The event was be broadcast on our Livestream channel: http://www.livestream.com/yuricon

We’re taking questions for the next Panel at yuricon at gmail dot com

Part 2 and Part 3 of the Yuri Panel are available online on Yuri Studio, our Youtube channel so far, the second parts will be up shortly.

Please email us with your answer to this questions:

What would you consider your personal “holy grail” series or film for Right Stuf to license, via either its anime (Nozomi) or live-action (5 Points) labels?

For sanity’s sake, please limit your answer to no more than two anime and two live-action movies. Do not feel obliged to include both anime and movie choices…only send what you really, really want more than anything. ^_^

Because Nozomi/RightStuf loves their fans, and because they love the Yuri audience, they have even made sure that the contest prize include that extra of extras – a Duelists’ Ring.

To be eligible you need to email us at yuriconcontest@gmail.com with your answer. The contest will be over when Erica has completed her review of the Apocalyspe Saga on Okazu. You must be over 13 to enter. Winner will be informed by email, so make sure you use an email that you check regularly!

When you think of Heian period literature, two names come instantly to mind, Murasaki Shikibu, creator of the Tale of Genji and Sei Shonagon, writer of the Pillow Book.

What may not come to mind is the image of Shonagon as a 27-year old NEET, blogger, Twitterer and…well, perv.

That is, it may not come to mind, until after you’ve finished reading Kimi no Tamenara Shineru (姫のためなら死ねる). After that, you’re just about guaranteed to think of her that way.

With POOR POOR LIPS topping the JManga bestsellers, ALC Publishing and JManga are teaming up once again to bring you entertaining Yuri Manga.  Kimi no Tamenara Shineru, by Kuzushiro combines leading lights of Heian period literature, Imperial life and wacky Yuri comedy in a way that’s sure to bring a goofy smile to your face.

And now that Takeshobo allows access globally to all their manga on JManga, there’s no regional barriers at all between you and this and other fun Yuri manga!

Cover Image: Copyright Image: Kimi no Tamenara Shineru Volume 1 (c)Kuzushiro/Takeshobo Co., Ltd.)

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 and Volume 2 are now available globally!

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

Update: 9-March-2012: Takeshobo has unlocked all their work on JManga – this and all other Takeshobo titles are now available globally for JManga subscribers! Thanks to everyone who made the case for global access.

Grisnak with Yuri Minds

and

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. ^_^