Yuri-ish Anime

Our top story this week is that Diskotek Media has announced the release of the 1973 original Cutie Honey anime TV Series.  Kisaragi Honey is the first Japanese superheroine who didn’t need a guy. How cool is that? Very cool. ^_^

Sentai Filmworks is going to release Special A with a dub.

Not sure if anyone cares anymore, but ANN has the 2nd Queen’s Blade: Vanquished Queens trailer is up for viewing.

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Yuri-ish Manga

Seven Seas announced that they’ve obtained the license to Strike Witches:Maidens in the Sky and Girls und Panzer manga. YNN correspondent Shannon L also noted that they said they’re reprinting GIRL FRIENDS: The Complete Collection.

ANN reports that Tezuka’s Princess Knight is getting yet another manga remake. This one looks way better than the last. You can decide for yourself – Episode 0 is online on the magazine’s website. The Princess Knight anime from Nozomi RightStuf is also now available.

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Yuri-ish Stuff

If you’re going to be at Comiket this summer, Goo Goo will be selling Card Captor Sakura  goods. Grab me a set, will ya? ^_^

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Other News

The trailer for The Legend of Korra, Book 2 is up and it looks darn cool, so if you liked the first series, you have something to look forward to.

More fun watching – this fan movie. Just watch it…and smile.

The last days of the Revolutionary Girl Utena exhibit in Japan are approaching. Get your fix in soon!

Ian attended my Yuri Panel at Anime Next 2013 and had some nice things to say about it. Now I know what my new haircut looks like. ^_^

Alex Wu put together this nice guide to fan culture in general and Comic-Con, specifically, using questions and answers on Quora. Check it out. It’s worth a look.

Oh, and here’s something cool – a Pinterest item about Miss Fury, the first American superhero written by a woman.

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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!

We have news of toys, games, manga, anime and more from around the Yuri Network this week!

Yuri Game News

To start off this week, we have a great item from new YNN Correspondent Amy S. She wants you to know about Yuri romance tabletop RPG G X G  which, she says, had a soft release a few weeks ago.

Amy goes on to say, “I played (and reviewed) the original G X B awhile ago, and liked it. Haven’t played G X G yet, but on first read, it seems to improve upon the original mechanics, and additionally has rules to support specific Yuri schoolgirl manga tropes.”

Thanks Amy! I’m sure a bunch of folks will be interested in that!

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Yuri-ish Manga News

I’ve mentioned before that Nogami Takeshi of Strike Witches is working on a webcomic about a slightly doofus-y Nipponian girl who wants to be a United States of Amerigo Marine , Marine Corps (Marine-ko) Yumi. Well Volume 1 is now up for pre-order (まりんこゆみVolume 1) and I’ll remind you that the comic is also available online in English. My CO and Yuri translator Ana M. is doing the translation. Thanks to Ana, here’s an image of the art of th cover under the dust jacket. Click to laugh.

Led by some of the cream of the Tokyopop ex-pats, Chromatic Press’s new English-language shoujo manga magazine is getting a soft launch. Check out Issue #000 of Sparkler Monthly – and let them know what you think!

According to the Tsubomi blog, the webcomics portion of the site is undergoing some changes, and the site will now be part of the Mangatime Kirara page. Bets on how long before it becomes MangaTime Kirara Tsubomi?

The final volume of Horou Musuko (放浪息子), which is being released in English by Fantagraphics as Wandering Son – will street at the end of August.

The final chapter of Aoi Hana is running in this month’s Manga Erotica F. Comic Natalie reports that the issue includes a really long interview with creator Shimura Takako.

The September  issue of Comic Yuri Hime (コミック百合姫) is available for pre-order.

So is the final volume of Hayate x Blade. (はやてｘブレード)

So is Hishifurisaka Itchoume Sanbanchi, (星振り坂一丁目三番地) which is apparently a collection of Comic Yuri Hime stories that isn’t ringing a bell for me at all.

ANN reports that Asamiya Kia is launching a new Silent Mobius series, Silent Mobius QD (Quadriga)  – the first in 17 years. And it appears as if he has managed to not overly youthen the characters.

YNN Correspondent Anon-Kun wants you to know that second volume of 4-panel comic strip manga-with-some-Yuri Inpro (インプロ) is out at the end of this month.

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Anime News

It’s official, there will be a 2nd season of Psycho-Pass anime. 22 episodes are planned.

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Other News

Prism Comics, the leading non-profit organization supporting LGBT comics, graphic novels, comics creators and readers, has announced the deadline for the Prism Comics Queer Press Grant, Prism’s annual grant to LGBT comics self-publishers. The deadline for proposals is Tuesday, September 3, 2013. Go check out the Grant Application Rules and apply!

We have no news about the Sailor Moon anime, but girl, do we have toys. Comic Natalie reports replicas of Sailor Moon’s and Sailor Chibi Moon’s brooches from Sailor Moon SuperS.

And YNN Correspondent Darin B points us to an ANN article that shows the new Sailor Myu (Sailor Moon Musical) cast in costume.

This week’s Japanese-learning tool to consider is Skritter, an iPhone or desktop app to help you learn to write Japanese (or Chinese) characters. I can’t find who told me about it, so if that was you, let me know in the comments so I can credit you. ^_^

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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!

Short one this week, I’m up to my eyeballs in work.

Yuri Manga

Kanojo to Camera to Kanojo no Kisetsu,Volume 3 (彼女とカメラと彼女の季節) will hit shelves in Japan at the end of July.

And, from Hirari magazine, we’ll see Saraba Tomo Yo (さらば友よ) and Laika Pavlov Pochi Hachiko (ライカ、パブロフ、ポチハチ公) also at the end of July.

Comic Book Legal Defense Fund, in conjunction with Dark Horse has created an authoritative manga guide for librarians and educators, called CBLDF Presents Manga: Introduction, Challenges, and Best Practices. It was my very sincere pleasure to represent for Yuri, which has a chapter of its own – and I contributed the chapter on Doujinshi, as well. Also contributing to the Guide was Manga Bookshelf columnist Sean Gaffney, Ed Chavez of Vertical Publishing, Shaenon Garrity of Viz Media and Otaku USA, and Robin Brenner and Katherine Dacey of School Library Journal. Fantastic writers and terrific people, all.  ^_^

The Guide was edited by Manga Bookshelf editor in chief, blogger and all around fantastic person, Melinda Beasi. It was a blast – and an honor – to be  part of this project. If your school or library is interested in manga and would like more info on how to approach it, get them a copy of this Guide!

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Yuri Anime

From YNN Correspondent Jin H., news that vaguely Yurish – but female-focused and pleasant anime Tamayura  second season should be starting in July.

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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!

Contest News

Thanks to Nozomi/RightStuf, we have 3 copies of Hyakko Complete TV Series Litebox Set to give away. The contest winners this time are:

Dennis Bouchard

Urooj Siddiqui

Roberto Romani

Please email me at yuricon at gmail dot com with your addresses and I’ll get your prizes out in the mail as soon as I can motivate myself to get to the post office.! (Thank you to everyone who entered…I promise we’ll have another contest coming up soon.)

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Loads of manga news this week！

Yuri Manga

From YNN Correspondent Niki Smith on Twitter, the source material for this year’s Cannes winner, Jean Maron’s lesbian graphic novel Le Bleu est une Couleur Chaude is now on Comixology – in the original French. This is cool on several levels – it’s good to see Comixology branching out into Bande Dessinée, it’s cool to see them pursuing LGBTQ content and it’s just plain cool. If you’re a French reader, have purchased the book in print or digital and want to do a review – write me and let me know!

July’s gonna be a rough month – we already know Aoi Hana is ending in Erotics F magazine, and now we’ve gotten news that Hayate x Blade is finishing up in the July issue of Ultra Jump. Boo-hoo~~ (T_T) I mean, I can’t complain – it went 18 volumes, I just wanted it to go on forever. ^_^

Akili has a webcomic called Stretch  (ストレッチ) about two women sharing an apartment, one of whom is interested in the other, but that’s just part of it. The comic also has helpful discussions of stretching as exercise, how to do it, what it’s good for, and service. ^_^;

Got a bunch of Yuri Hime manga coming out this summer: Sankou Noise (残光ノイズ), Volume 1 of citrus, Strange Babies (ストレンジベイビーズ),  and an unexpected Volume 7 of Yuri Hime Wildrose (百合姫Wildrose)

Rakuen le Paradis, Volume 12 (楽園 Le Paradis) is up streeting the last week of this month.

Ohana Holo Holo, Volume 5 (オハナホロホロ 5) was released at the beginning of June. If you’re following this story and have been waffling, I’ll say only this – get it. ^_^

I took a look at Flowers Magazine on Magazine no Mori this month at Manga Bookshelf. Also on Manga Bookshelf, Sean Gaffney wrote what I consider to be the definitive review of the English edition of  Kisses, Sighs, and Cherry Blossom Pink by Morinaga Milk. I’m gonna be honest here – I’m glad that Sean’s got his own blog, but it’s been a real loss for us here at Okazu now that he’s too famous to Guest Review anymore. ^_^

And let’s finish up with a feel-good gender switch comic suggestion from Erin S. called the The Prince and the Princess. This is a sweet little Torikaebaya with a happy ending. Awww…

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Yuri Live Action-Movie

Some breaking news from YNN Correspondent Komatsu-san: A Yuri-themed live-action move Schoolgirl Complex ~ Hosoubu Hen~ (スクールガール・コンプレックス～放送部篇～) will debut in Japan on August 17th. Check out the trailer. Komatsu-san asked me what I think of it. My response was, “It looks like every Yuri Manga ever, doesn’t it?” ^_^ (Sean replied “Story A: The Movie”!) Eagle-eyed commenter Beatriz says she thinks Kotobuki Minako (Yuri-goggle user Mugi from K-ON!) plays the teacher. (It’s hard to tell if she’s a teacher or parent from the trailer.) That’s a nice Easter Egg for Yuri fans. ^_^

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Other News

Looking for some good tools to read Japanese? Or write it? or speak it? Or to understand it? I found a Japanese language portal called Nihongoeな that has links to just about anything you need.

A pair of Licca-chan dolls of Madoka and Homura have been premiered. If I can find the Homura doll, I might even get it. ^_^

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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!