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Yuri Network News – (百合ネットワークニュース) – August 1, 2015

August 1st, 2015

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Super special exciting news! The new Yuricon Store is officially open!

Yuricon turns 15 this month, and Okazu is 13 years old and going strong and we wanted to do something amazing for this year’s celebration. Because emailing cake and balloons is difficult, we’ve got fun CONTESTS for you, our beloved Okazu readers and fellow Yuri fans, to celebrate our new Store! We’re looking forward to all your entries. ^_^

My heartfelt thanks to our webmaster, designer and all-round genius, Lissa Patillo  for the many many hours of work on the new Store.  And also to her and Meaghan for our lovely Grand Opening Image of Yuricon mascots Yuriko and Midori. ^_^ I am so excited to finally unveil this officially! Enjoy our one-stop shop for everything Yuri.

Now, onto this week’s news! And holy Yuri, there’s some amazing news…

Yuri Games

Mad popular Yuri game Okujou no Yuri Yurei-san has been licensed as Kindred Spirits on the Roof! I may be convinced to try this one, it’s just that popular.

ANN reports that R-INFINITY is planning a Yuri-focused dating sim game.  Go read their report and boggle at all the many horrible wonderful things promised. And remember, it’s always 1980 in Japanese dating sims, and it always will be. Happy endings and lesbians do not go together. Here’s a link to the game’s official site. ^_^;

In return, Twitter informed me that much less unhappy NenoKami: The Princess Knights of Kyoto is already licensed and may be less awful. Also licensed and heading our way is Shadows of Pygmalion.

YNN Correspondent Arca J wrote in to make sure we note that in a bold move from Nintendo, Fire Emblem will include same-sex marriage.

Guess I’ll have to open a new section on the Store, with all these licensed titles, huh? ^_^

LGBTQ Comics

Senior YNN Correspondent Erin S offers this list of LGBT Webcomics to tantalize and entertain you.

 

LGBTQ Event

Confusion SF in Detroit is specifically looking for LGBTQ cartoonists interested in participating. January 21-24, 2016, take a look at the website and contact Kurt Erichsen.

Other News

Japanese clothing chain UNIQLO is premiering a brand new line of women’s summer yukata, influenced by famous 20th century illustrator Nakahara Junichi, who we know from the elegant covers he drew for Yoshiya Nobuko’s novels.

This excellent overview of the 2015 Eisner Awards by Gina Gagliano on Tor.com,  gives one hope for comics.

 

Know some cool Yuri News you want people to know about? Become a Yuri Network Correspondent by sending me any Yuri-related news you find. Emails go to anilesbocon01 at hotmail dot com. Not to the comments here, please, or they might be forgotten or missed. There’s a reason for this madness. This way I know you are a real human, not Anonymous (which I do not encourage – stand by your words with your name!) and I can send you a YNN correspondent’s badge.
Thanks to all of you – you make this a great Yuri Network!





Yuricon Store News

July 6th, 2015

yuriconKeep up with what’s New on the Yuricon Store!

I know you haven’t seen a lot of reviews. It’s not even that I’ve been out having fun. The bathroom renovation has been slightly short of Money Pit-ish. Family, holidays, stuff. So I am reading, but reallllllly slowly. And I’ve been working feverishly on the Yuricon Store, getting ready for a formal launch party next month to celebrate Yuricon’s 15th year and Okazu’s 13th. Crazy, huh? We’ll be doing all sorts of contests to celebrate.

In the meantime, I thought an update is warranted. All the Anime, Manga, and Book sections are completed, and being kept up-to-date. I’m trying to make sure items get entered when we have image art, unless it’s a super important item. ^_^

We’ve added some new stuff from Sparkler Monthly into our Digital Manga  and English Manga sections, of course we’re always adding new stuff in all the other sections as well.

And, now we’ve added a  Yuri Goods page. Featuring Uranus and Neptune figurines and henshin wand lip glosses and and our *brand new* original Yuricon Apparel and accessories at Redbubble. Click on “Buy on Redbubble” and scroll down to see all the items available. More items to come, with more images! And of course, as we see cool Yuri-themed items from our vendors, we’ll add those, as well.

Do drop by and watch as the Store is being built…one day at a time.  ^_^If you see anything wonky, or there’s something you’d really like to see on the store, please feel free to Contact Us with your requests!

 





Second Eureka “Yuri Culture” Article on the Yuricon Essays Page!

April 26th, 2015

eurekaTerribly exciting news today. The second translated article from Eureka magazine’s “The Current State of Yuri Culture” issue is live and public on the Yuricon Essays Page!

Thoughts on the Representation of Yuri Fandom in Kurata Uso’s Yuri danshi by James Welker, translated by him and published with his permission. I found his take on the subject fascinating (As you will see when you read the article, we had discussed the topic while walking around Girls Love Fest together.)

We have one more essay coming up and I promise you, it’s excellent. Get early access to the article and any other Yuri essays we’ll post  by becoming an Okazu Patron. Even a dollar a month gets you early access and special contests and other Patron perks. (We’re just a few dollars a month away from $400. Your support will go a long way to helping us get our work done!)

Eureka‘s “Current State of Yuri Culture” issue is available on the Yuricon Store on the Yuri Literature page , along with other Japanese and English fiction and nonfiction to help you along in your Yuri research.

Thanks again to Prof. Welker and enjoy his thoughts on Yuri fandom!

 





Yuricon Essays and Store Update!

March 16th, 2015

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Today we announce the first translation from the Eureka “Current State of Yuri Culture” issue! Check out Yuri: A Genre Without Borders along with all the great Yuri Essays available to you for research.

More essays will be going up in days to come. For early access to translations from Eureka, become an Okazu Patron.

AND, work on the Yuricon Store is booking along. ^_^ We’re already the most comprehensive all-Yuri-in-one-place on the Internet and items are being added daily.

I recommend starting in the Digital Manga page with Yuri on Kindle, ebooks, and even Comixology! 

The English Manga page and English Anime pages are up to date and even have pre-orders listed.

And with the help of a few folks, we’ve got an amazing listing of great Yuri Literature for both scholarly and entertainment purposes. 

The Japanese Manga page has more than 200 items. No more wading through Amaon JP to find what you want. You can search the Store in English or Japanese, to find your favorite author or series.

Thanks again for all your support and here’s to a great 2015 for Yuri fans!





Yuricon Store News

March 8th, 2015

Well, here we are.

The Yuricon Store is informally open. ^_^

This is a soft launch, so there’s still a lot to do. But the English Manga, Digital Manga, English Anime and Yuri Literature sections are up-to-date (for the moment.) The Japanese Manga section has a lot of titles, but is still in development and Light Novels and Drama CDs are as filled as they are getting for a bit. We’ll revisit them in Q2. Also planned for Q3 is a Yuri Goods section.

A couple of important notes about the Store:

1) First, read this page 

This page contains explanations of the sections, the vendor choices and other basic questions. I did my best to address the most obvious questions you might have. This includes things like how to search for titles and what you are seeing on a page. You can use the Tags to search for similar items. And there is a search feature – you can limit the search to items on the Store only, or the whole site. Search only works for Titles in the Store right now.  You can Search for Titles, authors, publishers and imprints – in English and Japanese. We’re working on formatting results even more helpfully now.. Remember, Work in Progress. ^_^

2) We welcome feedback.

If you don’t see something you’d hoped to find, write us via our feedback form.

Correction: We welcome feedback as long as it does not begin “Why don’t you have X item?” ^_^; Answer: Work in Progress.

If items are not available through the retailers we’re using, or out of print, or non-existent,they may just not be on the Shop. Sorry, but there is no available Ikkitousen:DD Complete Set, even though there is a complete set for Ikkitousen, Ikkitousen:GG and Ikkitousen:XX. Maddening, I know. But I can’t fix licensing. All we can do is give you the most comprehensive listings for Yuri possible.

3) The Store is a Work in Progress.

If you see an inconsistency, a mistake, a typo, anything that needs correction, by all means send us feedback! But do be polite about it, thanks! I’ll get back to you as soon as possible. Just consider yourself a delta tester and feel free to let us know where we can improve. Thanks!

Thank you to all the Heroes and Superheros and Patrons and Sponsors and our webmaster Lissa for helping us get this far.  Already, the Yuricon Store is the most comprehensive set of online listings for Yuri anime and manga. And with your continued support, it’ll just keep getting better.