Yuri Live-Action
Sr. YNN Correspondent Frank Hecker wants you to know about Candy, a new sapphic live-action series from Singapore, streaming on GagaOOLala. The synopsis sounds amazing: “Nuannuan—the girl she once left behind in her youth—reenters her life as an assistant. Under the pressure of fame and public scrutiny, the two escape the city to join a rural reality show.”
The Chaser Game W live-action series is getting a sequel film in May, says ANN’s Rafael Antonio Pineda.
Ironic shenanigans are occurring with the If My Favorite Pop Idol Made it to the Budokan, I Would Die stage play. A manager harassed a cast member with “inappropriate communications” so the cast member’s activities are being suspended and she is being replaced. Enraging. If there is a single series hat has made me truly loathe the idol industry, it’s this one. Anyway, Anita Tai has the details on ANN.
Via Comic Natalie, we learn that Yuri manga Fukukaichou no Omona Oshigoto is getting a live-action drama. This is a high school story about the VP and President of a school council.
The Tokyo Dyke documentary is available to be watched on Vimeo, says YNN Correspondents eve, and blogbourri notes that Honey & Honey creator Takeuchi Sachiko is interviewed in this.
Yuri Anime
Bushiroad announced a Shoujo☆Kageki Revue Starlight sequel, says ANN’s Joanna Cayanan.
Andoroid wa Keiken Ninzuu ni Hairimasu ka? ? (アンドロイドは経験人数に入りますか？？) short anime is running right now on Japanese television, and other JP platforms. It appears that the OceanVeil streaming platform has AnimeFesta titles, so if you have a subscription to that, you can watch it there.
Sylvia Jones takes a really thoughtful look at the first two episodes of the anime adaptation of Roll Over and Die on ANN.
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Yuri Manga
Via Comic Natalie, Watashitachi no Koi ga Kanahiraku Toki (私たちの恋が花開くとき) is an isekai Yuri anthology. This is from Bamboo Comics and I don’t recognize any of the creators, so now I’m extra interested!
This one-shot in Comic Days F30 no Kimi (F30のきみ) is about the mysterious things that happen after a girl draws her classmate. Yuri Navi tells us that this won an award from Afternoon magazine, and it is pretty interesting.
Galette Illustration Book No. 5 is out and available on Booth.pm! This continues the collection of pen’s amazing cover art and other color illustrations from the magazine.
Speaking of the magazine, Galette Special English Edition No. 4 Kickstarter rewards have shipped. They look great as always and I think a special thanks to the folks at Galette WORKS is in order, as this one really stressed them out with concerns about the tariffs and higher shipping costs.
Amano Mochi celebrated on X, an honorable mention for their Yuri one-shot Harukasu no Furi (春風のふり) on the FLOS Comics Awards. You can read this manga in Japanese on Comic Walker.
Yen posted on socials about Yuri and muromaki-sensei did them one better by promising good health if you read Yuri! ^_^
Thank you for everyone’s support!!!! Read yuri it makes your skin glow and gives you six pack abs in 100 days!!!!!
いつもありがとうございます☺️いよいよの英語版、大変光栄に思っています💓よろしくお願いします
— ムロマキ@『百合に恋した101日間』発売中 (@mrmk.bsky.social) January 15, 2026 at 6:24 PM
Yuri Light Novels
The Magical Revolution of the Reincarnated Princess and the Genius Young Lady, Vol. 8.5 is headed our way this month. This volume contains seven short stories about the characters. At last, something to read on the plane that won’t make me cry.
inori.-sensei has announced that her sequel to I’m In Love With the Villianess, Watashi no Oshi wa Akuyaku Reijou: Furimukinasai, Watakushi ni! has been picked up in Japanese by GL Bunko. She asks that you contact the publisher of the series in your country and ask them to license it. That’s Seven Seas for English readers. Luckily Seven Seas’ monthly licensing survey is live, so you can jump right over and ask!
Yuri Visual Novels
Via Yuri Navi, game dev company Yuri Lyrical has new Visual Novel, available on Steam. As a VTuber, you act as a guardian angel over various Yuri couples in Watashi-tachi Fake Marriage? (私たちフェイクマリッジ？)
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Other News
Morishima Akiko posted a piece of art in support for same-sex marriage in Japan on her X account.
Citrus on X says that that the series is running a Cool Japan collaboration at “Hotel Citrus” at the Tokyo Bay Hotel on Ariake. You can go there and get some merch! This collab runs through the end of the month.
The COSPA store is carrying the merch from the Comic Yuri Hime 20th Anniversary event, if you missed that.
Creator Kyota Ko, whose videos on the foibles of the Japanese language are very amusing (I loved the one about how Kyoto’s sarcasm is orders above Tokyo’s) has a new video. Via YNN Correspondent Roxie, he mentions Yuri in Why do anime characters nosebleed so often? Check it out on Youtube.
The mook Kikan SS is running an interview about creating the manga of If My Favorite Pop Idol Made It To The Budokan, I Would Die, with creator Hirao Auri.
Good Things to Read
We have a pile of reviews for you this week. ^_^
Sr. YNN Correspondent Sean Gaffney thinks the LN series The Holy Grail of Eris, while not Yuri, might be of interest to Okazu readers. He suggests reading Rebecca Silverman’s review of the first two episode of the anime on ANN. The series is streaming on Crunchyroll. Yen has the LNs.
I reviewed the Drops of God Season 2 on Apple TV and interviewed the stars of the series over on ANN. It was a very short interview, but they were fun and engaged with the questions in a meaningful way.
My review of Baki The Grappler, Volume 5-6, grapples with staying interesting while the manga is basically this kid getting beaten and beating the shit out of people. ^_^ It’s so much fun.
Errata
Last week YNN and other sources reported that the Fed-Up Office Lady Wants to Serve The Villainess is getting an anime adaptation. This is not true. Creator Nekotarou has said on their X account that this was an erroneous announcement by SugoiLITE. No such adaptation is being planned. We apologize for sharing the misinformation here.
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