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Yuri Network News – (百合ネットワークニュース) – September 12th, 2026

October 3rd, 2026

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nekobungi announced that five selected titles of her manga have been released in print on Amazon . She notes that “You can buy them at Amazon in the US, UK, Canada, Australia, Germany, France, Spain, Italy, Netherlands, Poland, Sweden and Japan, and they are manufactured in each region, so no more shipping costs over oceans!”

Gal x Gal Yuri has a new free chapter out on Viz.com, and it has made many of us gasp in wonder (complimentary). Check it out, then YNN Sr. Correspondent Frank Hecker says, go read translator Mei Amaki’s thread on X about translating it. It’s a great comic, you should definitely be reading it!

Via Sr. YNN Correspondent Matt Marcus, Shueisha’s Manga Plus is debuting Slap Shot Girls, a story of Hockey and Yuri! Can it be that we may actually have some real Yuri sports manga this season? Jacqueline Fung is translating.

 

Yuri Manga in Japanese

Exciting news! Morishima Akiko’s Hitorimi Desu., a series about a 60 year old single lesbian and the people in her life is getting a print release! 

Also very exciting, Hanakage Alt’s Unnie’tte Yonde mo Ii Desuka? (オンニって呼んでもいいですか?) has a second volume available now in Japanese. Volume 1 is free on CMOA right now to celebrate – also in Japanese. I reviewed Volume 1 here on Okazu and found it delightful.

Ashidaka Woz’s Chou Uchuujin Yori Ao o Komete, Volume 2 (超深宇宙より愛をこめて) is up on the Yuricon Store! This story about love from beyond the stars is poignant and sweet.

Via Yuri Navi, Amazaki Suika has as new Yuri manga about a lesbian sex worker and an insomniac teacher in Mayonaka ni Aishite yo (真夜中に愛してよ), serialized on Comic Walker!

Oohachi’s Torikono Tameiki, Volume 1 (とりこのため息), a story about Yuzu and Momo, two friends who decide to try dating each other, is hitting shelves in October in Japan.

 

Korean GL 

Likes Are Private, a new Korean GL webtoon that has launched on Korean site Bomtoon has, apparently soared to the top of the rankings, which is awesome.

 

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Yuri Events

I know it’s short notice, but today in Atlanta Georgia, there is a  Yuri Garden Cupsleeve Event
from 12-6pm at Queen Tea Midtown, 770 Juniper St NE, Atlanta GA! They’ve got some great guests and goods lined up. It looks like a fantastic time, so  if you’re in the area, RSVP here!

Galette on X shared some imaged from their Yuri Matsuri 3. Lots of congratulatory flowers from admirers as they celebrate ten years of independent Yuri manga! Congrats to everyone at Galette!

 

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GL Live-Action

She and Hers, a new Taiwanese GL drama based on the novel by Xi Cheng, is premiering at the Kaohsuing Film Festival. Their IG is in Chinese, but you have a translation tool on your phone, don’t you?

 

LGBTQ Cartoons

I don’t remember if I mentioned this, but HBOMax is, apparently working on a Bubblegum and Marceline series. The project was announced in June and has a trailer thus far!  ^_^

 

Other News

The Animate HQ in Ikebukuro is advertising hard for Volume 5 of Ki ni Natteru Hito ha Otoko Janakatta, with banners on the first and second floor walls. If you have never been there, you may not understand how *much* real estate that is for the store, I’ve never seen any series take up more than one floor’s walls.

Via YNN Sr. Correspondent Sean Gaffney, ANN’s This Week in Anime takes on anime endings that left viewers feeling unsatisfied, with Goodbye, Lara being the inspiration, in Unhappy with Endings.

 

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Yuri Network News – (百合ネットワークニュース) – September 26, 2026

September 26th, 2026

A blue silhouette of a girl with a white flower in her hair, embracing the earth. Blue block letters read YNN Yuri Network News. Art by Lissa P. For Okazu.Playing catch-up would be easier if there wasn’t so much Yuri news every week! ^_^ But finally, we are all caught up.

Yuri Manga in English

Out soon in English and an absolute must-read, is Love Bullet, Volume 2!, by inee.

Hitting bookshelves earlier this week was Yuri Espoir, Volume 5.

And Seven Seas has released Yuri Yuri Panic: A Case of Extreme Cuteness Has Occurred!, Volume 1. This looks like a wacky school rom-com.

Via Sr. YNN Correspondent Sean Gaffney, we have two Yen Press announcements this week: Summer Love Begins with a Lie -squall-, the manga based on the SukeraSparo VN, and Muromaki’s next collection of Yuri scenes and shorts, Lilies in Love for 101 Days.

I wrote a review of Young Ladies Don’t Play Fighting Games, Volumes 1-9 for ANN! I see what people say when they say “Yuri,” but I see girls bonding over shared experiences in an intense and intimate way. ^_^

YNN Correspondent Jeyl has news that Sunstone creator Stjepan Šejić has a new illustrated novel. He and Rocketship Entertainment have created an animatronic segment called Letters to the Vampire Queen: The Pitch.

 

Yuri Manga in Japanese

ANN’s Anita Tai has the news that Goodbye, Lara will be getting a manga! By Citrus creator Saborouta! I don’t know how I feel about that!

Via Comic Natalie, Otsukare Gohan ~ Chiyo to Ikuko no Konbini Kakeawase Ryōri Jou~ (お憑かれごはん ~千代といくこのコンビニかけあわせ料理帖~) is about a tired office worker and the ghost of a waitress she lives with, who possesses her and cooks for her. Read the first chapter in Japanese for free on Comic Walker!

Also via Comic Natalie Mangatime Kirara Max is seralizing Rusabi’s AMOR – Koi Suru Cupid Amor (AMOR-恋するキューピッドアモル-). Reo is bitter about her lost love, and living with a tsundere Cupid is not helping.

Galette No. 39  (ガレットNo.39) is available on the Galette WORKS Booth.Pm shop, in digital format so no shipping needed. 

Via YNN Correspondent Patricia Baxter, sono.N‘s one-shot, Watashi no Kanojo ha Bodybuilder (私の彼女はボディビルダー) is getting a full series – read the one-shot in Japanese today on Comic Walker!

ANN’s Anita Tai wants you to know that the Lycoris Recoil manga will be ending shortly.

 

GL Manhwa

Via Sr. YNN Correspondent Matt Marcus, Mukgaru on X announced that their GL comic Drowning In Your Ocean has begun serialization in English on Tappyoon. You can read the first chapter for free now! 

 

Anime News

We have a number of final episode reviews worth reading this week onANN.

Rebecca Silverman (thenks Pink Daisy for catching this) takes a solid look at Goodbye, Lara and Kennedy weighs in with her review of the final episode of Young Ladies Don’t Play Fighting Games.

Not Yuri, but Bless anime follows two women who are rejected as models, who team up to “define themselves in an inspirational fashion manga that asks cutting questions about what it really means to be beautiful—and what it takes to overcome an arbitrary system that seems to respect talent over hard work.” Joanna Cayanan has the details on ANN. I am looking forward to another story of women forming intimate friendships through shared experiences.

Also not Yuri, but definitely intimate friendship, a second season of Though I Am An Inept Villainess anime has been announced.  ANN’s Anita Tai has the details.

 

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Yuri Light Novel

Coming this winter from Tokyopop is UGLY GIRLS,  which follows a transfer student from Japan to Taiwain, with “atmospheric horror and eerie mystery around every corner set across Taiwan and Japan.“

Another Yuri anthology, Yuri Short Story Collection wiz 2 (百合小説コレクション wiz 2) is out with 8 short stories. I mention the first volume of wiz, in my review Three Yuri Short Story Collections from 2025 here on Okazu.

 

Yuri Visual Novels

Maarika announced on Bluesky that the Introduction to her VN That Bitch Stabbed Me is on her Patreon. Read and dl for free.

Yuri Kissaten is pleased to announce that Toxic Yuri has launched on Steam! You can download the demo for free and meet an overworked office lady who discovers a sludge girl abandoned in a box and takes her home. A poisonous and fluffy romance begins!

 

Yuri Merch and Pop-ups

There is a Watanare Pop-Up Shop from October 23- November 8 at Volks Akihabara Hobby Heaven 2, 6th Floor in Akihabara, Tokyo.

 

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Yuri Live-Action 

Buzz Tyler, a film director in Japan wants you all to know about Virgin Kiss, a YouTube series of live-action GL / Yuri short films from Japan. They look fairly male-gaze between the segment titles and images to me, but YMMV.

 

Yuri Research

New friend Emilia HoarFrost would like you to know about her article Animating Queer Phenomenology: Henshin in Yuri Kuma Arashi and Madoka Magica.

 

Other News

Totally something different. Via Comic Natalie, Hana no Asuka-gumi creator Takaguchi Satosumi has begun a new series, this time centered on members of a K-POP boys group, in Bokura ha Mada Sora no Yume o Minai (ぼくらはまだ空の夢を見ない). Click the link for sample pages in Japanese. This series is published by Futabasha.

Itstheheyman on IG has a really amusing schtick, where he makes up manga, anime and LN titles that are incredibly silly and plausibleish, but this video in which he discovers a real-life 18+ Yuri title made me laugh.

I wrote a review for The World’s Strongest Witch LN, Volumes 1-2, for ANN. It was a thing I read. Maybe the anime will be more fun? 

More entertaining for me was Tomb Raider King, Volumes 1-14, which I read before the anime came out.

All over the JP socials last night, Pixiv Fanbox has suspended a load of creators, for a variety of reasons, mostly for “existing.” Queer creators were hit hard, because RW idiots attack through payment processors and banks, over and over.

Cobalt Magazine (Home of Maria-sama ga Miteru) posted on X that “Over 2,000 Cobalt Bunko books from the personal collection of the late science fiction researcher, Kei Hoshi, have been donated to Shirayuri Women’s University. ”  There has been renewed interest in Shoujo and Jousei culture at that university.

Via YNN Sr. Correspondent Eleanor Walker, this reddit  post by alconnow that Pink Candy Kiss creator Ami Uozume “drew the poster illustration for the 35th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Breast Cancer Society…”

 

…and with this, I am caught up! Thank you for your patience while I was ill. ^_^

 

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Yuri Network News – (百合ネットワークニュース) – September 19, 2026

September 19th, 2026

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This week includes a melange of Yuri, Baihe and GL, so just assume “GL, Baihe and Yuri” are in front of all the categories this week. ^_^

I’m also trying to clear out my X bookmarks, so…sorry, lots of links from there. Next week I’ll trawl all my IG bookmarks. But yay, my backlog is much smaller now! ^_^;

 

Manga News

Yuri Yuri Panic: A Case of Extreme Cuteness Has Occurred!, Volume 1 from Seven Seas is hitting bookshelves this week.

Yen Press has debuted the cover for Contract Sisters, Volume 1, about two strangers who make a contract to be each other’s “sister.” 

I know this is not recent, but it’s been resurfaced, so hey, Crossed Hearts‘ Yuri, GL and BL are available on Bookwalker Global! 

ANN’s Rebecca Silverman wants you to know about 8 Yuri Manga You’re Missing Out On.

Meiji wants you to know that their new manga “Datte Koi ha Tsukiyo ni Tomorukara” (だって恋は月夜に灯るから) will be serialized in Comic Yuri Hime starting in the October issue.

Very exciting, Candle A announced on Twitter that Morishima Akiko’s Hitorimi Desu, Volume 1 and Volume 2 are getting print releases from Kadokawa. If you haven’t been following this series about older lesbians, drop everything and go take a look at the English chapters on Amazon of The Single Life: 60-year-old lesbian who is single and living alone.

 

Webcomics

Via ESJ_Art‘s X account, they have a GL comic on postype called Wangnyeonim-eun ♥♥Hagosip-eo!! (왕녀님은 ♥♥하고싶어!! ), which translates to The Princess wants to ♥♥!!. Drop by their page to read chapters 1-11 in Korean. Very nice art.

Vampire x Maid Yuri webcomic Lora is complete with 4 chapters on Tappytoon. 

 

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Light Novel News

While at AnimeNYC, Crossed Hearts announced the license for Ink Soaked Ashen Paper, a fantasy Korea LN, in which a victorious Queen demands a spouse as the price of peace. Unfortunately the kingdom only has a princess to send.

Yen Press has Buying a Classmate Once a Week, Vol. 1 : Our Time Together and the Five-Thousand-Yen Excuse coming out in October. Javafefe on X has the trailer for an upcoming anime. 

Vis Sr. YNN Correspondent Frank Hecker who says that if confirmed, this is major news: “Per QiyansPillar on X, the North American rights to the novels Clear and Muddy Loss of Love (usually abbreviated JWQS) and Female General and Eldest Princess (FGEP) have reverted to the author.” This means that someone else can now license them, since North American  rights were previously held by Monogatari…a company that promised a lot, but never delivered on any of their Baihe titles.

Crossed Hearts is also doing a Kickstarter for Enemies With Benefits, a Thai GL novel about “Two women who can’t stand each other. One unforgettable night. One arrangement that was never supposed to mean anything more.“

 

Visual Novels

Via Sr. YNN Correspondent Ashley, The Intro for Maarika’s VN, That Bitch Stabbed Me has launched! Download it from her Patreon at the link. She describes is as “…imagine if Vlad the Impaler was a lesbian vampire who was having a bad day and taking that out on two humans bc they mentioned her ex. “

Studio Élan’s newest VN, My VTuber Rival is Actually Cute?!, has already meat its initial goal on Kickstarter, with 28 days to go.

 

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Live-Action News

Via YNN Correspondent, Baihe series Legend of Yunze, The Vampires, has been put on the Internet Archive with fan subtitles.

Via douchilove on X, Taiwnese novel Her Lips, Her Kiss (She and Hers) is being adapted into a live-action series. Sworn rivals in business, who fall in love.

LAURA DEAN KEEPS BREAKING UP WITH ME is getting a live-action movie! I reviewed this comic in 2019 here on Okazu. It was very good. ^_^

 

Yuri Events

Via the folks at Anchor Cafe, Aterlier Lilium is holding a retrospective 大沢やよいのおしごと展〜The Work of Ohsawa Yayoi, from October 23 – November 4! This looks so great. I love Ohsawa Yayoi’s manga. Even ore exciting, voice actress Aya Suzaki (voice of 2DK, G Pen Mezamashi Tokei‘s Kaede in a live reading event and Ohzawa-sensei will be doing a talk event  on October 31!

 

Other News

Shuieisha Plus is running a survey in 6 languages about what you want to see on their service.  You should let them know. ^_^

 

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Yuri Network News – (百合ネットワークニュース) – September 12th, 2026

September 12th, 2026

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Yuri Live Action

The live-action How Do We Relationship? has launched on GaGaOOLaLa and is already receiving favorable reviews! Our own Sr. YNN Correspondent Matt Marcus will be giving us a review (or two, or three ^_^).

Uprising Entertainment is looking for support for Dragon House, a live-action Thai GL series. Check out the video on X for cast and staff perspectives or check out the trailer on Youtube.

 

Yuri Anime

Via Matt Marcus, injoo-kuma presents their graduation project [Between Us] on YouTube. Of this short animation, they say, “It started with a pure love for lilies, and was diligently created over the course of a year with my team members. As the director, there were many shortcomings, but I’d be thrilled if you take the time to watch it.”

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Yuri Manga and GL Manhwa

Inklore Books announced the  license for Korean GL HER TALE OF SHIM CHONG, Volume 1 with a late winter 2027 release date.

Comic Yuri Hime have released a series of Youtube commercials in which Mimi and Sheena from I Want To Love You Til Your Dying Day discuss many of the continuing series in the magazine. It’s a little wacky as they stay in character, while discussing things like My Girlfriend Isn’t Here Today or I’m In Love With the Villainess.

Akatsukinoluna wants you to know that if you’re looking to learn English through Yuri, Navia Yoshiro has you covered with YURI ENGLISH on Booth.pm

Yen Press announced the cover debut for Two A.M. at the Dining Table, Vol. 1. “Maria is a gyaru haunted by her mother’s ghost, but the spirit who appears before her one night is… a surprisingly cute, young girl who looks like a doll!?“

Ki ni Natteru Hito ga Otoko Janakatta, Volume 5 (気になってる人が男じゃなかった) is up for Pre-order on Amazon JP Japanese, while The Guy She Was Interested In Wasn’t A Guy At All, Volume 4 is up for Pre-order in English!

 

Yuri Events

I will be participating in a “Green Yuri” panel as part of the Queer and Feminist Perspectives on Japanese Popular Cultures Symposium 2026!

Thurs, September 17 – 7:00 AM JST / Wed, September 16 – 6:00 PM EDT – Session 9
Green Yuri Panel by Audrey Leonard (Universitas Indonesia), Ashley Remminga (University of Tasmania) and Erica Friedman (Yuricon) moderated by Megan Catherine Rose

The event runs from Mon, Sep 14, 12am – Thu, Sep 17, 12am EDT online. Tickets are free, so you can join any sessions that interest you, but you must register to be able to attend.

Via Sr. YNN Correspondent Frank Hecker, there are plans for a spring 2027 GL Fanfest in Anaheim, California. Sign up on their mailing list for news!

Galette Magazine is holding a 10th Anniversary event on October 2-4 at the Machida Palio 3F Gallery Palio
1-15-13 Morino, Machida City, Tokyo. Click the link to get tickets!

 

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Yuri Visual Novel News

My VTuber Rival is Actually Cute?! from Studio Élan has a new trailer, and demos have been released on Steam and Itch.io!

Japanese Yuri game developer Takii Noame reported that right-wing (“religious”) pressure on payment systems forced them to delay their new Yuri title. This is the same bullshit RW groups have pulled here in the US and UK multiple times over sex work, queer lives and porn panics. 

Via Carlos Zotomayor on Automaton Media, Monophobia is a 2.5D urban legend-solving game depicting the bond between two girls, written by yuri author Teren Mikami.

 

Yuri News

Reporter Yáng Zhìrén talked to Kadokawa about the changing nature of the manga audience in Taiwan, Isekai fatigue and the growth of Baihe/GL series on ETtoday in Bǎihé Chéng dà Hēimǎ / Baihe Emerges as a Major Dark Horse.

Over on Anime News Network Lynzee Loveridge spoke with The Guy She Was Interested In Wasn’t A Guy At All creator Sumiko Arai, about her characters, the upcoming anime and, of course, music, in Rockin’ Out With Sumiko Arai.

Via Frank Hecker, on Thai GL Hub, Amy Strassner criticized a panel held in Bali which was supposed to have been about “queer” Thai media that only discussed BL. The story is an inteesting one, in which an organization that was supposedly trying to become official and was reported as official, but was not, overlooked GL entirely. Still worth reading and, of course, holding organizations and individuals accountable: What Do You Mean They Didn’t Showcase Thai GL?

Via YNN Sr. Correspondent Sean Gaffney, Christopher and  Sylvia on This Week in Anime looks at Are These Yuri Anime Poisonous?

ANN’s Bamboo Dong has an interview with Ena Hamabe, producer of This Monster Wants To Eat Me anime in Beauty and Monsters: A Chat with Anime Producer Ena Hamabe.

Audrey Im at Anitrendz.net also spoke with Hamabe for I Want to Love You Till Your Dying Day Producer On Capturing the Quiet Beauty in Supernatural Yuri Anime.

Matt Ryu shared his Green Yuri custom guitar on X and…it’s fabulous.

 

Other News

Ogata Megumi has made a public statement about the theft of her voice by AI in “I can’t forgive it” on the Mainichi Times.

Rebecca Silverman says that magical girl anime fans ought to give Magical Sisters Lulutto Lilly a try in her initial review.

 

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Yuri Network News – (百合ネットワークニュース) – August 8, 2026

August 8th, 2026

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Okazu News

This week, Okazu celebrates a 24th anniversary! We hope that if you enjoy these news report,  our event reports, reviews or the communities we’ve built online, you’ll become a supporting member!

Thank you for your generosity and support! Every cent you give to Okazu goes to supporting the writers and Yuri creators that you love.

 

 

Yuri Events

Rica Takashima is combining two of her interests and running a Yuri Drawing Salon in Brooklyn, NYC with Touhou x Figure Drawing at Yumebk. ^_^ This is a paid event to help defray costs of hiring the studio, and will feature Yuri couple poses! The standard fee is $20 for 2 full hours, student fee is $10. Reserve a spot today, space is limited.

This week I am on vacation and then Anime NYC is upon us! ANYC is my favorite event, even if getting to or staying in NYC is so expensive (T_T) but I love seeing everyone. I’ll be at the Manga Mavericks / Independent Manga Alliance, Table 2028 table, to sell and sign my By Your Side: The First 100 Years of Yuri Anime and Manga from 11:30-1 on Friday, 11:00-1:00 and 2:30-4 on Saturday and 12:00 – 1:30 on Sunday! And I’ll be hosting the Manga Mavericks Panel on Friday at 3:30! Drop by, meet creator of Horon of the Closed Country, Sen – she’ll be signing special posters and books at the table as well!

The same weekend as ANYC, Japanese Yuri fans will be flocking to Comitia in Big Sight, in Tokyo to grab their favorite circle’s Yuri! Galette WORKS announced a release at Comitia, Sakuraya Yukino’s Kimi to Aoi to Haru no Kakera (君と青と春の欠片).

 

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Yuri Manga

On Bluesky, Seven Seas says that Volume 3 of I Won’t Let Mistress Suck My Blood is out now.

Seven Seas also announced the license for It’s a Secret, Shirotae-sama by YUKIKO, about a human at a Vampire academy.

Sr. YNN Correspondent Sasori found us an indie anthology Yuri Kekkon Anthology White Rose (百合結婚アンソロジー ホワイトローズ), which is  is running a promo campaign right now. Fill out the survey for a chance at a free copy!

Via Comic Natalie, we have news of Afternoon Tea ha Ikagadesu ka? Watashi to senpai no, Fujunde Ichizuna Futarikurashi (アフタヌーンティーはいかがですか? 私と先輩の、不純で一途なふたり暮らし). Kanata is rooming with a randy lesbian when she starts to question her own sexuality.

 

LGBTQ+ Manga

Peow2 has announced the release of  classic trans rom-com,  Stop! Hibari-kun, Volume 2. 

Pre-orders for the classic shoujo deluxe edition of  Sword of Paros will get a lovely shikishi with Igarashi Yumiko’s signature!

 

Yuri/GL Light Novel

Via Manga Mogura on X,  we’re getting Goodbye, Lara Official Light Novel. There is some controversy about the author – the complaints are that that they have written comphet. I don’t see that as problematic, just “not what we want.” Disney had every right to not make Elsa a lesbian in Frozen 2, even if they had to twist the story into knots to do it. That’s what fanfic is for, anyway.

Via GirlsLoveHub on X, Juliet and Juliet live action GL series is getting a light novel from Lily House.  

 

Yuri Merchandise and Pop-Ups

I Want To Love You Until Your Dying Day is doing a pop-up at the Akihabara Atre store through 8/20.  Check out the stylish fits for the characters on the official X account.

Fans of her fanwork and original art might be interested in Ticcy’s new online store. 

Yuri Cafe Atelier Lilium has launched merchandise for their new mascots!

 

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Yuri Anime

Kennedy is taking a look at Young Ladies Don’t Play Fighting Games on ANN.  This Yuri gaymer anime is streaming on Crunchyroll. I’m going to do my best to catch up on that this week.

 

Queer Anime

Just Like Mona Lisa, (which I am 1000% sure I read the first volume of, unless it was something similar ^_^;) anime has cast, staff announcement and a trailer from Anita Tai on ANN.

 

Yuri Audiobook

Seven Seas announced ROLL OVER AND DIE: I Will Fight for an Ordinary Life with My Love and Cursed Sword! Audiobook Vol. 5.

Via Iruma Hitoma Wiki on X, we have news of a Adachi and Shimamura Short Story collection 3 and according to the account “The Story of a Married Woman from a Happy Family Who Becomes Utterly Obsessed with Her Daughter’s Friend.” Okay then.

 

Yuri Music Video

Sr. YNN Correspondent Matt Marcus notes that SUMMERSONG (Miyolophone), a How Do We Relationship? music video is worth watching.

 

Other News

Via YNN Correspondent Patricia B, Lady Emily’s The Yuri Anime That Got Me Into Mecha is an entertaining Youtube video about Mobile Suit Gundam – The Witch From Mercury!

The National Art Center of Japan is hosting a gathering of giants with Shoujo Manga Infinity, a talk event with Moto Hagio, Ryoko Yamagishi, and Kazunori Yamato.  According to the intro, this is the “first large-scale girls’ manga exhibition to be held at a national art museum.”

 

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