Greetings from the 7th circle of Hell. We have been frozen in place for what feels like an eternity and the despair is palpable up and down the street. Tokyo is likewise in a state of suspended animation (pun intended).  5 weeks until spring.

So, from the midst of despair and misery, I can’t think of a happier thing than Northwest Press’s winter sale! Get Lesbian comic The Legend of Bold Riley and many more exciting LGBTQ works! Support LGBTQ comics, get great stuff to read in a selection of formats until spring comes for 25% off. Go. Buy. Enjoy.

Yuru Yuri is getting a new animation project, which is good news for fans of the series.

AnimeSols previews some of the goods that backers of Dear Brother can look forward to!

Interestingly, after the upcoming release of of the S.H. Figuarts Sailor Venus figurine, the next figure they’ve teased is Sailor Saturn.  Since the art style has so significantly youthened since the days of the original anime, the vote for moe-bait goes to Sailor Saturn. ^_^

If you’ve been watching the Madoka Movies and were wondering when Rebellion is being released, YNN Correspondent Joel K. has the news for you: April 8, 2014 is the street date on the official website. He notes that, like the first two movies, it will be available on DVD and/or Blu-Ray and will be available through RightStuf as well as Amazon. I’ll add links when they become available.

Let’s end today on a positive note with Sarah and Catherine Satrun’s We are all Wonder Woman print. ^_^

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Yuri Manga

Takahashi Mako’s recent one-shots for Comic Yuri Hime are being collected in a volume called Cokytos (コキュートス), which appears to named after be one of the rivers of the Greek underworld, along with Styx, Lethe, Phlegethon, and Acheron, so there’s today’s random Okazu fact for you. You’re welcome. ^_^

Volume 2 of Citrus, the title just licensed by Seven Seas, is looking at a March release.

Leia Weathington Tumblred about her upcoming second volume of The Legend of Bold Riley, with some cover art previews. Here’s my review of Volume 1, so you know why I’m looking forward to Volume 2 so much!

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Other news

Fantagraphics is looking for a Junior Design person. If you want to get into “the industry” and have design skills, hop to it!

K-Books in Akihabara has a series of Sakura Trick sweets. Why not? ^_^

Card Captor Sakura‘s Wand is being realized in diecast metal, for those of us who didn’t spend enough on the series back in the day. ^_^

Respect!Films and Sequart have teamed up to do a documentary on Women in Comics history. They’ve opened a Kickstarter for their She Makes Comics project.

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Yuri Manga

Starting off with something cool today: You may remember about a year ago when Tokyo Disney was the site of a lesbian wedding. Higashi Koyuki and Tabuchi Hiroko ended up with a globally covered wedding event. Now Higashi-san has written a comic, which has been illustrated by Masuhara Yuuko, called Lesbian Married Life (レズビアン的結婚生活).

Manga Erotics F, Volume 85 contains 50 pages of Shimura Takako’s comic “Awajima Hyakkei” about a totally fictitious all-female school for musical theatre in western Japan. For first looks at the comic, you can read Chapters 1 and 2 online for free (in Japanese.) Also in this volume is “Futari no Joou” and a great cover. I’ll definitely be getting this issue.

Ohana Holo Holo, (オハナホロホロ 6) Volume 6 wraps up a story that had me all ups and downs the entire time. ^_^

Pure Yuri Anthology Hirari Volume 13 (ピュア百合アンソロジー ひらり) is up for pre-order. I gotta say, I never believed Hirari would make it this far. Good for them.

I have no idea what this is – and it’s got to be bad, really, the name tells us that, but I am compelled to get it.  Mayuri no Kyoufu Houkoku Tamashi no Kikan.(魔百合の恐怖報告 魂の帰還) The title is something like “Evil Yuri Horror Report, Return of the Spirit.” I don’t like horror, but how could I pass this up? ^_^

Seven Seas announces a new Yuri license: Yuricest story, Saburota’s Citrus from Comic Yuri Hime. There’s two interesting features to this license. The most important is it means they’ve re-established contact with Ichijinsha. The second is that I still wouldn’t expect to see anything on the order of Amano Shuninta’s work coming from them.

I have never reviewed this manga, nor even purchased it – it is not bad, but the Yuricest plot makes it uninteresting to me, so don’t bother looking for a review. I scan it in the magazine, but it’s otherwise not on my radar.

Taifu Comics, however, knows that French readers appreciate quality Yuri and have licensed Amano-sensei’s Watashi no Sekai o Kousei Suru Chiri no You na Nanika (私の世界を構成する塵のような何か) as All You Need is Love for the French-language market.

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Yuri Drama CD

The popular game Okujou no Yurirei has spawned a Drama CD, Okujou no Yurirei Drama CD “Yuri Gokko!” (屋上の百合霊さんドラマCD「恋人ごっこ」).

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Yuri Anime

Thomas in Tokyo, who is working on the upcoming Bodacious Space Pirates movie, shared this picture of the new Bentenmaru design with us on Twitter. He also expresses the hope that we’ll get a Blu-ray release of the movie in the US. I’m totally with him on that.

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Yuri Movie

Chica Busca Chica, (Girl Seeks Girl) was a popular Spanish-language Web comedy drama series about lesbian friends. In conjunction with the website One More Lesbian, they are running a Kickstarter to make a movie, Girl Gets Girl. Spanish, w/ English subtitles lesbian drama for the win. Lesbian written, directed, acted, and it doesn’t suck. Check out the Kickstarter Promo . I was instantly captivated by the actresses, there’s none of that “we’re acting now” awkwardness one sees in low-budget series. This looks like something to watch, for sure.

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Yuri Anime

I have no idea if this is worth the money, but I’m definitely gonna get  it anyway. You know how non-nostalgic I am, but a CardCaptor Sakura Blu-ray set sounds pretty sweet. Three sets, in fact. Set 1, Set 2 and Set 3.

Creator Heather Campbell shared this with me on Twitter and I am compelled to share it with you. “In the tradition of Utena, Project A-Ko, Oniisama E, Sailor Moon, Mai Hime, Kill la Kill, and Sakura Trick, comes Schoolgirl Crush! Kim Kimiko is a poor transfer student who discovers the real meaning of power when she battles rich girl Lucia Goch. This is class warfare! This is love! This is schoolgirls fighting schoolgirls over schoolgirls!” It was awesome. ^_^

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Yuri Manga

Squee.

YNN Correspondent Rob is excited to let you know that Ren Books is releasing Aoi Hana in Italy.

The March 2014 issue of Comic Yuri Hime is up for preorder.

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Other News

DC is pairing up two wrongs and hopes we all think it’s right  – or  – crazy bitches are bisexual.

Here’s another take on the gender-neutral character of Hange from Attack on Titan.

Check out the previews of the tracks of the Sailor Moon 20th Anniversary Tribute Album. I did and I ordered it anyway.  ^_^

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That’s a wrap for this week! Become a Yuri Network Correspondent by sending me any Yuri-related news you find. Emails go to anilesbocon01 at hotmail dot com. Not to the comments here, please, or they might be forgotten or missed. There’s a reason for this madness. This way I know you are a real human, not Anonymous (which I do not encourage – stand by your words with your name!) and I can send you a YNN correspondent’s badge. Thanks to all of you – you make this a great Yuri Network!