I cannot tell you HOW MUCH I was not writing a YNN report this week, but then stuff, so here we are.

Yuri Anime

There is no GIRL FRIENDS anime on the radar. A Spanish blog announced this in 2009. They later said the rumor was false.  I just know breathlessly excited people asked me to comment before I’d had my coffee this morning. You should all know better than that. Have I taught you nothing?

When you read a rumor:

1) Question the premise: Is it *likely*? Is it sensible? Is it probable? Is it plausible?

If the answer to all 4 of these questions is ‘Yes’ then:

2) Look for a source. 

Sources are how you track the veracity of a news item.

ANN always lists its sources. So does Crunchyroll News. I’m iffier about it that I should be, because I’m lazy. I’ll be better at it from now on, since I hate being a hypocrite. ^_^ I just spent some time looking through Japanese Yuri blogs and news sources and found nothing. Nothing anywhere. The only thing I found was that Spanish blog from 5 years ago.

Next time you come across a Yuri-related rumor, instead of asking me if I’ve heard it, if you do the footwork and track down who said what, where, and report it to me (at anilesbocon01 at hotmail dot com,) then a YNN correspondent is you! You’ll get a fetching badge, and everything. ^_^

In this case, the post in question was made in 2009 and was immediately retracted. It appears to have been based on Morinaga-sensei commenting on her blog that it would be nice “if.”

That having been said, it’s is not implausible that a GF anime might be made, although I consider it unlikely to be a series. Maybe a short packaged with a deluxe 5-manga set or something. That’s what I’d do, ‘if.’ ^_^

In other news, Director Kunihiko Ikuhara has announced that he will be showing a new anime project teaser video at a Revolutionary Girl Utena discussion event being held March 23rd in Tokyo. (According the the event site, Utena manga artist Saitou Chiho-sensei will be there as well.)

New Video Group has stated that the Digimon Tamers DVDs will be dub only. The dub was actually very good, but I admit to hoping it would be the subbed version. ^_^; Oh well, there’s still Hulu.

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Yuri Shousetsu

In addition to the reissue of Suzumoto Beni’s PUPPY LOVE, illustrated by Hibiki Reine, there’s a sequel, Bebe Requin: PUPPY LOVE 2

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Other News

The Organization of Anti-Social Geniuses put together a  list of How You Can Watch Anime Legally in 2013. It’s worth taking a look at and bookmarking for future reference.

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Yuri Manga

Seven Seas has licensed Centaur no Ayami, a school life series about centaurs. Volume 2, if you remember, goes off the charts with service-y Yuri.

Comic Natalie reports that there will be a Yuru Yuri spin-off, “The Ohmuro Family” which, along with several other Comic Yuri Hime 4-koma titles will run on their upcoming webcomic site Comic Yuri Hime on Nico Nico Douga.

Comic Yuri Hime, May 2013 Issue (コミック百合姫 2013年 05月号) is now up for pre-order on Amazon JP. It will street in March.

Tsubomi has put  new chapters of 4 comics up, and has a nice new top illustration on their webcomic page. Himitsu no Recipe by Morinaga Milk, Eden no Higashitotsuka by Hakamada Mera, Otomo Megane’s Futari and Sugawa Tokushi’s  Zenryaku, Yuri no Sono Yori have been updated.

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Other News

ANN has a new feature which I would recommend to any of you out there who want to understand IP law (in a US context). Part 1 of the The Law of Anime: Copyright and the Anime and Part 2: Copyrights and Fandom are both well worth your time . (Also, if you feel very superior and intelligent about how reform is long overdue, read the comments, too where Sean Thorsden, Esq. says, “yes” to that and then explains why it isn’t happening to your satisfaction.)

And my wife notes that it has been about 5 years since I started to post weekly news updates about Yuri. (My first “This Week in Yuri” was in February 2008). She says, “I think it’s impressive that you’ve had something to report nearly weekly for 5 years.” I have to agree with her on that. So now we have another pin in Yuri’s history, in 2008 it became possible to start writing weekly new reports on Yuri! How amazing is that. ^_^

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That’s a wrap for this week!

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Thanks to all of you – you make this a great Yuri Network!

Quiet February week. They must have known were getting another storm of the century.

Yuri Manga

The first volume of Morinaga Milk’s new series Gakuen Polizi (学園ポリーチェ) is making its appearance on Japanese shelves next month.

Otomo Megane’s Futari (ふたり) from Tsubomi magazine, will also make a March debut.

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Anime News

The new Ghost in the Shell: Arise anime will be premiered with a multi-channel, real-time event (with subtitles) on Youtube, NicoNico and Bandai Channel that will be streamed globally. The event is being held 9PM on February 12 Japan time. The event will include the trailer and opening footage of the new series. For information about the live event in Roppongi, or the anime, check out the Arise website. (Site in Japanese)

Could this be true? Are my eyes not deceiving me? Digimon Tamers is scheduled for a DVD release this summer. It’s cool on Hulu and all, but I get tired of the guy telling me it’s  presented with “limited commercial interruption.” ^_^

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LGBTQ News

President Obama announced that he will posthumously honor Jeanne Manford, founder of PFLAG (Parents, Families, and Friends of Lesbians and Gays) with the Citizen’s Medal.

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That’s a wrap for this week!

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Thanks to all of you – you make this a great Yuri Network!

Yuri Manga

Ikuhara Kunihiko has launched a Mawaru Penguindrum manga project called Penguinbear, some two years after the anime ran in Japan. (The Penguindrum anime was licensed in English by Sentai Filmworks and is now available on DVD and Blu-Ray,Part 1 and Part 2. Don’t miss it, it’s very interesting. ^_^)

Thanks to your support, Fujieda Miyabi’s slice-of-life Yuri romance Ameiro Kouchakan Kandan, is the number one best seller on JManga this week! I haven’t heard anything about Volume 2 yet, but here’s hoping. ^_^

From Wings Comics comes a collection of a Hirari contributor, Sasada Asuka’s, works the Sasada Asuka Collected Shorts Kira Kira no Natsu (ささだあすか短篇集 きらきらのなつ)

Yurist (百合人―ユリスト―第1号) has an utterly creepy cover, so I have no idea what the inside of this mook will contain. Could be interesting…could be not. ^_^;

Back in print is Suzumoto Beni’s Puppy Love, cover by Hibiki Reine. I previously reviewed Suzumoto’s Ibara-hime, also with a cover by Hibiki. It wasn’t bad, so I’ll give this one a try.

Onna no Ko Sekkeizu, (女の子の設計図) a Hirari collection, hits shelves in Japan next month. And Pure Yuri Anthology Hirari, Volume 10 does, as well.

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Other News

Hooded Utilitarian‘s Noah Berlatsky wrote a piece on The Ethics of Scanlation for the Center for Digital Ethics and Policy. It’s a very good summation of a complex issue, with contributions from Mangablog‘s Brigid Alverson and myself.

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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!

Yuri Anime

Nozomi/RightStuf announces the Limited Edition DVD release of the first half of Riyoko Ikeda’s timeless classic of the French Revolution, Rose of Versailles. Check out their RoV page rov.rightstuf.com for a series preview and ordering information!

And, don’t forget while you’re there to pre-order your copy of Aoi Hana/Sweet Blue Flowers.

A little disappointed with the current season of anime? A Certain Scientific Railgun continues this April in A Certain Scientific Railgun S. (Also, you should watch Psycho Pass, but that’s another thing.)

The Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha As The Second movie is due out on March 22 and DVD and Blu-ray will once again include English subtitles. (There are multiple choices for various Special Editions, so I’ll just link you to the regular “Special Edition” and not the super special or regular editions. Feel free to figure it out on your own. ^_^; (Yes, that is the sound of me giving up, funny you should mention it.)

Sentai Filmworks has licensed the K-ON! movie. (There is absolutely no Yuri in it, not even vague service, FYI, but it was fun.)

Hahahaha! Sentai also licensed Kämpfer. Gosh I know we were all waiting for that one. Here’s my take on that series from when it showed originally. The Entrails animals were seriously great, but it’s up to you whether they were great enough to make watching the series worthwhile.

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Yuri Manga

YNN Correspondent from France, vero, reports two new Yuri manga licenses from Taifu – Nanzaki Iku’s Sweet Little Devil and Morinaga Milk’s Kushibiru Tameiki Sakurairo, which will be known as Secret Girlfriends.

As a number of folks have noted that the Girlfriends Collection, Volume 2 by Morinaga Milk is at #5 on the New York Times Manga best seller list. ^_^

ANN reports that Kodansha has listed the first volume of the Sailor Moon short story collections for September, after the main series is complete. The second volume is slated for November.

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Random

A fan of Yuru Yuri has created a 3-D replica of the Amusement Club’s  clubroom as a dollhouse.

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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!