Yuri Manga

Yen Press had a number of Yuri manga license announcements at AnimeNYC; Whenever Our Eyes Meet, (link goes to my review of the Japanese volume) an anthology of stories set in adult office life, Killing Me! by Akiyama, a love story between a vampire and vampire hunter. And the slice-of-life Yuri Life (again, the link goes to my review of the original,) by Kurukuruhime.

Tokyopop’s English edition of Yurikuma Arashi, Yuri Bear Storm, Volume 1 by Morishima Akiko, will be dropping in February. This may be the first of Morishima-sensei’s manga art to make it over here in English!

YuriNavi premiers Toile, a web-comic Yuri anthology, available on Pixiv and Fantia. Chapters can be read online for free (in Japanese) on Yuri Navi.

For Yagate Kimi ni Naru/ Bloom Into You fans, a series-related anthology is being planned, with many of the same contributors as the Éclair series: Nakatani-sensei heself, Canno,  Fuyu Yutaka, tMnR and others! Check out the Yagate Kimi ni Naru Official Comics Anthology (やがて君になる 公式コミックアンソロジー), which is out now.

This month BeComics launched the next Yuri + Kanojo anthology, Yuri+ Kanojo Kossuri Kisu shite- (百合+カノジョ -こっそりキスして-).

In the “file this away for a day in Spring,” the next Galette collection is heading our way with Kitta Izumi and Momono Moto’s collaboration Liberty (リバティ), one of my favorite titles to run in the magazine.

Okazu News

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Yuri Anime

Don’t forget that Kase-san and Morning Glories will be screening at AnimeNYC on Saturday, November 17 in Panel Room 2 at 7:30PM in Javits Convention Center, New York, NY. I have every intention of being there.

Also screening at AnimeNYC is Sound! Euphonium The Movie I want to resonate with you…! Check  the screening page on the AnimeNYC website for other special events, as well!

Funimation has added 300+ subtitled anime to their Funimation Now! service, and Crunchyroll has added 17 dubbed anime titles, according to ANN reports. Check out the lists for titles of interest.

Yagate Kimi ni Naru/Bloom Into You’s Touko and Yuu, Kotobuki Minako and Takada Yuuki will be hosting an event in May 2019. According to Comic Natalie, four main cast members will appear, and the two leads will sing the opening theme. There will be a contest and some other stuff.

Yuri Manga

The Yuri Fest at BOOK☆WALKER GLOBAL runs for 4 more days! Don’t miss your chance to pick up digital Yuri manga at discount prices and get reward coins so you can get even more Yuri manga!

Iwami Kiyoko’s Yuri manga collection, Toumeina Usui Mizu-iro ni ( 透明な薄い水色に) has been picked up by Seven Seas as Transparent Light Blue and is slated for a spring 2019 release.

Galette, No. 8 (ガレットNo.8)  hits Japanese shelves at the end of this month. This issue marks the end of Galette‘s second year, so I’m betting Issue 9 will be special. Galette is also doing a special campaign to encourage folks in Japan to purchase the magazine with one of their expanded digital options. 

LGBTQ Manga

On Quora, I passed the 10,000 answer mark with both a question and an answer: What are some manga with LGBTQ identity, not Boy’s Love or Yuri, but actually LGBTQ? (The rather bizarre question construction comes from a previous question that had been asked, not by me about anime. I wrote this one as a followup.)

In response to my post about that on Facebook, Tomo Hirai noted that Morning magazine had “just published a one-shot about a genderqueer couple. Debut work for a new author.” Check out Watashi no Kanojo ha Otoko no ko (私の彼女は男の子) on Morning Zero (in Japanese) by Akina Rutarou. 

Other News

A new Cardcaptor Sakura museum asks “Why is CCS being rediscovered now?’ and the answers given include sexual and gender diversity. It’s worth taking a look at the ANN report. 

Absolutely unrelated to anime or manga, it’s worth noting that Scotland has become the first country to mandate LGBTQ history, rights, homo- and transphobia be included in school curriculums.

In celebration of what would have been Osamu Tezuka’s 90th birthday, several locations in Japan are holding a Princess Knight “Dreamy Christmas” event with special themed gifts for folks who purchase the new edition of Ribon no Kishi. ANN has the details.

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Okazu Yuri News Podcast November 3, 2018

On today’s podcast we discuss:

Our Dreams at Dusk: Shimanami Twilight, and the increase of not just Yuri, but queer content in mainstream manga and entertainment.

Our upcoming online Okazu Patron Holiday Party!

Yuri Events

The Kase-san and Morning Glories OVA will be screening at AnimeNYC on Saturday, November 17 – Panel Room 2 – 7:30 PM! I will be attending AnimeNYC for at least some part of the day on Friday and Saturday, so keep a look out and say hi if you see me! No special ticket is required for the screening, just general admission to AnimeNYC.

I will be presenting two panels at Derpycon in Morristown, NJ on Friday November 9 at the Hyatt Regency.

The Secret History of Yaoi and Yuri: 2:30pm-3:30pm, Panel 2
LGBTQ in Anime,Comics, Manga, Cartoons: Friday 5pm-6pm, Panel 1

Prizes for good questions, and a lot of fun!

BOOK☆WALKER GLOBAL is running a digital manga Yuri Fest event, in which you can receive free reward coins for buying Yuri manga from their selected list of eligible Yuri titles. The event runs through November 14th, so make sure you get over there and get your free “I love Yuri” Bookshelf wallpaper. (Which, yes, I got first thing on November 1st!)

Speaking of online events, this year Okazu is having a special online holiday party for Okazu patrons. Subscribe to Okazu by the US Thanksgiving and receive an invite! We’ll have some secret project previews and  announcements, so if you don’t want to miss it, join us as an Okazu patron at any level!

LGBTQ Manga

Seven Seas posted a lovely tweet this week, marking the initial pre-orders for the 2019 release of Our Dreams at Dusk: Shimanami Tasogare, Volume 1 and Volume 2. Tune in tomorrow for the YNN podcast for discussion about why this is so important.

No matter who you are, there’s a beautiful place where you belong.

The beloved 4-volume LGBT+ manga OUR DREAMS AT DUSK: SHIMANAMI TASOGARE by Yuhki Kamatani begins in May. Pre-order Vol. 1 in the RETAILERS section at the link. #mangapreorders #7seasbookshttps://t.co/YyZxFkB0iu pic.twitter.com/gck6JxCp6Z

— Seven Seas (@gomanga) November 2, 2018

Seven Seas also sent out a press release that I want to mention, because it does something too few manga companies think to do – it ties their releases of Bloom Into You, Volume 1-5 into the currently running anime. There’s a reason why companies fail to do this so often – licensing of anime and manga are handled by different companies who often pay no attention to one another. It’s good to see the Seven Seas folks not making that mistake.

Kickstarter Watch

Luscious Spirit Studios are working on a new Yuri Visual Novel, Mystics of Sapphia. They offer an expanded playable demo and, I gotta say, the video was pretty appealing. ^_^

Via YNN Correspondent Ashley P, ROADQUEEN: ETERNAL ROADTRIP TO LOVE, an F/F lesbian graphic novel about love, revenge, and getting your bike back is something to check out!

Other News

The New SHE-RA and the Princesses of Power cartoon is premiering on Netflix on November 13!

DaVinci magazine has *another* Bloom Into You interview, this time with Sayaka’s voice actress,  Kayano Ai, about the “feeling of love.” 

Loryn Stone over at PopLurker takes a look at Yuri manga offerings Konohana Kitan and Futaribeya from Tokyopop and has some thoughts.

Shoot the Breeze Comics has a roundup of the The Top 10 Ongoing Comics Queer Women Should Be Reading, that might interest you. Summit from Lion Forge is something that has been on my to-read list for a while. ^_^

Become a YNN Correspondent by reporting any Yuri-related news to anilesbocon01 at hotmail dot com with your name and an email I can reply to! Our YNN podcast is now available, in which I take a look at some key news items this week..

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