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Yuri Anime/Lesbian Manga/Novels and AfterEllen

March 2nd, 2007

This week has been crack-ariffic, hasn’t it? Once more, no review today, instead news from all corners of the world that this blog touches.

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First up, just in from my deep throat contact at Media Blasters – the folks at MB have licensed the Kashimashi~ Girl Meets Girl anime. The anime is guaranteed yuri, with some transgenderism, unlike the manga which is still on-going and showing strong signs of turning Hazumu back into a boy. For reviews (and explanations, for new visitors) of the story, here is my first review of Kashimashi, and my end of season review. I have not really reviewed the special DVD-only 13th episode. Yet.

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Secondly, since the folks at Prism Comics were so awesome, here is their press release for the next place you can find them – Wondercon:

On the heels of its appearance at the New York Comic-Con, Prism Comics is now hitting San Francisco’s WonderCon from March 2-4! Prism’s booth (#619), will host a full slate of LGBT creators including Tommy Roddy (Pride High), Lynx Delirium (The Goth Queen Needs a Mate), and Tony Lawrence (Western Nightmares) along with an appearance by the creators of the gay superhero movie, Surge of Power! Prism will also announce its latest publication, Prism Comics: Your LGBT Guide to Comics 2007!

Prism Comics: Your Guide to LGBT Comics 2007 is an all new publication edited by Jonathan Riggs, jam-packed with exclusive comics, articles and features from Paige Braddock, Justin Hall, Leane Franson, Terrance Griep, Lynx Delirium, Abby Denson, Mikhaela Reid and more, with an original cover by Joe Phillips!

The Prism booth will feature the largest selection of LGBT comic books anywhere, including signed copies of Alison Bechdel’s landmark graphic memoir, Fun Home, and fan favorites such as Cavalcade of Boys (Tim Fish), Jane’s World (Paige Braddock), Tough Love (Abby Denson), The Desert Peach (Donna Barr), Chelsea Boys (Allan Neuwirth) and more!

WonderCon will be held at Moscone Center South, 747 Howard Street, San Francisco, California from Friday, March 2nd to Sunday, March 4th (www.comic-con.org/wc/index.shtml).

Prism Comics is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization that supports lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered (LGBT) creators, stories, and readers in the comics industry. Incorporated in 2003, Prism Comics publishes the annual resource guide, Prism Comics: Your LGBT Guide to Comics. For more information, go to www.prismcomics.org.

Incidentally, Prism is also carrying 100% Yuri from ALC Publishing now, as well. :-)

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Thirdly. Today, Okazu made history. Okay, well, not *history* (or herstory, for those who insist.) But today Okazu was linked to by “Best.Lesbian.Week.Ever” on Afterellen.com. (Hello to anyone who is coming here from that link!) Here’s the funny story behind that.

This morning I noticed my visits were unusually high and saw that my post on the movie and manga for Yamaji Ebine’s Love My Life had been linked to by BLWE. The original link said something like “some blogger says”. So I posted to the Yuricon Mailing List that there was nothing like spending countless hours and hours promoting one’s self and one’s genre only to be called “some blogger.” LOL So I commanded my minions to write in and tell BLWE how awesome I was. LOL And when I checked back this evening, the link now says “Yuri Blogger Erica Friedman.” Isn’t that a scream? It’s not the “goddess of yuri and bringer of the genre to western shores” that I might have hoped, but still…

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And last, but not least, as soon as I am done writing this post, I will be sitting down with one of the coolest projects I’ve been asked to do in months. JD Glass, who I met just last Saturday at Comic Con, has sent me the manuscript of her new book, Red Light to read and review. I already have the first line written. ;-) I caught a single line of the book as I printed it out this afternoon and already love it. You’ll be seeing the review here soon, promise.

And that ends this acid trip of a week. Next week, I will endeavor to actually review Yuri Anime, Manga and Drama CDs. promise.





Okazu News: More site construction

December 6th, 2006

So, uh, once again, the old “under construction” sign is up around here at Okazu.

Blogger has a few new bells and whistles and I’m trying to get those working and keep all the old stuff in place. So, my apologies for any inconvenience as your RSS Feeds get 600 posts in the next several weeks, in clots of about 30 or so. (If I didn’t have to republish, I wouldn’t. But I do.) When it’s all over, we ought to have a nice automatically generated list of Labels for you to find things more easily, and I can lose the fakey categories I’ve been using.

I’ll still be posting all week, just to make this even more awkward and annoying. Got a couple more schoolgirl manga for y’all. :-)

Anyway, my apologies. I’ll try to make it as quick as possible. Thanks for your continued support of Okazu!





Yuri News, Yuricon News

May 28th, 2006

I just completed a small update of the Yuricon website. Here’s the run down:

There’s about two weeks left for the 2006 Yuricon AMV Contest. Get those submissions in!

Check out the Events page to find a yuri panel near you – and some possible good news for the future…

From our Yuri News Page:

ALC Publishing announces 2nd editon of Works by Tadeno Eriko

ALC Publishing is pleased to announce a second edition of Tadeno’s Eriko’s 100% yuri manga collection for 2006. This volume includes 4 short stories of lesbian life and love, from adult coming out to high school crushes to a office romance. Order your copy on the Yuricon Shop!

Blue by Kiriko Nananan, English-language edition is now available through the Yuricon Shop

Blood, the Last Vampire 2000 manga now translated into English by Viz

Love My Life by Yamaji Ebine to made into a live action movie

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Yuricon News: Yuricon mentioned in Newsweek Japan

April 5th, 2006

This week’s Newsweek Japan (Cover: Nippon Daisuki) feature article, “We’ve all fallen for Japan!” Newsweek Japan, April 5, 2006. Page 24) discusses the upswing of recent Japanese culture popularity in the US. Covering the growing popularity of manga in America, Yuricon nets a mention.

Yuricon founder Erica Friedman is quoted as having become a fan of anime and manga through “Sailor Moon” and having been inspired to create a community for fans of yuri which became Yuricon.

Yuricon was founded as a celebration of yuri in anime and manga in 2000, and ALC Publishing, North America’s only of 100% yuri publisher in 2003.

To learn more about Yuricon or ALC Publishing, please visit http://www.yuricon.org or email [email protected]





Yuricon News:: "Rica ‘tte Kanji!?" to be used in Brandeis University Anthropology curriculum.

February 14th, 2006

Professor Kerridwen Luis has chosen Rica ‘tte Kanji!? by Rica Takashima as a textbook for Anthropology 166B at Brandeis University, for the Spring 2006 semester.

Professor Luis describes the class: “This class will cover some (not all!) of the current ethnography dealing with non-heteronormative sexualities cross-culturally. Why “non-heteronormative” instead of “non-heterosexual?” Well, the divide between hetero- and homo- that Western culture tends to insist on may not exist in other cultures. Since sexuality is complex, it is difficult to apply our own assumptions and labels (such as “gay, lesbian, bisexual”) to the desires, loves, and sexual activity of other people– boundaries may be more fluid (or more rigid) and identities differently constructed. Sexuality may even impact gender and the body; the formation of identities in different cultural contexts may be a two-way street. This class will examine how those identities are created, some of the vast array of diverse human activity in this area, how the social sciences have handled this topic, and how different perspectives, race, class, culture, and ethnicity all influence how these matters are viewed.”

Keridwen N. Luis is a Ph.D. student in Anthropology at Brandeis University. Her study interests include folk conceptions of culture and culture theory, women’s studies, gender studies, nonheternormative sexualities, intentional communities, consciously created culture, ghost story narratives and belief, personhood, agency and identity.

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