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Thank you everyone who came to the Mechademia panel at too-effin’-early today! And my very sincere thanks to James and Verena for being fabulous panelists. As a result of our conversation (because we had so little time and we could talk about this for hours!) we’re going to try and arrange a panel for Yuri Studio sometime so you all can watch us natter on about Yuri…and we’ll record it this time.
So, stay tuned for that. I’m super excited about the idea, but timing will be the issue.
Yuri Manga
Even Though We’re Adults, Volume 2 drops this month. What will become of Yukari and Ayano, now that Ayano told her husband how she feels about the other woman?
Via Yuri Navi, Atsui Hifuu (あつい皮膚) is about a girl with atopy (a disease in which a body’s immune system triggers extreme allergic responses to common stimuli) and a girl who she meets in a library. It’s a kind of sweet story, with fairly grotesque (both figuratively and the other figuratively) art that you can read for free in Japanese on Kurage Bunch.
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Yuri Light Novels
I’m in Love With the Villainess, Volume 3 is here! If you’re in Japan and get a chance, next week will see a WataOshi pop-op shop and yes, they are doing online sales. Woot woot.
ROLL OVER AND DIE: I Will Fight for an Ordinary Life with My Love and Cursed Sword!, Volume 4 is on it’s way at the end of the month. I’m so backlogged, I still haven’t cracked open Volume 3.
Adachi and Shimamura, Volume 5 hit shelves this week, as well.
Yuri Anime
Racing to the front in the “perfomative Pride” category is HIDIVE, who reminds you that they now have a LGBT genre category on their platform.
Coming in a close second is Funimation, with Essential Anime That Expands LGBTQ+ Representation by Aedan Juvet.
It’s rough for anime companies, honestly, since most anime is trash entertainment and I don’t want to harsh anyone’s joy, but once more for the folks in the back – if you want to show support, drop the rainbow logos, don’t make us beg for appropriate tags…just support your queer staff with inclusive policies, promote your queer content, defend it against assholes. Thank you.
Speaking of Funimation, Magic Knight Rayearth is aliiiiive~~~!!! After you finish up Sailor Moon Eternal and want to find something next to eat those Planter Cheez Balls while watching, Magic Knight Rayearth is the CLAMP you need.
Yuri Games
Yuri Empire has done a damned comprehensive roundup of all the Yuri games and news for June.
Queer Comics
Hazel Newlevant has a terrific comic on The Nib, Before Stonewall… about acts of queer (most often trans) protest before the famous NYC Stonewall Uprising.
Via YNN Correspondent Laurent, Volume 1-6 of Stjepan Šejić’s very queer, beautifully drawn BDSM comic, Sunstone is available by the author for free right now, while he works on Volume 7.
Ren at Bring The Tea has written a perspective piece on anime and manga, titled The shifting landscape of queer narratives -with a focus in the 2010s.
Superstar lesbian comic artist Jennifer Camper has interviewed superstar lesbian comic artist Alison Bechdel in When Alison Bechdel says comics are her ‘other girlfriend,’ you’d better believe it for Xtra* magazine.
Superstar Queer Comics Artists, The Movie, No Straight Lines, is making its way around film festivals, with a premier at the acclaimed Tribeca Film Festival. You can get it at home to watch on June 13th. (I will definitely be doing that. For $15, it’s a steal.)
Other News
Oh. My. God. Someone has made the perfect movie for me. Jigoku no Hanazono (地獄の花園) about Office “Ladies” and if that pun doesn’t make sense to you then the whole thing will be befuddling, but trust me, it’s hilarious.
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