Yuri Anime

Goods distribution company Great Eastern has listed a number of Sailor Moon goods as “coming soon.” Phew! My Sailor Moon shrine hasn’t had any new items added for years!

The anime for Ray, by Blue Drop creator Yoshitomi Akihito has been licensed by Maiden Japan for released by Section23. There was a little Yuri-service in the manga, but I don’t know if there is any in the anime. It might be worth watching to find out. ^_^

For those of you who might be interested, Kiddy Grade has been added to Netflix Instant.

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Yuri Game-Related News

Good news for Sono Hanabira ni Kuchizuke wo fans. AXYPB has gotten permission to announce an officially endorsed Sono Hanabira-related story, tentatively titled in English Music Box of Memories, to be included in the Xenocross anthology..

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Other News

More bad Sukeban Deka news. The director of the popular television show, Tanaka Hideo, has passed away.

Takarazuka Revue will be doing a stage rendition of Ocean’s Eleven. Who wouldn’t want to a see a Japanese-language musical of Ocean’s Eleven?

It was my incredible pleasure to be able to do a podcast on Manga Out Loud about Wandering Son/ Hourou Musuko with Ed Sizemore, Johanna Draper-Carlson, David Welshe, Phillip O’Connor this week.I hope you’ll take a listen to our incredibly long, wide-ranging conversation, in which I mention Aoi Hana about 7 thousand times as a desperate plug to get it licensed here. ^_^

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Yuri Manga

Morinaga Milk’s Himitsu no Recipe (ひみつのレシピ) from Tsubomi has made it as far as a first collected volume. This fluffy little story about food vs love will hit the streets in August.

Also due in August is Nawoko’s drama, Private Lesson (プライベートレッスン) and Takemiya Jin’s Omoi no Kakera (想いの欠片).

Don’t forget Tsubomi 13 will be on sale, too.

From Ichijinsh, this month you can expect marriage black, Hatsukoi Tectonics (初恋テクトニクス) and Mizu-iro Ether (水色エーテル).

Otome Ranbu (乙女×乱舞) seems a pretty good bet for Yuri fans, as well. It’s a collection of shorts.

So does Concerto (コンチェルト) – just check the cover out.

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Snatches of Yuri

Fans of the “Yuri Sekai,” i.e., that so-delicate fake look at the super-secret lives and loves of women, might enjoy Yuri-gokoro (こいごころ), which promises a glimpse behind the veil of secrecy for people who think that exists at all.

Here’s an interesting item – Naname no Ongaku (ななめの音楽), a manga based on a horror novel with, supposedly, some Yuri-ishness.

I keep seeing Banana no Nana (バナナのナナ) on the Yuri lists, but the cover put me off. If you’re buying it, let me know what you think o it!

In the anime world, a LOT of Japanese otaku like to imagine Yuri in the Id@lmaster universe, so I expect they will do the same with the upcoming Idolmaster (アイドルマスター) anime.

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Other News

YNN Correspondent and Okazu Superhero Dan P. pointed out that Tenjou Utena makes The MarySue’s list of 10 Bad-Ass Gay Characters.

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Yuri Anime

On Nozomi RightStuf said those words we longed to hear…folks who pre-order the three Revolutionary Girl Utena box sets get a Rose Seal ring. (As long as supplies last.) Third set is not yet up for pre-order on their site, but I have no doubt it will be when they return from Anime Expo.

Aniplex USA has announced the license of Puella Magi Madoka Magica.

In case you ever wondered, here’s a Japanese poll ranking fave Yuri anime series. No surprised gasps at the winner, IMHO.

Morita-san ha Mukuchi TV trailer has been posted on the manga publisher’s website.

On Hooded Utilitarian, I wrote an open letter to Rob Tapert and Sam Raimi about what they should and shouldn’t do with their live-action Noir adaptation.

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Other Yuri News

Amazon.com employes cosplayed Yotsuba “character” Danbo, the cardboard robot, in Seattle’s LGBT Pride Parade. We definitely need more gay robots. (I know Danbo isn’t really a robot! We still need more gay robots.)

The most recent Hatsune Miku commercial is so geeky that it’s sure to be absolutely inexplicable to most viewers. On the other hand, it has leeks, so it belongs to us.

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Snatches of Yuri

YNN Correspondent Sean G says we should keep our eyes out for Maid Shokun. “Tokyopop has released its first (and sadly only) volume of Maid Shokun, a manga by the prolific authors Satou Nanki and Kizuki Akira (authors of Ebisu-san to Hotei-san). It ran for 4 volumes in Comic Gum, and is a slice-of-life manga about a maid cafe in Akihibara and the difficulty it has finding its voice.

Among the cast is Hachiya, the tall, handsome prince-type girl who wears a bartender outfit rather than a maid costume; and Airi, the cute and popular maid who is dealing with an aggressive stalker. Even if it’s an incomplete series, fans of yuri will want to grab the volume for these two, who have a quite realistic and well done storyline within, which is far more than I ever expected from a series about cute maids.

I don’t believe Tokyopop ever shipped the books to stores or to Amazon, so the only way to get them may be through a local comic shop that deals with Diamond Distributors, who shipped the volume last week.”

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Today’s report is going to be super short. It’s summer and I want to go outside and play!

Snatches of Yuri 

Sunshine Sketch, Volume 5 is out, for folks who love the 4 girls in dorm life comic strip with the vaguest hint of Yuri, format of manga.

And YNN correspondent George R noted that in the second volume of Kurogane Pukapuka-tai,he found a Maria-sama ga Miteru parody. George says, “It’s presented as a doujinshi written by the crew, but what caught my eye was the version of the “garden picture” from the season 1 OP. Set in a nice lily-decorated frame, we have the Kurogane cast and their ship instead of the garden with an altered version of the traditional opening narration.”

The anime base on the mahjong manga Saki will be getting a second season. If that means more Momo and Yumi, I’m okay with that. ^_^

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Other News

To celebrate the passage of Same-Sex Marriage in New York state yesterday, I wanted to share a view of the Empire State Building as Pride weekend in NYC opened with that historic legislation. (Image taken from Joe.My.God):

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Yuri Manga

Hayate x Blade, Volume 14 (はやてｘブレード) is out at the end of this month – seriously. get it. It’s going to be screamingly awesome. Trust me. Even if you can’t read Japanese.

Shoujo Koudan Apartment (少女公団アパートメント) looks like another way to get a 4-pack of females to live together in a dorm-style setting from Mangatime Kirara.

Morita-san ha Mukuchi, Volume 4 (森田さんは無口) is also out at the end of June.

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Yuri Novel/Mook

From Suzumoto Beni, illustrated by Hibiki Reine, comes Yuri Mook Puppy Love, a school girl love story about an otaku and the girl who likes her.

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Other News

From Ain’t It Cool News Anime on Twitter, The Anime Network has Youtubed the first season of Maria+Holic

Waaahhhhh!!!! From Crunchyroll News (ironically reported by Scott Green of Ain’t It Cool Anime News) Go Nagai’s Kekkou Kamen has a new adventure in Business Jump, Issue 14. It will be sure to offend every sensibility you know you have and several you didn’t.

The four actresses voicing the main characters of Yuru Yuri have made a music video in character cosplay of the opening theme.

Manga Critic Kate Dacey is endeavoring to create a Manga 101 guide – something someone who would like to try a manga that caters to their tastes could use to pick something reasonably good to begin with. She’s opened up a suggestions thread – drop by and give her a thought or two.

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