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Yuri Network News – April 9, 2011

April 9th, 2011

Event News

Today and tomorrow is the Museum of Comic and Cartoon Art Festival.  I will be there today only at Rica Takashima’s Table – L9. She will have art prints, postcards, magnets and a new doujinshi, Miho-chan’s Memories. Drop by say hi – I intend to have random items to give away, as stuff always sort of accumulates here in the house. ^_^

As I’ve said in the past, I consider MoCCA to be one of the best events for comics and cartoon art I’ve ever attended. If you think you want to be an artist or just want to feel the vibe of a whole lot of creatin’ going on, you really must attend MoCCA’s event.

For the more literary-minded, New York’s Japan Society is hosting an event titled Seeing Stories: Fiction, Manga & Graphic Novels on the reciprocal nature of literature and manga. This is on May 3 in NYC. I plan on being there, if I can.

One more event I am planning on attending – Yuri doujinshi event Girls Love Fest this September in Tokyo. It’s about time, wouldn’t you say? Next time, Maiden’s Garden. ^_^

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Yuri Anime

I am actually amazed it took this long, but massively popular with moe fans Idolmaster
has finally gotten an anime.

YNN Correspondent and Okazu Superhero Eric P. shares the news that Nozomi/Right Stuf has licensed Sora no wo to and will be releasing it as a DVD collection, Sound of the Sky. This collection has a street date in July.

Funimation is releasing Ga-Rei-Zero in combo DVD/Blu-Ray packs and on their Youtube channel.

There was a book in every single store when I was in Japan in 2010. Moshidora is about a girl who becomes a manager of a baseball team. And it was on all the Yuri lists, because it was moe and they reaaallllllly wanted it to have Yuri. Now it’s an anime and they still reallllly want it to have some Yuri, even if they have to squint and lean.

And in the same trend, Hanasaku Iroha, which is streaming on Crunchyroll, IMHO (which may not be yours) sounds like the Yuri will be mostly in your head.

Maria+Holic has been granted a second season and, like Hanasaku, I will not be watching it. If you enjoy Maria+Holic and want to review that second season, please feel free to write me about a guest review!

While we’re piling on the moe with questionable Yuri, don’t forget that the anime A-channel will begin this spring. It’s based on a 4-koma comic, so you’ve already seen this one…a hundred times. ^_^

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Maria-sama ga Miteru News 

New Novel,  Maria-sama ga Miteru: Private Teacher  is already getting high Yuri ratings on Japanese Yuri blogs and juicy snorts of amusement from fans. A Japanese acquaintance on Twitter said, “It sounds like a fan doujinshi!” It really does….

…and, at last! YNN Correspondent Simon gets in first with the news that the Maria-sama ga Miteru Live-Action movie BD and DVD will be seeing a late July release. Want Nozomi/RightStuf to license it? Ask them politely to do so.

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Yuri Manga 

YNN Correspondent Komatsu-san is pleased to share the news that Himawari-san manga has had successful sales and is going to a second printing. Even better, the creator is looking to do a second volume and the publisher is willing to back it. Whee!

From random tweets, Morinaga Milk has intimated that there may be a new edition and possibly continuation of Kuchibiru Tameiki Sakura-iro.  When more details are released I’ll let you know. Or, conversely, when one of you learns details, you’ll let me know! You’re not shy! ^_^ (Also, please don’t bothering to respond to this news with “Yay! I can’t wait to read scans!” because I will not approve comments like that.)

Aoii Hana’s got a new collection of Comic Yuri Hime stories called called Twin Kick (ツインケイク).

There is a charity doujinshi for Earthquake rescue and relief that has contributing artists from a number of magazines including the creator of Nobara no Mori no otome-tachi.

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Other News

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That’s a wrap for this week.

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Guest Lecturing at UBC in Vancover…in 47 minutes

March 17th, 2011

File this under “kinda cool”:

I’m going to be guest lecturing today at the University of British Columbia, Vancouver. By Skype. Nice, huh?

Prof. James Welker’s “Cultures of Manga an Anime” class has provided a slew of great questions about Yuri that I will bravely attempt to answer coherently.

We’re keeping our fingers crossed that we can record this and you can at some point in the future amuse yourself by listening to me flail. ^_^

Watch this space for a post-mortem report!





Marimite Movie (and PreCure) movie report – short version

November 7th, 2010

Sorry I was offline the last few days, the hotel in Osaka kind of sucked. BUT! The movies were great.

PreCure movie was a long, random episode with way more explosions than I would expect. And I think the French government might have issues with Mont St Michel being leveled that way.

Totally related to that last comment, but inexplicable until you see the movie, the trip mascot this time is clearly Loup Garou. I’ll explain later.

The Marimite movie was unexpectedly excellent! I really enjoyed it, and I felt that the actresses did a much better job than I anticipated. Hardly any explosions, though.

Many, many thanks to Bill Flanagan and to Komatsu-san, for shepherding us through the first half of our trip and to Himekawa Akira-san, for the lovely books, thank you all so very much!

Tonight we are handing over ourselves to the care of two of the most evil women I know. If you don’t hear from me for a few days, it’s their fault. ^_^





Erica’s MangaNEXT Schedule of Goodness

October 21st, 2010

MangaNEXT, the only all-manga convention will be held on October 29-31 in East Brunswick, NJ. (Visit the website for location, registration, etc.)

Sean Gaffney and I will be doing a Yuri Panel on Saturday, Oct. 30 at 7PM.

I will be giving some stuff away, because I have stuff and would like to give it away. :-)

I’ll also be running panels How to Become a Manga Expert on Friday at 3:30 and How (Not) to Talk to a Publisher on Sunday at 11:30 AM. The “Manga Expert” Panel will include a discussion of critical reading of manga (something we’ve discussed here before) and how to do research. I’m a professional researcher. I know what I’m talking about in regards to this one thing. ^_^

If you are interested in being part of “The Industry” and want to know what it takes to be an illustrator, graphic novelist, how to make it in Japan or the US, DO come to MangaNEXT! It’s got great guests, and lots of “how to” stuff going on. Lea Hernandez will be teaching a Manga Boot Camp and dishing about her experience with Gainax. Graphic Novelist Dirk I. Tiede, creator of OEL Manga Bizhenghast, M. Alice LeGrow, Japanese independent manga artist Kondoh Akino and illustrator Juri H. will all have things to tell you about life “in the industry.”

I hope to see you there, of course. Yuricon will not have table, because I am on MangaNEXT staff so, if you see me hanging around and talking to someone, that’s me working. ^_^ Come join us for what promises to be a really great con!





Out of Office at NYAF/NYCC

October 8th, 2010

Just to remind you, I’ll be spending the next few days at New York Anime Festival/New York Comic Con, so there will be no further reviews this week, and no news report on Saturday. (Yes, of course I could pre-type those, I’m clearly sitting here typing this, but I do not feel like it.)

If you’d like to find me at the con, I will mostly be helping at the Media Blaster’s booth, Table 2859.

I will also be a panelist on the Gay for You? Yaoi and Yuri Manga for GBLTQ Readers panel on Saturday at 7:30PM with a number of incredibly intelligent and interesting people, so it really should be entertaining.

And for those looking to sample some manga – including Yuri titles, drop by the AnimeNEXT/MangaNEXT Manga Library. They’ll be open Friday 1pm-7pm, Saturday 10am-7pm, and Sunday 10am-5pm. Tell ’em Erica sent you.

I’ll see you at the con!