New Yuri animations Ahoy!
Posted on | May 15, 2009 | 6 Comments |
Yeah I translated my Facebook to Pirate. I still haven’t got bored of it, but sometimes I get lost and can’t find the functions properly -_-
So, this post is about the yuri in the current season and a couple of anime on the horizon for yuri fans amongst us (all of you, I hope!)
Now showing!
K-ON! (Ritsu/Mio, Tsumugi/Sawako)
Where would we be without Kyoto Animation? Well, probably about £40+ richer and with significantly less Haruhi merchandise methinks. So what of this latest offering from them? I think most of you know my opinion on the series – mainly that Mio is awesome and Yui the most annoying airhead this side of Tokyo. The parallels with Lucky Star are many and have all been made (Yep, it’s a 4 koma with 4 girls with basic 4 personalities – Hyper, Ojou, Quiet(Unexpectedly embarassable) and Baka – see my fanservice guide for more details). Nothing new here guys. I guess KyoAni saw that the Haruhi songs made them a fuck-load of yen so what better than an anime where there are loads of songs of various quality sung by cute seiyuu they can flog to unsuspecting drooling otaku. Makes sense.
The yuri offering in K-ON! comes first in the form of hyperactive baka Ritsu and her childhood friend/shima-pantsu goddess quiet and unexpectedly delicate Mio. Their relationship reminds me of one of the ships I supported way back in the beginning of my anime career – i.e. Tomo/Yomi from Azumanga Daioh. God that takes me back about 7 years. Anyway, if there’s one thing we’ve learned from reading badly spelled fanfiction, it’s that bashing your childhood friend around is an expression of deep passionate love. Therefore, Mio is actually looking for the first opportunity to jump Ritsu’s bones, so to speak. If only she could find a way to fuck her brains out without showing her panties. Or taking any clothes off. It’s kinda interesting to note that Mio’s personality would be absolutely repulsive on a male protagonist, but makes her the ultimate moe of the season. Just thought I’d point that out.
The second and more recently cupful of yuri is Tsumugi’s adoration for newly introduced and winner of “most original character this season”, multiple-personalities Sawako-chan. Though I’m not sure if Tsumugi is so enchanted by the sight of her that she forgets that Sawa-chan plays the guitar like a demon and used to dress as such. Sawa-chan should have learned – only Kiss can pull off that ensemble. And as a famous music reviewer once said “I saw Kiss as just a gimmick, but at the end of the day he’s the one tongue deep in some girl’s box, so who am I to argue” Nuff said. And anyway, I think that given the opportunity, Tsumugi could be tongue deep in Sawa-chan’s p…(Snip – Ed.)
Ahem. Anyway. What’s an all girls anime without a little same-sex love interest…One that ends up in the Recycle Bin I tells ya!
Saki (Saki/Nodoka)
I really need to dig out my old Mahjong set. Yep, watching Saki really makes me want to play Mahjong. I am a commercial influenced dumbass for sure this time. I remember playing Mahjong with my family. It was a different experience than the one suggested on Saki – mostly that we didn’t know how to play, the board takes ages to set up without an automatic table, no one really knows what scores what at the end and what the hell are those flower tiles for anyway???
Anyway, the only reason to watch Saki is (a) just on the off chance that Student Council President plays a match and beats everyone with her awesomeness or (b) to watch Nodoka’s pendulous breasts hypnotise Saki across the Mahjong board. If anyone hasn’t noticed that Ashita ha Docchi Da! (the group that did the Mahou Shoujo Lyrical Nanoha and Code Geass 4komas) is now doing a Saki 4 koma featuring Saki as an udder-obsessed bag of teenage hormones, go here*
Candy Boy (Yukino/Kanade)
Episode 7 hasn’t been translated at point of writing, but there’s a good summary here* and you can watch the raw episode on NIcoNicoDouga or download it at TokyoTosho. Needless to say, there’s a squeal worthy moment. Incest FTW
Queen’s Blade (Everyone/Everyone)
Where would fanservice be without yuri? Expect a whole lot of symmetrical docking and Aya Hirano in her most random role ever. I’ve even lost track of the yuri, but there’s a hell of a lot of it. Not quite as graphic as Ikkitousen though beats it in sheer quantity.
To the future!
Aoi Hana
Aoi Hana is an anime adaptation of a manga of the same name translated by Lillilicious as Sweet Blue Flowers. It revolves around the recently reunited osananajimi – Manjoume Fumi (the tall, bookish one) and Okudaira Akira (the pigtails one). The one most outstanding part of this manga (and anime) is that it eschews the traditional pathway of just pairing off the osananajimi (they were friends before, so obviously they secretly crush on each other) – and instead the story is dominated by a great feel of friendship, with two reunited friends helping each other through hard times. The art quality looks pretty good and I’ve got pretty high hopes for this one. It’ll be out next season.
Sasamekikoto
Sasamekikoto is one of my favourite yuri manga series of the moment which I believe is currently ongoing (Better check that) and being translated by Dynasty-Scans. It’s been announced that an anime adaptation will surface in due course, but the date is yet to be announced, so watch this (or other more reliable) spaces!
Sasamekikoto’s storyline centres around two girls – Ushio, who is an out and out lesbian who fancies every cute thing with a skirt and Sumire who isn’t but harbours a hopeless crush on Ushio. The central twist that ties this storyline together is that Sumire is a tall cool type (not unlike a bespectacled Sakaki-san from Azumanga) and just happens to be the only type of girl that Ushio is NOT interested in. Oh and they’re also childhood friends. Pretty stereotypical. Other characters come and are generally forgotten – Akemi is a girl who is actually a guy who cross-dresses as a model. Seen that one before. —-chan is a yuri doujinshi obsessed otaku who has a tiny crush on Sumire who she sees as a sister in arms. All are only mildly distracting side stories from the trials and tribulations of Sumire and Ushio’s everyday life in which one sided love is slowly starting to transform into something more wonderful. Hopefully the anime version of it won’t be as full of filler as the manga is but I think that’s probably too much to hope for.
And that’s the yuri prospects for now! If there’s any I’ve missed out then please chuck me a link in the comments below!
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May 16th, 2009 @ 3:03 am
Well even though I am behind I can say Sora Kake Girl has some yuri undertones. Seeing how Masakazu Obara is the director this probably comes as little surprise. Then there is Tayutama with it’s loli yuri-tingled jellyfish god that steals panties, I expect good things from her. and of course there is overt showing by the favorite Million Alpha and Aphrodite A from Shin Mazinger Shougeki! Z Hen. http://s289.photobucket.com/albums/ll216/jadenalgo/?action=view¤t=millionalphayuri.jpg
May 16th, 2009 @ 5:28 pm
Oh my gosh, Candy boy. Still waiting for subs but what a great episode. Now just a month to wait for the DVD vol 2 to come out with episode 8 (and a keyring, and a prize draw for a Kanade/Yukino body pillow I believe – suffice to say, I’ll be buying it…) And that last episode should be yuri-awesomeness. They can’t fail us now, surely…
Not yet watched the series, but it seems like the Saki/Nodoka is the only selling point of Saki – it’s the only thing I see around anyway…
Isn’t Tsumugi just obsessed with the closeness of two girls, regardless of who they are? I think that’s why she joined: cos Mio and Ritsu were being too close and friendly… I haven’t read ahead in the manga like everyone seems to have done (ruins the show, doesn’t it?) so I may be wrong. Love those moments when she gets the Goggles out anyway :D
May 17th, 2009 @ 1:30 pm
Well, I haven’t gotten into Candy Boy so I can’t make any comments about any possible yuri pairings there.
But,I have to admit that K-On! offers many possible delicious pairings with the first and most obvious one being Mio and Ritsu, and I already several dojins exploring that pairing.
I find a Ritsu/Yui or Yui/Nodoka paring more interesting or even a three-way Nodoka/Yui/Ui yuri-feast, and I can’t wait for the first Mugi/Sawako pairing where Sawako take a strap-on to our princess Mugi.
I don’t know if you’ve already seen the dojin where both Mio and Yui are Futanari and they have some dueling blade action.
May 25th, 2009 @ 2:47 am
It was a good weekend, we got the next Girl Friends. Oh those girls and their feelings, why can’t they just be honest with each other. And yes episode 7 of Candy Boy was great. When Kana eat the cream, it was just so sweet. And I have to say Saku-chan is the most considerate stalker ever, and I love her back up plan after her apartment sharing idea went bust. I really hope they keep up with, it grabs your attention with it’s premise but it keeps you around thanks to the wonderful characters.
June 2nd, 2009 @ 12:17 am
oh my gosh those pics are sexy and i am yuri
June 13th, 2009 @ 8:54 am
Yahoo!
Another Ritsu/Mio shipper.
You are one, right?
If so, I am dying to read your thoughts on ep.11.
flames are fine too (As I’ve seen so far) but I personally loved it.
It was a WTF just happened kinda episode reminiscent of that Lucky Star episode but I still loved it, just like I loved that Lucky Star concert episode.
So sad that it ends soo when things seem to get more interesting.
Sigh.
As for Saki, I am stealthily following this anime (So stealthily that I haven’t written any of my thoughts since it started airing, even in the ShoujoAi thread I started myself).
But I pray to those who get to read how I felt about the series once I do.
Waves the Saki/Nodoka and Ritsu/Mio flags…