Okazu Yuri News Podcast November 3, 2018

On today’s podcast we discuss:

Our Dreams at Dusk: Shimanami Twilight, and the increase of not just Yuri, but queer content in mainstream manga and entertainment.

Our upcoming online Okazu Patron Holiday Party!

Yuri Events

The Kase-san and Morning Glories OVA will be screening at AnimeNYC on Saturday, November 17 – Panel Room 2 – 7:30 PM! I will be attending AnimeNYC for at least some part of the day on Friday and Saturday, so keep a look out and say hi if you see me! No special ticket is required for the screening, just general admission to AnimeNYC.

I will be presenting two panels at Derpycon in Morristown, NJ on Friday November 9 at the Hyatt Regency.

The Secret History of Yaoi and Yuri: 2:30pm-3:30pm, Panel 2
LGBTQ in Anime,Comics, Manga, Cartoons: Friday 5pm-6pm, Panel 1

Prizes for good questions, and a lot of fun!

BOOK☆WALKER GLOBAL is running a digital manga Yuri Fest event, in which you can receive free reward coins for buying Yuri manga from their selected list of eligible Yuri titles. The event runs through November 14th, so make sure you get over there and get your free “I love Yuri” Bookshelf wallpaper. (Which, yes, I got first thing on November 1st!)

Speaking of online events, this year Okazu is having a special online holiday party for Okazu patrons. Subscribe to Okazu by the US Thanksgiving and receive an invite! We’ll have some secret project previews and  announcements, so if you don’t want to miss it, join us as an Okazu patron at any level!

LGBTQ Manga

Seven Seas posted a lovely tweet this week, marking the initial pre-orders for the 2019 release of Our Dreams at Dusk: Shimanami Tasogare, Volume 1 and Volume 2. Tune in tomorrow for the YNN podcast for discussion about why this is so important.

No matter who you are, there’s a beautiful place where you belong.

The beloved 4-volume LGBT+ manga OUR DREAMS AT DUSK: SHIMANAMI TASOGARE by Yuhki Kamatani begins in May. Pre-order Vol. 1 in the RETAILERS section at the link. #mangapreorders #7seasbookshttps://t.co/YyZxFkB0iu pic.twitter.com/gck6JxCp6Z

— Seven Seas (@gomanga) November 2, 2018

Seven Seas also sent out a press release that I want to mention, because it does something too few manga companies think to do – it ties their releases of Bloom Into You, Volume 1-5 into the currently running anime. There’s a reason why companies fail to do this so often – licensing of anime and manga are handled by different companies who often pay no attention to one another. It’s good to see the Seven Seas folks not making that mistake.

Kickstarter Watch

Luscious Spirit Studios are working on a new Yuri Visual Novel, Mystics of Sapphia. They offer an expanded playable demo and, I gotta say, the video was pretty appealing. ^_^

Via YNN Correspondent Ashley P, ROADQUEEN: ETERNAL ROADTRIP TO LOVE, an F/F lesbian graphic novel about love, revenge, and getting your bike back is something to check out!

Other News

The New SHE-RA and the Princesses of Power cartoon is premiering on Netflix on November 13!

DaVinci magazine has *another* Bloom Into You interview, this time with Sayaka’s voice actress,  Kayano Ai, about the “feeling of love.” 

Loryn Stone over at PopLurker takes a look at Yuri manga offerings Konohana Kitan and Futaribeya from Tokyopop and has some thoughts.

Shoot the Breeze Comics has a roundup of the The Top 10 Ongoing Comics Queer Women Should Be Reading, that might interest you. Summit from Lion Forge is something that has been on my to-read list for a while. ^_^

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Yuri Manga

Let’s start with some new Yuri manga on the Yuricon Store!

Futaribeya: A Room for Two, the Yuri-ish slice of life gag manga by Tsukiko hit shelves in English this week.

Miman’s Yuri is My Job, Volume 1 will be available in January 2019 in English from Kodansha USA.

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Kotonoha, Issue 1, Kisu gae’s Yuri doujinshi is available in English on Kindle/Comixology. 

Anata no Soba ni Iru to Watashi ha Shakaiin Yuri Anthology (あなたの側にいると私は 社会人百合アンソロジー) is another adult life/office setting Yuri anthology hitting Japanese shelves. 

Mayu, Matou Volume 1 (繭、纏う) is a collected Yuri volume by Haru Tsukiko from Beam Comics.

Comic Yuri Hime December 2018 (コミック百合姫2018年12月号).

Hero-san and Moto-Kanbu-san (ヒーローさんと元女幹部さん), details the love affair between a hero and the evil mastermind she’s fought for years. You can read this online in (Japanese) on Pixiv.

Yuri Anime

HIDIVE has announced the cast for the dub of Bloom Into You, and has released the first dub episode, ANN reports.

Japanese women’s magazine DaVinci (a mainstream magazine which has been very lesbian-content supportive over the years,) has an interview with the Director of Yagate Kimi ni Naru (Bloom Into You.) This interview is in Japanese.

An!bu online reports that a Yagate Kimi ni Naru pop-up shop will be hitting up Parco locations in Ikebukuro, Nagoya, and Fukuoka, and Loft in Umeda in November and December. Check the schedule for the locations and dates.

Events

An Overseas Comics Reader Guide talk event covering LGBTQ comics will be held in Chiba, Japan at the JUNNU building on November 3rd.

Comitia will be back at Big Site in Tokyo on November 25th. 

Cast members from the Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon Super Live – the Sailor Moon musical starring members of the Nogizaka  46 group – will be performing in the opening ceremonies of Washington, DC’s Cherry Blossom Festival on March 19th in Washington, DC! Crunchyroll News has details. 

Other News

I really want to end with this piece of news because it is so random and wonderful. The のワの Tumblr by sushiobunny details the connection between the new SSSS Gridman anime and a previously posted Twitter Yuri novella by director Amemiya Akira, called The Uniform from a School I Don’t Recognize (私の知らない他校の制服). Furthermore, the credits  for episode 3 of SSSS Gridman confirm that the characters are, in fact the same ones from the Yuri novella. And JP blogs have picked up on it now. Fans (including me!) are loving the idea that the director has inserted their original characters into this anime, because why not? ^_^

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This week I’m going to pound out all the links of “stuff that may interest you, but isn’t for me,” so I can clear these out of the folder. Buckle in for a rough ride through inappropriate-Yuri land (or get out of the car before we start! ^_^)

Yuri Manga

Kusanagi-sensei ha Tamesareteiru  (草薙先生は試されている。) follows a student hitting on a teacher and the teacher’s downfall. Its a comedy. Haha! Read the chapters in Japanese for free online or pick up Volume 1 on Amazon JP.

Also available on Amazon is Shouryuu Sakka to Yuki (女流作家とユキ) which is a romance about a female author.  You can check out the first chapter online in Japanese for free. I like Taisho period pieces, but the “authoress” of the title and the maid thing put me off. YMMV. 

Comic Natalie reports that Yasetai-san to Shitsuren-san (痩せたいさんと失恋ちゃん) seems to be setting us up for disappointment from the title on down, but the description of it being about a woman looking for love and a woman who knows a lot about dieting seems like despair in manga form.^_^ This series started in the October 19th issue of Ultra Jump and the first chapter is included in….

…the cover does not look promising, but I’m keeping my mind open for Yuritora Jump ~Ultra Jump Yuri Anthology~ (ユリトラジャンプ～ウルトラジャンプ百合アンソロジー～). Ultra Jump is Shounen Jump‘s “big brother” magazine and has a lot more nudity and sex (and concomitant sexual dysfunction and service.) This collection is available to Japanese Kindle owners and globally on Bookwalker Global. I started reading it last night, but will withhold judgement until I finish. It includes a contribution by Hayate x Blade‘s Hayashiya Shizuru. The Bookwalker link is up on the Yuricon Store.

Also on the Yuricon Store are the two Avalon Anthologies, Avalon Koufuku wo Tsumugu Anthology (Avalon 幸福を紡ぐ百合アンソロジー) and Avalon ~bitter~ Anthology (Avalon 幸福を紡ぐ百合アンソロジー).

Yuri Anime

Watashi ni Tenshi ga Maiorita! anime is moe lolicon Yuri series that runs in Comic Yuri Hime about which I know nothing because I do not read it (as you might expect). ANN reports key visuals and cast for it’s winter premiere.  Comic Natalie has a short comment (in Japanese) from voice actress Ueda Reina, who will be playing Hoshino Miyako in the anime.

Other News

The cover of Xena, Volume 1: Pennance looks so damn good I just had to add it here just to make me feel less ick. ^_^ 

For wore discussion of this week’s news, check out the Yuri Network News Podcast for October 20, 2018. Thanks to our Okazu patrons for making it available to everyone!

Become a YNN Correspondent by reporting any Yuri-related news to anilesbocon01 at hotmail dot com with your name and an email I can reply to! Our YNN podcast is now available, in which I take a look at some key news items this week..

Got questions about Yuri? Write in and ask and I’ll do my best to address them on the Okazu YNN Podcast!

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