Yuri Live-Action Movie

This weekend is the premiere of Yuri Live-Action movie, Schoolgirl Complex in Japan. If any of our Japanese friends want to report on it, please let me know!

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Yuri Manga

YNN Correspondent Grisznak  shared this great news with us: “At the first months of 2014 we’re gonna have Oniisama E… published in Poland, thanks to the JPF company. They’re also going to publish other Ikeda works, like… Lady Oscar (in 2015 perhaps). Oniisama E… will be published in one volume and in big format.”

Comic Natalie tells me that the September issue of Feel Young, will contain the final chapter of Ohana Holoholo. I’m a little relieved, because after the fabulous Volume 5, the story kind of jumped the shark. :-(

For Hakusensha’s 40th anniversary they are re-issuing a 1980’s title,Narita Minako’s CIPHER in a collector’s edition. The new two-volume release (Volume 1) collects this tale of a painter and her painting of her twin brother. The art is very 80s, but it’s totally my style. ^_^

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Yuri Anime

ANN reports that, at Otakon last week, Funimation announced that they’ve licensed a pile of series previous put out by Bandai , including the entire Mai Hime franchise, Mai Hime, Mai Otome, Mai Otome ~S.ifr~ and My Otome Zwei. Funi’s modus operandi right now seems to be to stream titles and then release them on DVD, so expect Shizuru, Natsuki and the gang  in 2014. For reviews of all of these, check out the Mai Hime and Mai Otome categories here on Okazu.

Classic Yuri fans unite! AnimeSols is streaming and crowdfunding the DVD set of Dear Brother. My gods, Saint-Juste on DVD, it’s hardly conceivable. /shiver/

Last report I shared that the new Sailor Moon anime would be streaming on Nico Nico Douga. Well way more importantly, Comic Natalie reports so will the new Sailor Moon Musical. If you’ve never seen a SerauMyu, you’re in for a bit of a “holy crap, this is cheesy…but I think I like it” moment. One of my favorite memories on my first trip to Tokyo was the unexpectedly fabulous SeraMyu I attended.

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Yaoi Manga

Say what? Yes, there is news of a BL Manga you should read. (This is hardly the first mention of BL here, check the category sidebar, you’ll see a Yaoi Category, as well as the LGBTQ category) This is not just any old BL manga, though. ANN reports a new Vertical license – something that has been on my to-read list for a few years. Kinou Nani Tabeta? / What Did You Eat Yesterday? by Yoshinaga Fumi, is a story of a gay couple and their daily life…and the food they eat. I’ve written about Yoshinaga’s love for food and about my love of her love of food. I adore her foodiness. And this is not a typical BL, it’s a story of a real couple. A BL version of Collectors, if you will. I’m really looking forward to this manga. ^_^

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Other News

The pair who goes by the name Himekawa Akira (co-creators for The Gold Ring, the first Arabic-language manga and who did the Legend of Zelda manga, have been chosen to work on the My Little Pony manga. This is all kinds of fabulous – they are really nice ladies, and friends of a friend of mine, and they are a terrific team.  And..My Little Pony **manga!**  I’m already squeeing. ^_^

Via Ben A. on Twitter –  watch this super-swell video. Mid-century art stylings, romantic ballad, space pirates and the girl gets the girl. Whee!

Rose of Versailles-themed shoes! Comic Natalie finds the best stuff.

To cap this week, we’ll take a look back at last week, when Comic Book Legal Defense Fund’s Charles Brownstein addressed a standing-room only crowd at Summer Comiket on Manga Freedom. Read the full text of his speech. It’s good stuff.

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

Yuri Manga

Top Story this week is via YNN Correspondents Shannon L and David M: Seven Seas has announced that they’ve licensed Morinaga Milk’s Gakuen Polizi. I have two things to note about that: 1) I’m glad it’s not Himitsu no Recipe, because that’s pretty dire so far and; 2) They’re using my transliteration of the title. I told you it looked stylish. ^_^

The September issue of Comic Yuri Hime (コミック百合姫) has a 3-D cover and back to pushing Namori’s Yuri Yuri.

Not-Yuri, but fans of Otsu Hiyori might want to get the Comic Rex collection, Otomodachi kara Hajimemashou (お友達からはじめましょう) by Otsu-sensei.

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Yuri Anime

Once again a heads-up from Shannon, that Media Blaster’s release of Yamibo – Darkness, the Hat and the Travelers of the Books is slated for late October.

YNN Correspondent Joel K wants you to know Aniplex US has posted a trailer for the third installment of the Madoka Magica movie trilogy with English subtitles.  He says, “The movie, set for international release on October 26th, 2014, will consist of all new material and will be told from the perspective of Homura-chan. The film will be distributed in the US by Warner Brothers and will be played in a (yet unknown) number of theaters across the country during the upcoming winter season.”

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Yuri Webcomic

Via – I think, my Twitter feed – Missing Monday is a really nice little webcomic by Elle Skinner. “Missing Monday is a coming of age webcomic that follows Foyle Leaf and her growing relationship with Monday Rhodes, a girl from another world who appears one day through a doorway in an abandoned clocktower.”

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Yuri Drama CD

An independently produced Yuri Drama CD, Kyouka-san Yuri Ryoudoku, (Kyouka-san’s Yuri Recitation) has a promotional video up on NicoNico Douga (you’ll need to be registered and logged in to hear it.)

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Other News

I’ve been meaning to tell you this – mistress of manga knowledge and gift-giving, Deb Aoki, has a new blog and if you care at all about manga, you should bookmark it and read it. MangaComicsManga is, as the name suggests, two-thirds manga, one-third comics.

More really interesting reading, Adam B. Vary looks at the question Why Aren’t There More Gay Superheroes? over at Buzzfeed. He’s only looking at Marvel/DC, so don’t get bent out of shape that Uranus and Neptune aren’t mentioned. ^_^

Also totally worth reading, missturdle’s article, On the importance of Magical Girl Heroines & Weaponized Femininity, which is a nice discussion of how magical girls have and keep their own agency.

One more, because…cool! Chocolates For Breakfast, a 1956 lesbian novel has been re-released by Harper Perennial, with the scandalous(!) section that had originally been cut from the American edition. Read about the author – and that juicy (not really, but) section on AfterEllen.

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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!

*Loads* of news this week. I probably won’t get to it all, honestly.

Yuri Anime

YNN Correspondent Arca Jeth wants everyone to know that all 40 episodes of Rose of Versailles are up on Crunchyroll. Free users will get eight episodes every Thursday at 5:00 pm PST, Arca says. Bruce McF wants to clarify that this “North America only, as the Viki Stream has been, as both of these streams seem to be arrangements with Rightstuf/Nozomi, which only has North American rights.

He goes on to say, “For North American Crunchyroll members, this is good news because of Crunchyroll’s quality streaming options and broad device support, but especially for those who are not Crunchyroll members, remember that the whole series is still up at Viki.com.” Yes, as with almost all legally streaming anime, region restrictions apply. ^_^;

Bodacious Space Pirates won an award at  Japan Sci-fi Con. I’m very much looking forward to the movie, as I chug along slowly in the third novel.

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Yuri Game/VN News

This popped across my desk this week: Analogue: A Hate Story, is a woman-created manhwa-esque Visual Novel on Steam. I’m told that it’s intriguing, interesting, slightly slow and it has Yuri. With luck, we’ll have a review of it.

Gaymer X, a convention for “queer geeks and everybody” is coming to San Francisco in August. Click the link for the Mashable article which will have details and more links.

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Yuri Manga

YNN Correspondent Vivi C. is totally stoked to let German-language readers know that EMA will be releasing Takasaki Hiromi’s delightful Yuri romance Asago to Kase-san as Ipomoea (which, I realize must be a kind of Morning Glory.) And she wants to remind us all that Carlsen will be releasing Morinaga Milk’s Kisses, Sighs, Cherry Blossoms Pink as Cherry Lips. Let me know if you’re planning on picking either of these up and want to do a review!

YNN Correspondent Muda-kun has written in with some pretty interesting news. Apparently, in November 2009, I mentioned a Light Novel, Murasakiiro no Qualia. Muda-kun says there is now a manga of the series and offers this short review: The manga treatment appears to be radically different. There is some mild Yuri, but as the story progresses, it goes from a simple making-friends-with-the-odd-girl-in-your-class story to a dark homage to western scifi, all while becoming grimly, heroically obsessive.

I find myself floored by it. It borrows a bit of plot conceit from the Stein’s Gate franchise, but it answers a question that was nagging me after watching The Girl Who Leapt Through Time anime:  What does she do afterwards, with such knowledge?

Consider writing up a full review for us, won’t you?

Megan Rose Gedris has opened a Kickstarter for a two-omnibus volume set of her breakout work, Yu + Me. With more than a month to go, she’s already hit her goal.

I really want you to read this review of Batwoman 1 by Robin Brenner of No, Flying, No Tights.

All I can say is that the cover of this manga, O-Hime Margo (王妃マルゴ), has me intrigued. I got a “Queen Christina” vibe off her, if you will.

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Other News

The Doubleclicks have created a lovelymusic video, Nothing To Prove, for all us geek girls out there. I’ve pretty much been watching it over and over all week:  And, following the viral success of the video, they’ve turned one of the signs used into a t-shirt. Proceeds from There Are No Fake Geeks Only Real Jerks t-shirt sales will go to support AppCamp4Girls. I’ve already ordered mine.  It’s  less nasty than my own design, Kill All Fanboys. ^_^

If you really loved me, you’d all get together and buy me this fabulous Utena doll that will cost $600 and has no chance of ever making it over here. ^_^

Speaking of dolls, the protoype for the S.H. Figuarts Sailor Mars figurine has been captured on film at Wonderfest.

There are only a few hours left, but the Creamy Mami DVD set fundraiser is, at time of writing, has made its goal on animesols. This early shoujo anime is a classic magical girl series, I’m very glad to see it’s getting so much interest.

As so many of you have noted, Serial Experiments Lain Director Nakamura Ryutaro passed away this week after a long illness.

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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!