Headline Teaser

Expect some good news from Seven Seas next week! They will be making an announcement that will make Yuri Fans happy. Well, it made me happy…I can’t speak for you. (^_^)

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Yuri Anime

Bubblegum Crisis, the original 80’s edition is on Hulu. I haven’t watched it in years. I might actually be tempted to watch something on Hulu for the very first time. And, if you’ve never seen BGC (which is probably most of you) you really should watch it. Thanks to YNN correspondent Komatsu-san for the tip!

Episode 4 of Maria Watches Over Us is up on RightStuf’s YouTube channel. Episode 1 and 2 will remain there indefinitely, but the rest of the season is screening for a limited time, so watch ’em while you can get ’em!

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Random Yuri News

News tip from YNN correspondent y_yoshihide on Twitter, some fetching K-ON! and Hidamari Sketch computer wallpapers from Mangatime Kirara magazine.

I was very pleased to have been allowed to join this week’s ANNCast with host Zac Bertschy. The podcast also includes insight into a military man’s opinion of “military” manga, Daniella Orihuela-Gruber’s discussion of editing for Tokyopop and an overview of the upcoming anime season. Daniella and I are taping another podcast with Ed Sizemore today, I’ll keep you posted on that. ^_^

Speaking of Podcasts, be sure to listen to Fanfic Revolution members, Yuri fanfic authors and two men I consider very dear friends, Sean Gaffney and Alan Harnum on this week’s Femmeslash4Fans BlogTalkRadio show with host Allaine. They talk at length about writing Shoujo Kakumei Utena fanfic and about writing, in general. It was a great podcast and I hope you’ll all give it a listen.

The new stand-alone Batwoman series from DC is coming soon, and Afterellen has a squee-worthy look at some of the art and some words from J.H. Williams.

I probably should warn you all that this coming week is likely to be *very* thin on reviews. I have some personal stuff early in the week and New York Anime Festival/New York Comic Con the end of the week through the weekend. I will be working at the Media Blasters tables, so drop by and say hi! I’ll also be participating in a panel at 7:30 on Saturday night about Yaoi, Yuri and LGBT manga. I’ll look forward to seeing you there. Check the Yuricon Twitter account for updates. There’s a better chance I’ll be able to post there than here.

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Yuri Manga

Flower Festa is a new anthology featuring, among others, the work of half of Circle UKOZ, Houjo KOZ.

And Volume 3 of Yuri anthology Yuri Shoujo is on the way, as well!

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Kono Kustu Shirimasenka? (この靴しりませんか?) is a new collection by Mizutani Fuka that has been popping up on all the Japanese Yuri lists.

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That’s a wrap for this week.

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Maria-sama ga Miteru News

The live-action Maria-sama ga Miteru movie will be premiering in teeny little theaters scattered around Japan on November 6th. Tickets purchased in advance at certain convenience stores will allow holders certain goodies, including a “secret episode” book penned by Konno Oyuki herself.

In one of the lines, in front of one of the teeny theaters, will be myself, accompanied by longtime Yuricon lackey Bruce and Okazu Superhero Komatsu-san!

It’s going to be a whirlwind trip and I expect it to be so crazy I won’t remember much, so I’ll be keeping track of stuff on Okazu. Tune in Nov. 3-10 to live vicariously as I queue in lines for *hours* and wait in hopes I can see the movie after flying all the way there. ^_^

For those not able to go, but obsessive, the November volume of Cobalt Shueisha contains a “Making of” the move DVD.

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Yuri Anime

There is a possibility I might also have the opportunity to see the Heartcatch PreCure movie as well. If you’ve been following the series, you know Cure Moonlight returns this weekend. If you haven’t been following this series, shame on you. It’s loads of fun and has lots of Yuri subtext for fans of all ages. Cure Blossom and Cure Marine are for the children – but Cure Moonlight was made for the adult fans. Hisakawa Aya voices her. By day she is a Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder-stricken girl named Yuri, and she will become an elegant and powerful Cure Moonlight. I’ve watched the preview for this week’s episode like 4 times. :-) And let us not forget that Cure Sunshine, Itsuki, is still the Takarazuka top star of the series. Loads of fun, seriously.

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Yuri Manga

The final volume of Yuri Hime S is on sale! Volume 14 will wrap up some things and some things will continue in print or online.

Hibike Reine has illustrated a story called Ibara Hime, a fantasy story about onna-doushi…how could we NOT want it?

The September Manga Movable Feast will be of some interest to Yuri Fans, as the title being reviewed this month is Afterschool Nightmare. Sean Gaffney is hosting this month’s MMF, so drop by the link above as the week progresses to read reviews of this gender-bendy horror romance from many different perspectives.

The Manga Movable Feast is, as Sean says, a book club. Born on Twitter and the creation of Manga Curmudgeon’s David Welsh, named by Rocketbomber’s Matt Blind, the MMF is a traveling book club, in which manga bloggers agree upon and review a single series each month. Participation is voluntary and you don’t even have to have a blog to participate – the host of that month’s MMF will provide space to those who don’t have somewhere to write about it. The first MMF was on Sexy Voice and Robo, following months have covered Mushishi, To Terra, Paradise Kiss The Color Of… Trilogy and Yotsuba.

If you’d like to be part of the MMF process (which is messy and involves lots of cheerful bitchiness among the several dozen bloggers on the group!) feel free to join the MMF Google Group.

Back to the point – I’ll try to get my review up tomorrow. ^_^

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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!

I just want to take a moment to thank Allaine and Dreiser, hosts of Thursday’s BlogtalkRadio show about Yuri and Yuri Fanfic. Dreiser, you are now officially my #2 fan – your encyclopedic knowledge of my fanfic is deeply disturbing. ^_^

You can download the show, if you missed the original call, directly from the website. But only if you want to hear us geek out about Sailor Moon…alot.

Yuri Anime

Be “befriended” by Takemachi Nanoha all over again in high-res detail, with the Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha Movie the 1st (魔法少女リリカルなのは The MOVIE 1st) in Blu-Ray. This is the Japanese release, but you know it’ll be worth it for the battle scenes and whatever goodies you get (special bag, booklet, pamphlet) to make the cost palatable.

Back here in the West, Funimation is putting together the second season box set for Kaleido Star and it will include the Legend of Phoenix: Layla Hamilton Monogatari OVA. If there was ONE thing about Kaleido Star worth watching it was that OVA! It’s…wow.

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Yuri Manga

Yuru Yuri has a 4th volume scheduled. I boggle.

In the meantime, Ichijinsha will be putting some of their Yuri Hime manga series online, according to the an announcement in Yuri Hime S, Volume 14. (See this report on Yurina Hibi for the picture and info.) They are saying “Yuri Hime” comics, but the series mentioned all look like they are from YHS: Flower Flower, Marriage Black, Cassiopeia Dolce, etc…

Fans of Zettai Shoujo Astoria will be pleased to learn that the first collected volume is due out on October 18th.

Yet another due from Ichijinsha is Sukoyaka Paradigm Shift which since, I have never heard of it, I assume is one of the cell phone manga…or something else. ^_^

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Snatches of Yuri

Yuyu Shiki, a Yuri-ish slice of life thing from Mangatime Kirara continues to be a Yuri-sh slice-of-life thing with characters that “suki” and “daisuki” each other. Volume 2 is out, if you’re interested.

A collection entitled Seinen no Tame ni Dokusha Club has an intriguingly classic Yuri cover, a distressing title and a dubious premise…and I think I want to read it.

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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!

Maria-sama ga Miteru News

Just to recap the news earlier this week, the First Season of Maria Watches Over Us has begun streaming (legally, for free!) on RightStuf/Nozomi Entertainment’s YouTube channel. A chance to fall in love with Yumi and the Yamayurikai all over again. :-)

Bruce McF has started a thread on ANN about Marimite streaming and he’d like everyone’s help in keeping it at the top of the pile, so feel free to weigh in with you’re own version of “squee!”

For folks wondering if the live-action movie is going to be all that, Anonymous writes in with a link to the movie trailer. If you’d like to look at photos of the cast and pictures of the scenery (and who wouldn’t?) here’s the movie homepage. Bizarrely, the trailer isn’t up on that, yet. I think it looks like it’s going to be good – and fun, because Yumi is really laying the ‘deer in the headlights’ act on with a trowel. ^_^

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Yuri Manga

Ichijinsha has some manga coming out I hear. Hakamada Mera’s Kaichou to Fukukaichou, Yoshitomi Akihito’s Futari to Futari, and let us not forget Morishima Akiko’s Renai Joshika.

Also on the shelves this month is one more volume of Yuri Hime S, Volume 14, the last before the big merge.

In October, among other things, there will be a new volume of Yuri Shoujo, which is not sucking and has some talented artists, so you should get it.

And among the hosts of manga arriving in October is Sasamekikoto, Volume 7.

After four Volumes total, Comic Lily/Comic Lily Plus is suspending publication. It’s rough out there – only a small audience, and a lot of competition for their money right now.

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Yuri Anime

For completists, the Simoun DVD Box Set will include loads of extras, even more than the surprising loaded original DVDs. This is available in Japanese only.

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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!