Yuru Yuri's Sakurako & Himawari's Marriage Registration Offered

As a joke, Ichijinsha's Comic Yuri Hime magazine editor-in-chief Naritarō Nakamura posted on his Twitter account on Sunday that the magazine's November issue would bundle a filled-out marriage registration form for the characters Sakurako and Himawari from Namori's Yuru Yuri manga. Sakurako and Himawari are a popular yuri couple from this manga, which follows several fun-loving schoolgirls who take over the former room of a tea ceremony club for their own "Gorakubu" (amusement club).
Nakamura later wrote that he was considering whether the magazine really should bundle the form. He then posted that if his Twitter account received more than 2,000 followers, that the magazine would include the "proper government form."
Nakamura's Twitter account now has over 2,400 followers.
Nakamura confirmed on Sunday that the November issue of Comic Yuri Hime would bundle Sakurako and Himawari's marriage registration form. Nakamura cautioned that Sakurako is not so smart, so she probably "filled" out the form improperly. As a result, the editor noted (tongue-in-cheek) that the government would probably reject the form.
The November issue will go on sale on September 17.
Comic Yuri Hime has been publishing Yuru Yuri since Ichijinsha's Comic Yuri Hime S magazine ended publication in 2010. Ichijinsha released the seventh volume of the manga in Japan on July 28.
An anime adaptation of Yuru Yuri began airing in Japan in July, and Crunchyroll is currently simulcasting the anime outside of Japan


source: ANN

Aya Hirano's Agency Confirms She Is Leaving Firm

Space Craft Entertainment, the agency that has managed the career of voice actress Aya Hirano, confirmed with the music news source Natalie that she is leaving the agency as of August 20. There is no word on Hirano's activities after her departure from Space Craft Entertainment.

The official Aya Hirano fan club, Aya Dama, will cease its operations on August 20. The club already stopped processing new applications and membership renewals on July 31.

source: Natalie via ANN.

 

Official Yuru Yuri Underpants Ice Pack Cover Offered

The Japanese publisher Ichijinsha revealed on Monday that it will sell "Akari's Underpants ice pack cover" from the Yuru Yuri school comedy manga at its Comic Market booth in Tokyo from August 12 to August 14.

Ichijinsha will also sell a hand muffler shaped like the socks from the manga's middle school uniform, an "Akkariiin!" mobile strap, and a large eyeglass cleaning cloth illustrated by the manga's creator Namori. Items from other franchises will include four Starmine hand towels, Yasashii Kyōshi no Shitsukeru-kata "Breasts Eye Mask," and plastic-bottle holders shaped like school swimsuits.

The Yuru Yuri television anime premiered last month, and Crunchyroll has been streaming it outside Japan as it airs.

source: ANN [Via Akiba Blog, Moe Ota-News Sokuhō]