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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Yuri Manga

The first volume of Kawai Akira ‘s Bousou Girl’s Teki Mousou Renaiteki Suteki Project is (ボウソウガールズテキモウソウレンアイテキステキプロジェクト(B・G・M・R・S・P), Kurokiri Misao’s Inferno Girl, (インフェルノガール), both from Comic Yuri Hime hits shelves in Japan today along with other Yuri Hime comics.

Next month we’re getting something kinda cool….Fukami Makoto ‘s novel Girls Uprising (カズアキ×深見真百合姫表紙画集) which ran in the opening pages of the relaunched Comic Yuri Hime from 2011,  illustrated by Kazuaki’s awesome art. It was  a pretty crazy ass story, but of the written endeavors out of Ichijinsha so, so much better than most. For fans of Yuru Yuri‘s, namori, her illustrated Comic Yuri Hime cover story, truth, goes on sale next month as well.

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Yuri Anime

This week we got news that another Comic Yuri Hime series was greenlit as an anime. Kuzushiro’s animal- and pun-themed gag manga, Inukami-san and Nekoyama-san should be here this year. YNN Correspondent “your friendly neighborhood Grisznak” says: visuals for the anime were revealed today. Thanks Grisznak!

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Other News

I have two non-Yuri articles on tap this month. On Manga Bookshelf, I write about the third and most popular shoujo manga magazine, Ciao, for Magazine no Mori.

And I take a long, detailed look at Attack on Titan for Hooded Utilitarian. This is the follow-up I mentioned in the brief review I did here.

Thomas in Tokyo shared this picture of  the official Bodacious Space Pirates movie poster.

Fans of interesting female leads will be happy to know that David Weber’s Honor Harrington sci-fi novel series is being adapted into a comic and possibly some multimedia content as well by Top Cow and Evergreen Studios respectively.

Legend of Zelda, The Golden Ring and My Little Pony manga team, Himekawa Akira, has released some of their work on manga translation site Manga Reborn. Manga Reborn is still focusing on less well-known artists or less-well known titles by popular artists and, most interesting to me, they have been making Showa period manga available. Manga Reborn is legal and much of the manga is free. It’s a great resource, and all around great guy Taylor (Dude) runs it, you should check it out.

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Yesterday, Crunchyroll’s Scott Green posted a news report of interest. Kuzushiro-sensei’s Yuri gag manga from Comic Yuri Hime, Inukami-san to Nekoyama-san, is slated for a 2014 anime.

Here’s my review of the first volume of the manga. I stopped reviewing the manga after that, because other than adding additional characters, it was substantially unchanged from volume to volume. FWIW, I did actually buy and read Volume 2 and plan on getting Volume 3 when it comes out.

It’s still a school girl school life gag 4-koma manga. It still will have creepy service. Even more excruciatingly, it will be filled to the brim with atrocious name-puns.

The good news is that it’s by the creator of Kimi Tamenara Shineru. Secondly – and this is not meant to be read as sarcasm or snark, I am quite sincere when I say this – thank the gods it is not an anime of Yuri Danshi. The editorial staff of Comic Yuri Hime really seem to like Yuri Danshi and they keep putting a lot of money behind it. I was genuinely worried that their next anime might be an adaption of their slice-of-deranged-life of a Yuri fanboy manga.

So, yay for Kuzushiro-sensei.

Boo for adult female Yuri fans that are so, so, done with school life gag Yuri anime focused on dysfunctional adolescents. ^_^;

This week’s report is going to be a dump of all the cool stuff I’ve found in the last few weeks – women and comics-related news. I keep bookmarking this stuff, then never getting to talk about it.

Birz Comics is planning a Yuri Anthology for the spring called Yuri Tokushuu (百合特集). Birz is known for kind of weird manga, so it should be interesting. ^_^ As soon as I get a link to it, I’ll give it to you.

In case you missed it, yesterday I wrote a quickie piece on the recent news about the upcoming Sailor Moon anime.

Speaking of anime, I tried and failed to watch episode 1 of Sakura Trick on Crunchyroll. The thigh-staring and breast-bouncing gagged me in what is supposed to be a sweet story. I am looking for volunteers to review the series as a first look, or end of season, since if I reviewed it, the review would read like this: “Thighs, thighs, thighs, breasts, breasts, squeaky voices, banal dialogue. I had to stop.” If you’re interested, please read the Guest Review Guidelines and email me. You don’t have to convince me the anime is worth reviewing, you have to convince me you are capable of writing the review. ^_^

Some concept art floating around suggests that someone had the idea of adding The Valkyrie to Thor 2. Shame it didn’t happen. I like the armor, but I love the wings.

Sayaka and Kyouko shippers rejoice! You have been validated.

New comic for you and/or a girl in your life, The Lumberjanes, which I keep jokingly describing as like My Little Pony ~ Friendship is Magic with people. There a few queer contributors to the project and we’re promised queer content, if that’s important to you.

Crunchyroll’s Scott Green reports on a Revolutionary Girl Utena tribute book sponsored by Pixiv, in conjunction with Be-Papas collaborator Ikuhara Kunihiko that was sold at Winter Comiket. With a cover by Hoshino Lily, this book looks amazing.

Put this on your must-read pile. Marvel’s new Ms. Marvel, Kamila Khan, is a Moslem teen from New Jersey. I love love love the art which forgoes sexualizing her and focuses on her personality and powers. Read the preview here, then call your Local Comic Shop and order it!

Samuel L. Jackson is an anime and manga fan and has already been involved with the Afro Samurai project. Now he’s involved in a live-action Kite movie.

From YNN Correspondent Erin S, a few webcomics of note:  A bittersweet tale of love and loss – Fairyfail by Maya Kern and the much more cheerful  The Dwarf Bride, by Sammy Montoya (which made me go “Awww….”).

Fake Geek Girls Invade the University of Chicago! Well, a panel about the fake geek girl phenomenon does, on January 30th. If you’re in the area see if you can manage this.

Here’s a comic that explains how not to be a dick when you talk about comics.

Comics Alliance Andrew Wheeler presents 10 Diversity Resolutions for Superhero Comics in 2014. And we all slow clap, knowing this would change everything, but it will not be happening. How do we know that? Because this Tumblr exists: Has DC Done Something Stupid Today?

For the Yuri gamers/VN fans out there, here’s a new circle to watch – Innocent Grey. Their newest work, Flowers, is slated for April 2014.

In Japan in January, it is customary for 20 year-olds to go to a Coming of Age celebration, the Seijinshiki. Well, let’s face it, if you’re LGBTQ, your coming of age presentation was probably heteronormative and not, really, *you*. Last year two groups independently decided it was time for Coming of Age to include people’s real selves. Re-bit in east Japan and the Kansai LGBT Seijinshiki are fixing this with ceremonies for any age, “dress code: like yourself.” Here’s a clip from last year’s ceremony, hosted by trans model Satou Kaya. The tears, they will not stop.

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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!