Okashi Nako is a young woman living in poverty. When she applies to work at a Gem store, she learns that store owner, Otsuka Ren, is a lesbian. Ren promises that Nako’s not her type, but she may be lying…. Nako takes the job and so begins a comedic tale of rich and poor, sickness and health, for better and for worse!

ALC Publishing and JManga are proud to announce a partnership to bring you Goto Hayako’s Yuri love comedy, POOR POOR LIPS!  

From JManga, the world’s first official Japanese manga portal website, directly from the 39 prominent publishers that make up the Digital Comic Association, and from ALC Publishing, a pioneer in Yuri Manga comes a partnership that brings you some of the best in Yuri digital manga straight from Japan! With the honest representation of lesbian life you’ve come to expect from ALC and the convenience of digital manga, Poor Poor Lips is sure to please Yuri fans. Volume 1 is available to all North American readers.

(Cover Image: Poor Poor Lips Volume 1 (c)HAYAKO GOTO/Takeshobo Co., Ltd.)

Grisnak with Yuri Minds

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Emily, with All Your Life Haruka

All entries have been added to the Yuri Studios channel on Youtube for your viewing pleasure. If you know of a or have made a Yuri AMV you’d like to see on our channel, let us know. We’re always on the look out for more great Yuri AMVs.

Thanks everyone and congratulations to the winners!

Contest rules are easy.

Please email us with your answer to this questions:

What kind of DVD packaging do you like? If you want premium packaging what do you consider premium & are you willing to pay extra?

For instance, if you like thinpaks (single disks in thin jewelcase) then your answer to the second part is N/A, since you don’t want premium packaging.

This question is a little complex, so think of it this way. Presume you *do* want the anime. What does “premium” mean to you? And if a set is offered with that premium packaging, what are you willing to cough up to get it? Try to be specific. The word “reasonable” isn’t as helpful as “$XX more.”

If you like box sets or limited edition packaging, (like the art box for Mai HiME), tell us if you are willing to go up  in price for that packaging.

To be eligible you need to email us at yuriconcontest@gmail.com with your answers. The contest will be over when Erica has completed her review of the Black Rose Saga on Okazu. You must be over 13 to enter.

I know you folks are smart and can see that these contest questions are obvious Market Research, but I can assure you that RightStuf takes your suggestions very seriously and want to make us happy. I mean, look, we got Rose Seal rings, so QED. ^_^

Here is a short list of things to add to your to-do list if you’re attending:

In the Exhibitor Hall – Prism Comics (Table 1058) and Geeks Out (Table 1165).

Do also drop by the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund (Table 1158) – consider becoming a member, as they are out there literally defending people’s right to read whatever they want. I’m also hoping to be there for some time, helping them raise money for the manga border case defense. They are doing a Massive Manga Giveaway, culminating in the Grand Prize Giveaway at their Defending Manga Panel on Saturday at their Defending Manga panel at 7:30PM on Saturday. Yuricon founder Erica Friedman will be speaking at that panel.

On Friday, October 14, Rica Takashima will be on the It Gets Better (with Comics!) panel at 11AM-12PM with Abby Denson, Charles “Zan” Christiansen, Chris Shoemaker, Ivan Velez Jr. and Jackson Martin

Erica will also be on the XX: Queer Women of Comics panel on Friday at 7:45- 8:45 PM with Abby Denson, Jennifer Camper, Joan Hilty, Kris Dresen, and Paige Braddock.

There will be also be a screening of the Madoka Magica show by Aniplex.

There’s much more to do there, of course, and many of the folks on these and other panels, so don’t limit yourself to just what’s here. And, if you find yourself at a great LGBTQ panel and want to share, write a report and let us know how it went!

The rules are different this year, and there’s some special Judges Challenges, so please read the rules carefully and follow them exactly:

AMV Contest General Guidelines

• All submissions must be on or uploadable to Youtube. 

This means that if you send us a video, and when we upload it to YT, the music or video does not work,  the entry will be disqualified. So – test it out first and make sure we can all enjoy it.

• All submissions must be PG-13. Please, no scenes from hentai video that contain explicit sex.

• The judges prefer metal to ballads. Yes, you *can* use Lady Gaga, if that’s what you like, but the judges are more likely to love it if it has O! Fortuna! Just saying… But, that doesn’t mean you all should use O!Fortuna!, either!

• Submissions do not have to be from Yuri anime, but the general theme of the video needs to be Yuri. If you need inspiration, take a look below at the Judges’ Challenges.

To Submit an AMV

• Send an email to yuriconcontest@gmail.com Include the following information:
• Your Name; An Active Email Address you check regularly; Your Age (you must be at least 13 years old to enter)
• Link to the AMV on Youtube, or a link to where we can download it  (if registration is needed to dl the video, let us know in advance, please.)  Previously created videos are eligible, but…
• It would be swell if you added a splash page at the beginning or end of the video with Yuri Studios: http://www.youtube.com/user/yuristudio
• Any format, size or length that is  uploadable to Youtube is acceptable
• Entries will be accepted until November 15th

Special Judges’ Challenges

Special Prizes will be awarded for anyone who successfully completes any of these challenges (if we get multiple entries, we’ll give the prize to the best of the bunch.)

1. AMV of Rica ‘tte Kanji!? manga
2. AMV of Haruka and Michiru from Sailor Moon to the Turtles’ “Happy Together”
3. AMV of near-kiss moments from Maria-sama ga Miteru to Disney’s “Kiss the Girl”
4. AMV of rare/obscure/unexpected anime (so, like, not Madoka, okay?)

Yuricon AMV Contest Judges are biased, because we’re human, so just think of it as the AMV equivalent to Olympic figure skating. (^_^)

Prizes will be awarded to categories randomly assigned by the Judges as they see fit. Prizes will include anime box sets, art books, Yuricon “I Love Yuri”  goods. The Grand Prize is an Amazon Gift Certificate.

Get out your bag of AMV tricks and send those Yuri AMVs in today!

Here’s the top DVD extras as voted by you:

1) Interviews with Production Staff/Director

2) Interviews with Voice Actor (Japanese)

3) Interviews with Voice Actor (English)

You’ve spoken loud and clear, folks – what you want is a glimpse inside the curtain, at the making ofs, the backgrounds, the cultural nuances and the thoughts behind the ideas.

Thanks to everyone who voted and to Nozomi/RightStuf for their generous gift.

Check back for another box set contest coming soon!

From all of us at ALC, congratulations Rica, and all the Renbooks staff that worked on this edition!