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Yuri Network News – February 5th, 2011

February 5th, 2011

Yuri Game

YNN Correspondent Mara sent this tidbit to us through the Yuricon Mailing List:

Koihime Muso‘s approximate release date is the 28th of February right now due to testing issues. As it had not been mentioned here I just thought I’d make sure it is up on this list for two main reasons.

First of all although the game will be the first game (the worst) and of all the Koihime Muso media this has the least Yuri, it is not as if it has none. Just look at the post on Toutaku’s army.

Also because the cost outweighs the current predicted sales Koihime Muso will also be released without voices. However if you look at this post: Should sales reach over 2000 the voices will be included, and a patch released for people who have bought it already. Well yay!

So if you do like Koihime Muso you might want to think about picking it up on release date as we need as high sales as possible to have a chance at getting the voices.

Should it fail just do what I’m planning on: Set up a laptop with the Japanese copy running next to where you are playing and play both simultaneously and identically so you can hear the voice acting from the Japanese version.

Won’t be the first time I did something that pathetic.

(You’re not alone, Mara- we’ve all done something equally as pathetic to feed our need.)

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Yuri Manga

The first volume of Mikuni Hachime’s current Yuri Hime series, Musou Honey hit the streets last month – folks who loved Gokujo Drops should consider picking this one up.

Japanese Yuri lists are ringing with Kanno Manami’s Himawari-san from MF Comics. Love in a bookstore…swoon.

Time to pony up for the newly renamed Yuri Hime Wildrose – the first volume of Girls Love comes out this month! (Most pressing topic of conversation on the Yuri blogs regarding this is the lack of an apostrophe in “Girls.” I love otaku with all my heart, truly.

This one is for Bruce – Tetsudo Shoujo Manga, It’s train, it’s girls, it’s Yuri!

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Yuri Anime

Update: YNN Correspondent Komatsu-san reminds me that Suite Precure!♪ begins broadcasting in Japan today. The main characters appear to be frenemies, which could certainly mean some Yuri potential.

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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!





Yuri Network News – January 29, 2011

January 29th, 2011

Yuri Anime

Here is a trailer for the Morita-san ha Muguchi (森田さんは無口) OVA that is being bundled with the third manga volume. The OVA looks Yuri-er than the manga, but seems just as fun overall. For an overview of the story, check out my reviews of Volume 1 and Volume 2.

This was unexpected and happy-making – Digimon Tamers has been made available by Toei on Hulu.com. At last, I get to refresh my Ruki/Renamon fixation! Still want it on DVD, though… But for the first time ever, I may well try out Hulu. I’m actually pretty excited about this news. I loved Digimon Tamers. It was an amazingly good series, even aside from Ruki being a big ole babydyke. Oh screw it – squee!

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Yuri Manga

The tops stories here were already broken this week, but to recap:

Vertical has announced that they are publishing Princess Knight, Ribon no Kishi （リボンの騎士）apparently under some pressure from the Tezuka folks. Good for them.

And this week saw the release date for the second (middle) Volume of GUNJO. In reply to my congratulations on Twitter, Nakamura-sensei replied that all that was left was the final volume, phew! She promises to keep working hard.

You may remember Gakkou no Sensei, a story about three young teachers and their wacky adventures being pretty bad at their job. Volume 3 is out and the Japanese Yuri lists have upped the Yuri rating. That means fairly little, speaking from my subjective view, but it was a slightly fun manga with some Yuri-ish bits.

And in all honesty, this has to be the seriously weirdest news so far this year – with the popularity of Gantz, and the big global movie release last week, Oku’s first big series is making a comeback. Yes, folks HEN is back in bunko versions, being published by Shueisha. This series is of interest to Yuri fans, BL fans and people who can stand the way Oku draws ears. I reviewed this series ages ago, way back when it was one of the few Yuri series we actually had. Here’s my review  of the Hen anime and manga (from almost *7* years ago! That’s positively stone-age.)

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Yuri Drama CD


Man, you can always tell it’s mid-winter, when the Drama CD news comes pouring in….

You may remember that there is a new Hayate x Blade Drama CD –  Hayate x Blade Ultra Drama CD! Ichiban Hoshi! Zekkyoutsumeawase! that was released last month. Well, it was two of three being released in three months. The second of the set,  Hayate x Blade Ultra Drama CD Niban Hoshi! Tokkun Tsumeawase! was released this week. A third CD will be slamming your pocket next month, too. I haven’t gotten to listen to the first one, because the mini-CD that came with the last volume has been *so* insane and funny that I’ve had to listen to it three times so far. Review will happen eventually, when I stop laughing.

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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!





Yuri Network News – January 22, 2011

January 22nd, 2011

Yuri Manga

YNN Correspondent Bertie L wants you to know that the second (middle) volume of GUNJO is hitting the streets on January 28th. I saw the cover and tears sprung to my eyes. No fooling.

The first Omnibus of Card Captor Sakura is finally, almost reluctantly, making its way to people. If you have never read this charming shoujo series  by CLAMP, I really hope you’ll take this opportunity to do so. Tomoyo was a Yuri poster child for many years, before we had the glut of Yuri characters we have now. CCS captures most of the best of CLAMP’s skill at artistry. If you like Tsubasa: RESERVoir Chronicle, it’s also nice to see the origin of two of the major characters before they were completely reimagined by their creators.

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Yuri Anime

Anime licensing firm Plus Licens has just inked a deal that will bring the Sailor Moon anime back to the Nordic countries, Eastern and Central Europe. The deal includes TV and DVD rights. In other news Kodansha USA sent back a recording of crickets when asked about the possibility of a US revival. No, not really, I’m joking. I know that Kodansha USA is actually working on stuff here – just not that. (Back channel info, you’ll have to trust me.)

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Other News

Many of you have probably heard about the devastating floods in Australia. To raise money for some victims, a number of people on LiveJournal have decided to do ad hoc auctions of anime and manga related goods. I received an email about this, which I thought I would share with you. Before you join any auction, please be responsible and read what they are doing, decide if you want to go this route, or donate through a major charity.

Just a heads up for folks who are unaware of the flooding – the affected area is the size of France and Germany combined. Think about it for a second.

Here’s the news and links YNN Correspondent Socchan sent us:

There’s a good three fandom-centric auction-style-things open on LiveJournal to help raise funds for Queensland, Australia, which is undergoing some severe flooding right now. Offers are anything from fanfic to vids to plush dolls to homemade soap and beyond, with a wide range of fandoms. There’s no “organized by fandom” list yet that I know of, so anyone interested would have to do a bit of digging, but there’s a number of people offering something for any fandom or specific fandoms, with or without actual Yuri. If anyone’s had a burning desire for something specific, Yuri-fandom-wise or similar, and wants to contribute to a good cause, this is a great opportunity. A lot of bids start as low as a dollar too, and offering is still open, so people strapped for cash (like me) can still contribute.

Auction locations/options:

* The community qldfloodauction, which has both a lightening round for more immediate donations and a regular round for longer-term projects up
* User waltzmatildah’s Flood Relief: Fic Fundraiser Challenge (focus on fic, but apparently open to other stuff?)
* Community owemebreakfast’s Queensland Flood Media Fundraiser (just graphics)

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Yuri Event

If you’re going to be in or near Kyoto in March, drop by the 5th Girl’s Love Festival to nab yourself some Yuri Doujinshi.

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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!





Yuri Network News – January 15, 2011

January 15th, 2011

Yuri Manga

From the Yuricon Mailing List, BlackSkaven shares the news that Haru, Natsu, Aki, Fuyu (Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter) by Zaou Taishi and Eiki Eiki has been released in Germany by EMA as Frühling, Sommer, Herbst und Winter this week. However, German readers should be warned that the release comes with no color pages or undercover artwork.

There’s a pile o’releases from Ichijinsha this week: Wildrose Remix: Disk-B; Ibara no Namida; Musou Honey; Yuru Yuri, Volume 4; Futarism; Himawari-san; and the newly renamed Girl’s Love (nee’ Yuri Hime Wildrose.)

Choir, Volume 3 is slated to hit the shelves this month, too.

If you’re looking for something more grown up, the 2nd Volume of Ohana Holoholo might be just the ticket.

And it looks like Nobara no Mori no Otome-tachi, which apparently wrapped up at the end of the last chapter (happily every after, of course,) will be continued for at least a few more chapters. So, one couple’s all nice and resolved…will the other kiss and make up…do ya think? ~_^

Also hitting the streets in the next few weeks are a couple of Tsubomi collections: Tandem Lover; and Kuroyome.

And in case you were left on pins and needles, as I was, the second volume of Blue Friend comes out next month.

Shitsurakuen, Volume 5 is also on sale next month.

The final chapter of Octave will run in the February issue of Afternoon magazine.

And some interesting news about Nakamura Ching-sensei. According to her blog, she’s created a GL story for Davinci magazine (the same magazine that ran Honey and Honey by Takeuchi Sachiko.) Nakamura-sensei also has a story in the Februrary issue of Elegance Eve, from Kadokawa Shoten.

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Yuri Anime

Okay, so, Heartcatch PreCure was a big hit for me. Next up will be the all-pink, all the time, Suite PreCure. I’m already prepared to hate it, after an exec said that they went with all pink for the first time, because girls like pink. Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr.

All the Japanese Yuri lists are telling me that Mahou Magica Madoka has Yuri in it.

They also insist that Rio Rainbow Gate has some Yuri in it. I’m not holding my breath.

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Other News

As you all know, I’m following the Bill 156 situation in Japan closely. The anime/manga community has already expressed concern and planned a boycott and a competing event to the Tokyo Anime Fair. This week, a Twitter post by BL scholar Mizoguchi Akiko pointed me to an event being held this very weekend in Japan – a LGBTQ community protest of Ishihara’s public homophobic comments. I sent them an email expressing that I and many others stand in solidarity with them. They accept English emails, so go ahead and send your support.

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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!





Yuri Network News – January 8, 2011

January 8th, 2011

Yuri Manga

Today’s top news comes from YNN correspondent Ushio in France. Another French company, Clair de lune, has licensed Sasamekikoto. Publishing will begin in May.

For those of us reading the Japanese-language version, Sasamekikoto, Volume 8 is being released in Japan at the end of February.

The second volume of the new Comic Yuri Hime will be available on January 18, so Ichijinsha is sticking with the same publishing schedule as before the merger.

ALC Publishing has announced that we are finally moving forward with an omnibus version of Rica ‘tte Kanji!? – with our apologies that it’s taken so long. It will include the original chapters of Rica ‘tte Kanji!?, chapters and original stories from Yuri Monogatari, unpublished work by Rica Takashima and some new material. We’re planning a number of different ways to read and purchase the new book, and we don’t have a specific timeline yet (Rica and I are also busy with, y’know, life.,) but I’ll keep you updated, I promise. I think you’ll all be very pleased when we make further announcements.

I’m sorry I missed this previously, but Volume 2 of the Candy Boy manga hit the shelves last month, so if this series is still of interest to you, here’s more of it!

For more Yuri anthology fun, February will provide us with Volume 10 of Tsubomi, which is finally starting to take some shape.

And according to their Twitter Feed, Pure Yuri Anthology Hirari, Volume 3 is experiencing some shortages in book stores. They have a list of places the book is available on their website if you are trying to find them in Japan.

Aw heck, let’s just keep on with the anthology news, shall we? Rakuen Le Paradis , Volume 5 is also coming out at the end of Febrary.

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LGBT Anime

The winter event you’ve all be waiting for is now official – Hourou Musuko, aka Wandering Son anime will be running on Crunchyroll. Yay! There is a trailer/intro up aleady for this eagerly awaited tale of tweens exploring gender transitioning.

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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!