YuruYuri is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Namori. The series began serialization in Ichijinsha's Comic Yuri Hime S magazine from June 12, 2008, before being moved over to Comic Yuri Hime in September 2010. An anime adaptation by Doga Kobo aired in Japan between July and September 2011, with a second season airing between July and September 2012. An original video animation by TYO Animations was released on February 18, 2015, followed by two TV specials which aired in August and September 2015. A third TV season by TYO Animations aired between October and December 2015. Another OVA by Lay-duce, announced to celebrate the manga's tenth anniversary, was released on November 13, 2019, and was televised on AT-X on February 23, 2020. A spin-off original net animation titled Miniyuri by DMM.futureworks and W-Toon Studio premiered on YouTube on September 25, 2019. A spin-off web manga, Ōmuro-ke, began release on Nico Nico Seiga in July 2012. Two anime film adaptations of Ōmuro-ke by Passione and Studio Lings premiered in February and June 2024.
Cover of the first manga volume featuring (left to right) Kyoko Toshino, Chinatsu Yoshikawa, Yui Funami and Akari Akaza.
Yuri , also known by the wasei-eigo construction girls' love , is a genre of Japanese media focusing on intimate relationships between female characters. While lesbian relationships are a commonly associated theme, the genre is also inclusive of works depicting emotional and spiritual relationships between women that are not necessarily romantic or sexual in nature. Yuri is most commonly associated with anime and manga, though the term has also been used to describe video games, light novels, and literature.
An example of yuri-inspired artwork. Works depicting intimate relationships between school classmates are common in the yuri genre.
A white lily, the de facto symbol of the yuri genre
Writer Nobuko Yoshiya, whose works in the Class S genre significantly influenced yuri
Cosplayers dressed as Sailor Uranus and Sailor Neptune from Sailor Moon