Yuri License Announcements

[Suzu]

If they go too gung ho there's a danger of oversaturating the market. Even putting aside yuri specifically, Seven Seas licenses are lacking a bit in diversity lately as a result of this.

Now that you mentioned it, it seems Seven Seas doesn't license many classic titles anymore. In 2021-2022 they were into licensing classic manga but now those licenses are more sparse. Like, at this year's Anime NYC they announced license for the 90's cult classic josei horror manga Pet Shop of Horrors (very excited for that one!) and the previous classic license before that was Marmalade Boy which they announced license for in 2022.

 

[Sarah]

Now that you mentioned it, it seems Seven Seas doesn't license many classic titles anymore. In 2021-2022 they were into licensing classic manga but now those licenses are more sparse. Like, at this year's Anime NYC they announced license for the 90's cult classic josei horror manga Pet Shop of Horrors (very excited for that one!) and the previous classic license before that was Marmalade Boy which they announced license for in 2022.

They're currently publishing a new translation/edition of Gravitation (1996-2002 in Japan - originally a Tokyopop title) which I think probably counts as a classic, even if it's not everyone's favourite!

 

[Suzu]

They're currently publishing a new translation/edition of Gravitation (1996-2002 in Japan - originally a Tokyopop title) which I think probably counts as a classic, even if it's not everyone's favourite!

Oh yeah, I forgot about Gravitation cause I misremembered that it started in 2000.

 

[Claire]

Never thought I'd see the day

 

[Claire]

Quite an interesting one here, the author Curryuku mentioned Viz were gonna be releasing a print edition of their Webtoon series about a year ago. Looks like we finally got confirmation of that from Viz themselves. If you've never read it it's really fun.

 

[Claire]

 

[Claire]

Kodansha USA have licensed 'A Curtain Call for You' by Shiho Satou & Kiki Emoda.

 

[Claire]

 

[Claire]

Inori's new novel got licensed rahhhhhh!!!!

 

[Claire]

For the first time in maybe a year, Seven Seas have not disappointed me.

 

[Claire]

 

[Claire]

Muromaki-sensei!!!!!!! If you've ever followed her on Twitter or Bluesky you'll know she's an absolute delight. So glad some of her work is getting translated.

 

[Claire]

Two new announcements from Yen Press. I Love Amy is one of my favourite yuri ever, it's amazing to see it getting a physical release.

 

[Claire]

Bit of a weird one here since they aren't technically new licenses, but Manga Mavericks have started a publishing arm and in addition to their flagship licenses, they are going to be selling new print runs of several yuri manga which were originally distributed exclusively through Kickstarter and translated by Red String Translations. All of three of these titles will be on sale in July 2025, so if you missed out and want to get your hands on them this is a good opportunity (images lifted from the Manga Mavericks website).

 

[Claire]

I can confirm that 'Now No One Lurks Beneath the Snow' is fabulous by the way. Historical yuri with a non-binary lesbian love interest. Very forthright with its feminist themes. Highly recommended.

Spicy as hell too (hence the R18 on the cover).

 

[Claire]

 

[Sarah]

New GL/Yuri announcement from Seven Seas at Anime NYC last night: