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It's Yuri Day so here are a couple of neat videos on yuri you can check out in-between all the reading and watching of actual yuri you will obviously be doing today.

citrus and the rise of yuri anime and manga (3h)

Citrus' place in yuri history is indeed "complicated" and while it's not a fav series of mine this 3 hour look at that history and the criticism Citrus has faced, both fair and otherwise, was really interesting and informative, so I highly recommend i!

The Queer Subtext of Shoujo Manga (30m)

Colleen is my go to on anything shoujo and josei and in the past year I've noticed they've been including more about how yuri and BL fits in with those demographics. This video is the perfect example of this, it touches on a lot of early proto-yuri that setup many of the staples we'd see in future works. Aside from this, all of Colleen's videos are great so check out their backlog.

The Fruitiest Anime You've Never Heard Of: A Simoun Retrospective (1h5m)

Simoun has always been an interesting oddity in the yuri sphere, originally airing on the very same day as Strawberry Panic it never reached the same level of popularity. It certainly tried to do some interesting things with gender and war and this video is a great look into some of those elements. You can watch it without having seen Simoun as it tried to avoid spoilers so more people can go watch it themselves.

Kunihiko Ikuhara: A Revolutionary Director of Anime (2h20m)

ah Zeria, an og in the animanga video essay field who did a lot of great videos on yuri, they've since bowed out of video creation and delisted a lot of their backlog but some bangers still remain, including this look at Ikuhara's work from Utena to Yuri Bear Storm.

Why the manga LOVE BULLET was supported on a global scale (16m)

Love Bullet!! This is a good overview on how Love Bullet had its comeback, showing the how and why the yuri fandom ended up rallying behind it.

The Ultimate Lesbian Horror Anime! (27m)

three of those anime girls September 2025 edition