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‘By Your Side’ Interview at Kinokuniya NYC

December 2nd, 2022

This week, I had the incredible pleasure of being interviewed a Kinokuniya NYC in midtown New York City. I cannot begin to tell you how much fun this was! Thanks so much to everyone at the store, especially Ariel, the interviewer. We held the interview right as people walked into the store, so we had quite an audience. I signed some books – and even had a few folks there pick some up. Thanks to the folks who came by!

Once again, I’ll ask you to give this video a watch and a “like” on the Kinokuniya Youtube Channel. It helps them and lets them know that they made a good choice to have me. ^_^ Here’s the whole interview:

 

 

If you’d like to share some shorter clips, they also had me do a pitch for my book… ^_^

 

…and then read a short segment.

 

Please feel free to share any of these and comment on YT! Thank you all for making By Your Side a success and thanks again to everyone at Kinokuniya NYC and Kinokuniya USA for their support.

You can find By Your Side: The First 100 Years of Yuri Anime and Manga at Kinokuniya, online or at bookstores near you!





The Yuri View From Anime NYC

November 21st, 2022

Typically, I would be writing an event report for today, telling you about all the great stuff I did, but this year, for the first time in almost a decade, I was behind a table the whole time and saw almost nothing of the actual event. But there’s a fair chunk of Yuri news out of AnimeNYC, so I thought I’d run those down for you in short order.

First of all, thanks very much to AnimeNYC for inviting me and all of you who came by and bought copies of By Your Side: The First 100 Years of Yuri Anime And Manga! And thanks to those who brought your copy to be signed. That was fun. ^_^

Zack Davisson commented that it was ballsy that I had a pre-printed sold-out sign…but I knew you folks could do it. ^_^ It was a blast hanging with him and paneling with Zack and Abby Denson.

Secondly, thanks to my next door neighbors in the artist alley, the world-class Patabot. I totally picked up a “In the name of the Moon, I will fuck you up!” t-shirt, but they also have awesome pins and stickers. Do check them out. Trust me, you’ll love them!

So let’s get on to the good stuff.

First thing I saw was Global Bookwalker’s TATESC  vertical scrolling service is launching with, among other titles, Lilies, by Yuto Komiya. The first chapter can be downloaded for free.

HIDIVE had this banner for The Executioner And Her Way Of Life, which was nice to see. Sorry for the unedited images but I have some Thai Yuri to watch and no patience with formatting today. ^_^

The Gundam installation included a lovely display of the mobile suits and Suletta from The Witch From Mercury…and a giant Aerial model!

Which, by the way is why I have decided that, while I may buy Miorine and Suletta figuarts, I won’t be getting Aerial. After looking at so many Gundam models I realize they all look exactly the same to me. Don’t @ me. ^_^

News at Anime NYC was fantastic!

Crunchyroll is going to be streaming Yuri Is My Job! anime in spring 2023. Looking forward to seeing how this does. It’ll be funny, but will it work?

Kodansha licensed one of my favorite series right now, Kuzushiro’s Amayo no Tsuki as The Moon on a Rainy Night. (image from OASG on Twitter.) I have been waiting on this announcement for a while. You can read my reviews of Volume 1, Volume 2 and Volume 3 here on Okazu. I think this is an outstanding series and I’m thrilled we will get it in English.

I thought I’d wrap this up with a reminder that By Your Side: The First 100 Years of Yuri Anime And Manga is lesbian approved and you should totally get it. ^_^

I’ve spent the last week reading my head off, so more reviews to come this week!





Join me at Anime NYC!

November 17th, 2022

This weekend, I will be a guest at Anime NYC at Javits Convention Center, NYC from Friday, November 18-Sunday, November 20.

I’ll be signing copies of By Your Side, the First 100 Years of Yuri Anime and Manga – the first 20 people to buy a copy at Anime NYC will get one of two mini-badges designs featuring our cover couples. ^_^ Find me at Table D04 in the Artist Alley.

Look for me in the Artist’s Alley at Table D04, next to my pal Zack Davission who is also going to be selling his fantastic books. On Sunday, I’ll be participating in two panels:

Defending Manga, 11:00 am–11:45 on the Community Stage (River Pavilion) with the Manga in Libraries gang

Writing About Japan, 1:30 pm–2:30 in Panel Room 3 (1E16) with Zack and Abby Denson. 

 

It’s going to be loads of fun. Drop by and say hello!





Erica’s Schedule for November and December 2022

October 25th, 2022

This week will be accompanied by a slow-down of reviews as I rev up my end-of year speaking schedule.  I was honored to address students at Hunter College, in NYC yesterday. Thank you all for your great questions! If I can post that lecture on Yuri Studio, I will do that at the end of the year!

Now to get ready for AnimeNYC, November 18-20 in NYC. The first 20 people to buy a copy of By Your Side: The First 100  Years of Yuri Anime and Manga at the event will get a mini-button of one of the cover couples! I also have a few postcards to give away to folks after that. Supplies are very limited, because I am literally dragging my boxes in myself by train and I have a severely limited supply of arms. ^_^

Also available will be some of our ALC Publishing manga books: WORKS, by Eriko Tadeno, Shoujoai ni Bouken, Volume 1 (the only volume of this goofily-named series that was printed, but its on my 2023 schedule to finish the third part and collect the whole set as one volume,) and remaining volumes of Yuri Mongatari. These will all be going for reduced prices, as I need the space. ^_^

While at AnimeNYC, I’ll be on two panels. Catch me on Sunday at Defending Manga, with the Manga in Libraries (11:00 am–11:45 on Community Stage (River Pavilion)) folks and  Writing About Japan, (1:30 PM )with Abby Denson and Zack Davisson! (1:30 – 2:15 in Panel Room 3)

For those of you who won’t be able to make it, I’ll also be speaking with the folks at Kinokuniya NYC, for an interview that should go up on their social media next month.

December 16-18 will see the return of Casa Con to a Discord near you. ^_^ This year James Welker and I will be interviewing each other about our respective work in BL and Yuri!

Folks looking at 2023 will be able to catch me on a podcast near you and at the Michigan State University Translation Workshop once again.

If you’d like me to speak at your organization, podcast, university or event, do drop me a line via our Yuricon Contact form. I’d love to chat with you.





Guest Announcement for Anime NYC!

October 3rd, 2022

I am extremely pleased to announce that I will be a guest at AnimeNYC on November 18-20, 2022, at the Javits Convention Center!

This is an important event to me. A few years ago I was in the position of reporting on both New York Comic-Con and AnimeNYC for The Comics Beat and, in doing so, I was able to conclude that, as anime and manga go, NYCC was not a great con. In 2018, NYCC moved their “Animefest” to a location a rather long walk away from the main convention center and in 2019, it was a puzzling melange of Renfaire-style goods and random elements with no cohesion.

That same year, BPE, AnimeNYC was everything New York Comic Con was not able to be. I declared AnimeNYC a decisive winner in the anime con wars in NYC.

I love the con, the staff, the other vendors, and I’ve had a great time every year that I’ve attended. Last year felt especially nice as it was the first event I had been to in several years. As a result of all of this – being a guest at this con feels special. 

I’ll have a table in the Artist Alley next to my pal Zack Davisson, where you’ll be able to get signed copies of By Your Side: The First 100 Years of Yuri Anime and Manga – or bring your copy by and I’ll sign it.  ^_^ I’ll have stickers and postcards and pins as well. I’m participating in two panels: Writing About Japan, with Zack and Abby Denson and the Manga in Libraries Defending Manga panel.

I hope you’ll drop by, by some stuff and let AnimeNYC know that they should have me back next year. ^_^

See you at AnimeNYC!