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Steven Universe: The Complete First Season (English)
At last! The entire first season of Steven Universe on DVD. 52 episodes of what I sincerely consider to be some of the very best cartooning I have seen in decades. I’m so ecstatic to be able to be...
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Yuri Network News – (百合ネットワークニュース) – May 19, 2018
Yuri Events Yuriten Yuri art exhibition wrapped up successful weeks in Osaka, Fukuoka, Tokyo and an exhibit at Comitia, and now, is opening up this week in Sapporo, Hokkaido! How exciting for them!...
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Awajima Hyakkei Manga, Volume 2 (淡島百景)
In Volume 1 of Shimura Takako’s Awajima Hyakkei (淡島百景) we take a look at the students of a school that sounds a lot like the school for a well-known all-female musical revue troupe. Volume 2 explores...
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Yuri Manga: Watashi ni Karada, Utteminai? (私に体、売ってみない?)
The very first moment I encountered Watashi ni Karada, Utteminai? (私に体、売ってみない?) in Comic Yuri Hime, as a preview of a first chapter for a series running on their Pixiv channel, Yuri Hime @Pixiv, I knew...
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Western Comix: HOW THE BEST HUNTER IN THE VILLAGE MET HER DEATH
If you’re a regular reader here on Okazu, you are familiar with the name Molly Ostertag. I’ve been a fan of her work since 2013, when I encountered her and her work at MoCCA. Since then, I’ve had the...
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Yuri Anthology: Yuri + Kanojo (百合＋カノジョ)
I’ve been thinking a lot recently about Yuri anthologies. They serve a unique purpose for a niche genre, as a gathering place for up-and-coming artists to have their original (or parody, in the case of...
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Photo Album: Aka no Ryusei Double Room
Let’s talk “schtick.” We all know that every idol group is given some manufactured gimmick to play to on stage. We’re used to seeing a prepackaged concept delivered by fresh faces in the western music...
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Yuri Network News – (百合ネットワークニュース) – May 26, 2018
Kase-san News The theatrical debut for Asagao to Kase-san is rapidly approaching and promotion is ramping up. Given that this movie is targeted towards a niche genre, they are doing a fair spread of...
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Drama CD: Kara no Shoujo Tenni Musubuyume (虚ノ少女-天に結ぶ夢-)
You may be familiar with the Flowers Yuri Visual Novel franchise, with it’s classic girl’s school setting. We’ve had several reviews here on Okazu of the VNs, Jye’s discussion of the VN in Japanese and...
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Yuricon at AnimeNEXT in Atlantic City, NJ!
Please join me at AnimeNEXT, June 8-10 in Atlantic City, NJ where I am a Guest Panelist. I will be bringing Yuri content and prizes for great questions all weekend long! Thursday, June 7, 2018: Sailor...
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Yuri Anthology: Yuri + Kanojo Suki ni Nattemoii? (百合+カノジョ 好きになってもいい?)
Recently, we took a look at the new Yuri anthology,Yuri + Kanojo (百合＋カノジョ). It was fun, with some unique design and story elements. Well, the folks at Be Comics must have hit on a successful formula,...
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Cutie Honey Universe Anime (English)
Cutie Honey Universe is the most perfect version of the original Cutie Honey manga ever made and it is a treasure that should be instantly enshrined in whatever Halls of Fame anime may have. In 2005, I...
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Yuri Manga: MURCIÉLAGO, Volume 6 (English)
Volume 6 of MURCIÉLAGO, by Yoshimurakana, is a particularly nasty volume. Oddly, I found it easier to take in English than in Japanese. I do not know whether that is a function of the translation or...
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Yuri Network News – (百合ネットワークニュース) – June 2, 2018
Yuri Events One more time with gusto – join me next weekend at AnimeNEXT in Atlantic City, NJ! I have so many things to give away for good questions! Please ask me good questions*, so I can give you...
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Summer Reading: Too Like the Lightning by Ada Palmer
Today we’re going to take a look at a book I first mentioned back in December, when I wrote up a quick list of Queer-friendly Science Fiction novels. Too Like the Lightning, by Ada Palmer, is the...
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Yuri Manga: Comic Yuri Hime, June 2018 (コミック百合姫2018年6月号)
I cannot explain to you the feeling of wonder I got, when I picked up Comic Yuri Hime, June 2018 (コミック百合姫2018年6月号), knowing that, for the first time since it has begun publication in 2003, I will read...
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Pride Month Manga Thread on Twitter
To celebrate Pride Month I decided to share a LGBTQ manga recommendation every day on Twitter. (Disclaimer: Not every suggestion will be manga. ^_^) We’re up to day 5 and I wanted to give you all the...
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Flip Flappers Anime (English) Guest Review by Eric P
Welcome to Guest Review Wednesday where we’re dlighted to have a review from returning Guest Reviewer Eric P.! Please give him your attention..take it away, Eric! Average middle-schooler Cocona—raised...
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Sailor Moon Musical ~Le Mouvement Final at AnimeNEXT 2018
AnimeNEXT badge holders! Join me tonight at 8PM at the Showboat Casino Bourbon Room, for a screening of the Live Action Sailor Moon Musical Le Mouvement Finale. I’ll be presenting a very short intro...
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Yuri Panels at AnimeNEXT, June 8 2018
Join me at two Yuri Panels today here at AnimeNEXT 2018 in Atlantic City, NJ. Yuri Court Be heard! Defend or Accuse a Yuri series of being Innocent (Good) or Guilty (Bad) at the Yuri Court Friday,...
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