Winter Reading: A Whisper of Bones, a Jane Lawless Mystery
Ellen Hart recently was named a Grandmaster of the Mystery Writer’s Association, a very great honor awarded to her by her peers. She’s written 33 novels, 25 of which are the Jane Lawless mysteries....
View ArticleMaria-sama ga Miteru 4th Season Fandisk (マリア様がみてる 4thシーズン ファンディスク )
I am currently in the middle of doing quite possibly the most dreadful thing any human has to do – going through a dead person’s stuff. You may remember that our dear friend Bruce P. passed away quite...
View ArticleSoiree Gakyuu Manga, Volume 2 (ソワレ学級 2)
In Volume 1 of Soirée Gakkyuu, we met Beni and Ruri, two close friends who attend an unconventional high school with a host of other characters for whom the traditional high school model is just not...
View ArticleAnimeg 25th (アニメグ25th)
A couple of months ago I came across a post by Ogata Megumi (Tenoh Haruka’s voice from the original Sailor Moon anime) saying that she was recording a version of “Moon Revenge” with Kastuki Masako...
View ArticleYuri Network News – (百合ネットワークニュース) – March 10, 2018
Yuri Events Don’t forget that Sailor Moon Musical – Le Final Mouvement is in selected US Theaters – today. Drop what you’re doing and go see it if you can! Here are the theater listings. Tune in...
View ArticleLive-Action: Sailor Moon Musical – Le Mouvement Final on Screen
Sailor Moon Musical – Le Mouvement Final, at a theater near you. That’s something worth getting up and going out for. And so, we did. In a small, adorable, old theater, in a town in my state I had...
View ArticleEvents: Yuriten Yuri Fair Postponed for Tokyo
This morning on Twitter, the Yuriten Yuri Fair organizing committee announced, with sincere regrets, that the Yuriten 2018, which was scheduled for March 17-25 in Tokyo would not be held as planned....
View ArticleYuri Visual Novel: Lovely Anemone
Welcome to Guest Review Wednesday here on Okazu! A few months ago, I was approached by Yuri Game Studio and Okazu supporter Luscious Spirit Studio with an offer of a VN to review, so I have asked our...
View ArticleCatcher in the Rhyme Manga, Volume 1 (キャッチャー・イン・ザ・ライム)
Catcher in the Rhyme (キャッチャー・イン・ザ・ライム) by Segawa Noboru is my new favorite thing ever. ^_^ Takatsuji Satsuki suffers from that painful, paralyzing embarrassment that functions as a major plot...
View ArticleYuri Network News – (百合ネットワークニュース) – March 17, 2018
Yuri Anime The Asagao to Kase-san Official Twitter account announced the brand new Asagao to Kase-san OVA main trailer video on Youtube. They’ve also added English to their header on Twitter and REALLY...
View Article20th anniversary Revolutionary Girl Utena Manga: Beautiful Thorns...
In my review of the first chapter of the 20th anniversary Revolutionary Girl Utena manga, we discussed Touga and Saionji and how they regained some memory of Anthy and Utena after 20 years had passed....
View ArticleYuri Event: Yuriten 2018 Exhibition Rescheduled With New Tokyo Location
It is my very great pleasure today to confirm that the Yuriten 2018 Yuri Art Exhibition has a new Tokyo location and has been rescheduled! Yuriten 2018 will take place in Osaka, March 31-April 8, and...
View ArticleYuri Manga: MURCIÉLAGO, Volume 5 (English)
In Yoshimurakana’s MURCIÉLAGO, Volume 5, little girls wearing yellow boots and carrying blue umbrellas are turning up strangled and the police are stumped. Kuroko works on the case…and one of the...
View ArticleYuri Manga: Roku + Ichi Gurashi (ロク+イチ暮らし)
We remember Hidamari Sketch (licensed in English as Sunshine Sketch), don’t we? Aoki Ume’s series about a bunch of women at a trade school apartment building was nice. It was cute and silly and...
View ArticleLGBTQ: Dousei Seikatsu ~Watashi o Sukittekoto Desho (同棲生活 わたしを好きってことでしょ
Miyuki and Yuuko are a couple. They live together. They love each other. Yuu-chan likes cute things, Miyu-san likes bugs. Dousei Seikatsu ~ Watashi o Sukittekoto Desho (同棲生活 ~ わたしを好きってことでしょ is a...
View ArticleYuri Network News – (百合ネットワークニュース) – March 24, 2018
Yuri Events Please join me at AnimeNEXT 2018, on June 8-10, 2018 in Atlantic City, NJ where I am a guest for the event! I’ll be doing a pile of panels and hanging out with friends (including you, I...
View ArticleWestern Cartoon: Mysticons
The second half of the 2010’s has given us animation fans an absolute renaissance in American cartooning. I’m watching Steven Universe, Star vs The Forces of Evil and now, Mysticons. I encountered...
View ArticleYuri Manga: Kuroyuri Gakuen Ooku Gakka (クロユリ学園大奥学科)
Kuroyuri Gakuen Ooku Gakka (クロユリ学園大奥学科) by Yoshizawa Miyabi runs in Young King Ours magazine. Maybe that means little to you, but it meant that I kind of knew what I was getting into when I started...
View ArticleKakegurui Anime (English) Guest Review by Mariko S.
Welcome once more to Guest Review Wednesday on Okazu! Today I have the pleasure of welcoming back Guest Reviewer Mariko S with a most entertaining review. I won’t take up her time here, so handing the...
View ArticleYuri Manga: Yagate Kimi ni Naru, Volume 5 (やがて君になる )
It’s summer vacation and the Student Council is very busy. Between organizing the school festival and practice for the Student Council’s original play, Yuu doesn’t have much time to spend with Touko....
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