A very happy birthday month to all of you! Yuricon and Okazu were both born in August and this year, the 24th anniversary of Yuricon, we are going to be launching a brand new look! All of the designs have been approved, Okazu Patrons and Supporters got to see some previews, feedback has been really positive. This will be the 5th design for Yuricon, 7th overall if we include it’s predecessor AniLesboCon. I hand coded the first three iterations, had the next three built for me and now am entrusting this full rebuild to the incredibly talented team of Katy and Chris at Hand Design Co.. It’s gonna be a big birthday gift to Yuricon for it’s 25th year. ^_^
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Yuri Anime
Roll Over and Die: I Will Fight For An Ordinary Life With My Love And My Cursed Sword anime has announced staff, cast and posted a trail, says ANN’s Alex Mateo.
Creator of This Monster Wants To Eat You, Naekawa Sai, is a guest of Otakon this year and will be promoting the upcoming anime for the series.
Otakon also has cast and staff from Rock Is A Lady’s Modesty as guests this year, so it’ll be a good year for Yuri fans. Adrian Hazra has the details.
Yuri Manga
Manga Mavericks presents Hanakage Alt’s Sempai no Kouhai in English, as one complete volume!
Ikuta Hana, whose Bakumatsu souls reborn into modern high school girls manga have fascinated me, has a new volume out, Bakumatsu Mesukousei Hana to Ookami (幕末女子高生 花と狼). Check out my reviews of previous volumes, Bakumatsu Joshikousei – Oni to Yoake ((幕末女子高生 鬼と夜明け) Volume 1, Volume 2, and Oni to Yoake Yuzikiyo (鬼と夜明け 夕月夜), which I read in the wrong order. ^_^
Weekly Champion (blecch) has a new Yuri manga, Obaka wo Mederu, (お葉花（バカ）を愛でる」) about Kunika, a doofusy Student Council President and her VP, a childhood friend, via Comic Natalie.
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Yuri Light Novel
Via Sr, YNN Correspondent Sean Gaffney, the 6th novel in the Roll Over and Die series, ‘Omaegotoki ga Maou ni Kateru to Omouna’ to Yuusha paati o Tsuihousaretanode, Outo de Kimama ni Kurashitai 6 (お前ごときが魔王に勝てると思うな」と勇者パーティを追放されたので、王都で気ままに暮らしたい ) has a late August release in Japan.
Via Sean once again, the Girls Line imprint of Fantasia Bunko, Shino to Ren Future (志乃と恋Future) is the novelization of their Yuri series Shino to Ren. This is an adult life novel series based on a 4-volume manga of the same name, about a model and a math teacher.
Via YNN Correspondent akatsukinoluna, “Hitokiri” Shoujo, Koushaku Reijou no Goei ni Naru (人斬り』少女、公爵令嬢の護衛になる) by Sasato Goro, was an “enjoyable, fantasy yuri – bodyguard for hire & the countess she’s protecting.” Not deep, but fun.
Other News
Kalai Chik writes about the band NOMELON who did music for Gundam GQuuuuux, is hoping to take their music global.
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