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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.

For more information on ALC Publishing’s Yuri manga or on Yuricon, please visit our website.





Yuricon News, Okazu News

January 28th, 2006

If you are regular reader, you may notice a few small changes going on around here. This entry is pretty much a “We apologize for the inconvenience while renovating” type post. ;-)

Here’s what’s up on Okazu:

Because I’ve been doing Okazu for over three years now, the monthly archive is, as you can see, huge and not easy to navigate. (Gee, what was Erica talking about in Sept. 2003?). Blogger does not have a real categories function, so I’m using a workaround I found, which is basically to use Blogger search for certain preset keywords. If you look on the right-hand sidebar, you’ll see a new section called “Categories”. I am retroactively retitling all the several hundred posts on Okazu to have one or more of these keywords in the title. It’ll make it a bit easier…I *hope*…to find relevant posts. And it will force me to use more consistent titles.

The Categories are broken down into basic, obvious areas – Yuri Anime, Yuri Manga, Marimite-related, General Yuri news, Yuricon news, etc. Not every post will be keyed in to one of those categories, but most will – eventually. My apologies for any issues you encounter with links and general difficulties until it’s all done. I’m starting with my very oldest posts, and my very newest one and working towards the middle.

I guess the question I have is – should I leave the monthly archive up, too? Does anyone other than me use it? Let me know in the comments section.

Onto Yuricon:

Firstly, the final day to submit a picture to the 2006 Yuriko Fanart Contest is January 31. (I know the rules say the 30th. I’m giving readers and Yuricon Mailing List members an extra day.)

Secondly – we are starting to think about 2007 and a possible event. IF we decide to do an event in 2007, it would be a US version of what we did in Tokyo. That would be a one day event, cosplay welcome (but no cosplay event held) with a focus on video programming, panels and workshops. So keep an eye on autumn 2007 in Newark, NJ!





Yuri News Items!

June 3rd, 2005

Today we’ll cover a bunch of news snippets, because there’s *alot* going on in the world of yuri!

The magazine formerly known as Yuri Shimai is back in a new incarnation, now known as Yuri Hime!

According the website, we can expect all of our favorite authors, art and stories. We cab also expect a manga report of Yuricon in Tokyo. I’m a little worried about that!. LOL

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Rica ‘tte Kanji!? and Yuri Monogatari were both reviewed in the June issue of Curve and Girlfriends magazines. (Curve actually ran separate sidebars on both Yuricon and ALC Publishing.) The verdicts?

“…my new bedside table fave, Rica ‘tte Kanji!?…” – Diane Anderson Marshall, Curve

“Yuri Monogatari 2 is a more titillating collection with some, let’s just say satisying, graphics…” “[Rica ‘tte Kanji!?] is a fun graphic novel about sexual awakening…” – Lauren Dockett, Girlfriends

Overall, very positive comments from a non-manga reading audience. :-)

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Back on February 8th and May 17th and I reviewed a lovely little manga series called Aria. Alert reader Ladios pointed out that an anime of Aria was forthcoming and today I received an email pointing to this Anime News Network release that confirms it:

Animate.tv has confirmed that Kozue Amano’s manga series Aria is to be adapted into an anime. More details are expected to be announced the the August issue of Monthly Comic Blade (on sale June 30th). Mag Garden’s website states (in Japanese) the anime is to be released in July.

So there you go – an Aria anime is coming. Thank you alert readers!

PS – Don’t expect high levels of yuri, but look for Aika’s akogare/crush on Alicia – and see if Alicia and Akari look like lovers in this version, the way they do in the manga. lol

And to finsh off for the news items – if you haven’t been to the Yuricon website recently, you should stop by. We have a new essay up and new anime and manga titles up on the Yuricon Shop. And, until June 14th, get $10 off all orders of $30 of “I Love Yuri” gifts and apparel from Cafepress.
We’ve got new names on “The List” and a new issue of Saiyuu no Ryouko: The Continuing Adventures of Yuriko!

That’s it for today – send more news!