Yuri!

Holla, fellow Lters.

Can you recommend some Yuri-manga?
Somehow I can´t find them in the bookshops, maybe it´s just bad luck. I don´t know.
Please feel free to suggest.

Oh, as information - my favourite anime is Utena.

mata ne

I don't know much about yuri manga in print, but there's a great scanlation site devoted to it: http://www.lililicious.net/

Oh, and I loved Erica Sakurazawa's Between the Sheets. I was grateful to Tokyopop for taking a chance on Ms. Sakurazawa, but unfortunately she didn't sell very well here.

You could make an pretty good argument for Read or Die being yuri-- or at least shoujo-ai. Other than that, I can't think of any English-translated, published yuri. I heard Simoun anime was licensed, though, so maybe they'll translate the manga soon.

>metatext
thanks for the link to lililicious, looks real good. ;)

>imayb1
Simoun will be coming soon, thats what I heard and Read Or Die - I know the OVA and thats not Yuri but I will try the TV-Series.

Oh, english translated would be nice, german translated would also be an option.

thanks so far

When in doubt, just ask the good women over at Yuricon:

English Yuri titles from ALC Publishing:
Yuri Monogatari 3
Yuri Monogatari 4
WORKS
Shoujoai ni Bouken by Erica Friedman
Rica 'tte Kanji! by Rica Takashima

I'm not going to make a list of all the titles with yuri themes that they listed, but just pick out a few that I know something about (or can recommend):

Alien Nine
Azumanga Daioh
Cardcaptor Sakura
Ghost in the Shell
Gunsmith Cats

Additionally, I am intrigued by the title at the bottom of the page: Weather Woman. I don't know anything about it, but it certainly sounds yuri-ish.

Ghost in the Shell has yuri themes? Seems like that's stretching the definition of yuri pretty far.

Major Kusangi is generally accepted to be a lesbian or a bisexual. Wikipedia explains it as such:

In the original manga, Kusanagi's portrayal differs from that of the movie. She has a much more slapstick, vivacious, and sexy personality. She participates in a lesbian sex splash panel and has a boyfriend. The in-universe explanation for the lesbian sex panel seems to be that cyborgs of the same gender are especially compatible. This splash panel is apparently a "side business" for Motoko, as stated by Masamune in the back of the manga collection.

metatext:
note that the scenes that have been described by lampbane were censored from English editions (at least the ones I saw).

The same article claims that the second English edition of the book restored the missing scenes. Which of course means I now have to go see for myself.

>lampbane
Yuricon, thanks for that. ^________^

Alien Nine
Azumanga Daioh
Cardcaptor Sakura
Ghost in the Shell
Gunsmith Cats

I know these but would never dream of calling them yuri. ^o^"

Yes, like above stated GITS has a lesbian scene.
It is missing from the english and german editions, but described in the Animania 18+ issue.

Gunsmith Cats definitely has some yuri content later, with one of the major villains and her penchant for putting other women in bondage gear.

I know these but would never dream of calling them yuri. ^o^"

That's why they (and I) said yuri characters or yuri themes.

In Cardcaptor Sakura the girl-crush that Tomoyo has on Sakura would definitely qualify as a character or theme. Especially since the relationship was passed down from their respective mothers (Sonomi and Nadeshiko).

But again, this thread was looking for full-blown yuri, which I... don't actually read.

Uh Oh?!

I think I have to say sorry for the use of the wrong words.

What I wnted to say was "An diese Werke hätte ich im Zusammenhang mit Yuri nie gedacht" (something like: I wouldnt have thought of these manga in therms of yuri).

But these things can happen when youre using a foreign language. So, sorry again.

For better understanding I am looking for something like Revolutionary Girl Utena not something with the most lesbian scenes.

I never thought of Utena as being yuri, but yuri-themed. It's usually just labelled "shoujo."

But again, the Yuricon people would still be the best to ask for recommendations.

I am not knowledgeable about yuri-themed shoujo (my knowledge extends as far as Utena), I mostly read seinen and ...more seinen, but isn't Rosen unter Marias Obhut (Maria-sama ga miteru) something similar?