was not, overlooked GL entirely. Still worth reading and, of course, holding organizations and individuals accountable: What Do You Mean They Didn’t Showcase Thai GL?
Via YNN Sr. Correspondent Sean Gaffney, Christopher and Sylvia on This Week in Anime looks at Are These Yuri Anime Poisonous?
ANN’s Bamboo Dong has an interview with Ena Hamabe, producer of This Monster Wants To Eat Me anime in Beauty and Monsters: A Chat with Anime Producer Ena Hamabe.
Audrey Im at Anitrendz.net also spoke with Hamabe for I Want to Love You Till Your Dying Day Producer On Capturing the Quiet Beauty in Supernatural Yuri Anime.
Matt Ryu shared his Green Yuri custom guitar on X and…it’s fabulous.
Other News
Ogata Megumi has made a public statement about the theft of her voice by AI in “I can’t forgive it” on the Mainichi Times.
Rebecca Silverman says that magical girl anime fans ought to give Magical Sisters Lulutto Lilly a try in her initial review.
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