News Roundup: May 20-26

May 27, 2017

Revolutionary Girl Utena is back with an all new manga chapter that will run in Shogakukan’s Flowers magazine in July.

There’s a couple of Sailor Moon announcements. There will be a new addition to the Proplica kine with Sailor Chibi Moon’s Pink Moon Stick, which is currently available for preorder and will ship in October 2017. There’s a new Sailor Moon plus-size collection with Namoi Watanabe, a plus-sized actress and comedienne as the face of the new collection. There will be another line of Little Charms. There will be ten in a set. Sailor Moon Day will be a thing at Anime NYC in November. The event will include 10 English cast members from Sailor Moon Crystal.

The cast of the Sailor Moon musical has revealed Sailor Starlights and Princess Kakyu.

There’s a new announcement about new Yuri!!! on Ice figures featuring both Yuuri and Victor and will be available this fall.

Bloom, a digital BL anthology by Home-Sha (Shueisha) celebrated its one-year anniversary with a special issue.

Chihayafuru, the anime version, is getting an English dub from Sentai Filmworks. The first season will be released in September and come with extra goodies.

The Sanrio Danshi (Sanrio Boys) TV anime will premiere January 2018. According to Anime News Network, “The project’s premise follows Kōta Hasegawa, a high school boy that loves the yellow Pom Pom Purin dog. By mere coincidence, he ends up attending the same school as Yū Mizuno, a boy who likes the bunny My Melody. Yū tells Kōta that there’s nothing to be ashamed of for liking Sanrio’s cute characters. Together, Kōta, Yū, Shunsuke Yoshino, Ryō Nishimiya, and Seiichiro Minamoto learn to accept their love of the characters instead of feeling embarrassed.”