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2020 Online Yuri Panel Schedule!

May 1st, 2020

I’ve been promising this for some time, but at last I have set up a tentative schedule for our 2020 Online Yuri Panel.

 
On May 27th, 2020 4:00 PM EST, we’ll be doing an Okazu Patron-only access for live test. This will include me doing the  setting up of my “film studio” and goofs, so Okazu Patrons will get back stage access and have a chance to see me flail around with lights and screens and moving my furniture, as well as think about questions for the panel.  ^_^
 

On May 31, 2020, Time TBA – we’ll be running a public access Yuri panel, open to all! Come with questions. I’ll be talking good stuff to read and watch, and industry commentary.

I hope to see you all there, of course and look forward to seeing all our Okazu patrons there!





New Yuricon Community on MeWe!

October 30th, 2019

In advance of what will clearly be a future mass migration off of Facebook, as they have now ceded control to white supremacist news sources, I’ve opened a MeWe Yuricon group. This will be a duplicate group and you do not have to feel obliged to follow it, but I wanted to be ready when we have all finally had it with Zuck’s bullshit.

Current Yuricon Communities can be found listed on the Yuricon Links Page!





“100 Year of Yuri” T-Shirt on the Yuricon Store

May 7th, 2019

Join the folks at Yuricon and Okazu as we spend a year celebrating the Yuri genre’s 100th Anniversary with our “100 Years of Yuri” T-shirt.

From Yoshiya Nobuko’s “S” novels of the early 20th century, to stories of lesbian life and love, Yuri has changed lives and brought a fandom together. This t-shirt include the Okazu mascots, sharing a moment over their favorite Yuri! We hope you will join then…and us in this anniversary year!

Check out Yuricon News for 100th Anniversary events.

(Women’s shirts view on Redbubble are currently defaulting to white, we are hoping to change that going forward. The design is white and will work on a color shirt only.)





100 Years of the Yuri Genre Anniversary Kickoff!

February 8th, 2019

 

The end of last month, we officially kicked off our 100th Anniversary of the Yuri Genre series with what I hope will be a saturation of articles, interviews and podcasts. 

Thanks to the folks at Proyecto Sugoi for the chance to talk about Yuri in the first of my 100th Anniversary of Yuri interviews!

Also many thanks to Anime Herald, for letting me write a post about this anniversary for them. Yuri-1919-2019, Then and Now.

Don’t miss our once-in-a-lifetime 100th Anniversary Japan Tour. Seriously, this is the coolest thing we have ever done. Okazu Patrons get a discounted deposit fee. 

Speaking of the perqs of patronage, Okazu Patrons have been given an exclusive sneak peak of a new chapter for the Big Book ‘o Yuri (still not its official name, but it makes me laugh). Become an Okazu Patron and get a look at Yuri Magazines and Anthologies, Part 1.

And check out our new headline banner here on Okazu. How spiffy is that? Thanks to our brilliant designer and web guru Lissa for this lovely anniversary rendition of our Okazu mascots. 

Help me celebrate this important anniversary – contact me if you’d like me to speak as part of your event, organization, school or podcast!





Okazu Podcast: Yuri in 2018, Yuri in 2019

January 2nd, 2019

Welcome to 2019! We’re starting the year off right away with a brand new podcast on our Okazu Patreon, thanks to my new computer, which has functioning audio recording. (That was part of why we went so long without a podcast, the other part was that I was lazy.)

I start this podcast with a look back at two trends in Yuri from 2018 and why they may not mean what we think they mean, and then I look forward to what they might actually mean for us in 2019.

Please take a listen to Yuri in 2018, Yuri in 2019 on the Okazu Patreon. Thanks very much to our Okazu Patrons for supporting this and making it possible to bring you Yuri reviews and news! If you enjoy all our work here on Okazu, please consider subscribing to our Patreon. 

$5/month will give us the chance to support more Yuri artists, attend more events and and pay for more guest reviews! In the meantime, enjoy our first podcast of the year!