It’s been an amazing 20 years since our first Yuricon event and, while the world has gotten both better and worse since then, I at least wanted to do *something* to celebrate our anniversary. So, I welcome to you to Yuricon 2023 on Yuri Studio. Join us tonight at 8PM, for the “opening ceremony” video […]
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Yuricon Schedule of Events for Pride Month!
We’re super proud to welcome By Your Side: The First 100 Years of Yuri Anima and Manga to the world for it’s official birthday! To celebrate, we’ve got a lot of events on tap – all of them virtual, so you can join us wherever you are. Here’s where you can find Yuricon founder Erica […]
Yuri Panels at Anime Boston!
Yuricon founder Erica Friedman will be doing 6 panels at Anime Boston, May 27-29 at Hynes Convention Center, Boston Massachusetts. By Your Side: the First 100 Years of Yuri Anime and Manga will be for sale at the CheapManga.com table in the Dealer’s Room. Friday, May 27 Featured Panelists Roundtable – 11:00 in Panel […]
Manga Panels, Podcast and Talks You Won’t Want to Miss!
Yuricon founder Erica Friedman on queer manga and more into 2022! November 2021 I had a lovely talk with Ashley from the Shoujo & Tell podcast about the Rose of Versailles. Let me reiterate that working on this series has been one of the greatest honors of my life and I am always thrilled to […]
Yuricon Community 20th Anniversary Virtual Event!
Join us for a special virtual Yuricon 20th Anniversary Discussion – Global Yuri Fandom, with James Welker and Verena Maser, hosted by Erica Friedman. When: Aug 14, 2021 08:00 Eastern Time (US and Canada), 13:00 BST, 21:00 JST (Japan). Registration is free, but there is limited space, so please register early. Register here: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZMrduyvqTsuEtP2I6jyVHS-DcB5yA7ccEty After […]
Save the Date for a Yuricon Community Anniversary Event!
Back in the day, there was a brand-new online community for fans of lesbian characters and stories in Japanese comics and animation. That group was named AniLesboCon mostly as a joke1. By 2001, that name was transitioning to a new name, one that we hoped would re-connect this new genre to it’s ties to Japanese […]
2020 Online Yuri Panel Schedule!
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, 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 […]
100 Years of Yuri Events Schedule
Yuricon Founder Erica Friedman will be speaking about the 100th Anniversary of the Yuri Genre at the following events: Yurithon, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. August 16-18, 2019, Palais des congrès de Montréal. Crunchyroll Expo, San Jose, CA, USA. August 30 – September 1, 2019. San Jose Convention Center 100 Years of Yuri Tour, Tokyo Japan – […]
100 Years of Yuri at Toronto Comic Arts Festival
Please join us at Toronto Comic Arts Festival, May 11-12, 2019 in Toronto, ON for a celebration of 100 Years of Yuri! We’ll be kicking off with a look at 100 Years of Yuri at Toronto Reference Library Learning Centre, 1st Floor, at 10:00 AM on Saturday, May 11. This will be followed by an […]
100 Years of Yuri at Toronto Comic Arts Festival
Please join Kase-san series creator Takashima Hiromi and Yuricon founder Erica Friedman at Toronto Comic Arts Festival for 100 Years of Yuri! Hiromi Takashima will attend TCAF in support of the “100 Years of Yuri” program, headed by Yuri manga expert Eric Friedman, featured at the festival this year. In addition to a display of […]
100 Years of the Yuri Genre Anniversary Kickoff!
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 […]
“Celebrate 100 Years of Yuri” Tour of Japan from Yuricon and Pac-Set Travel!
[FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE] JANUARY 31, 2019: Yuricon, a celebration of Yuri in anime and manga, and Japan travel leader PacSet (PacSet Tours Inc.) have joined forces to launch the first guided trip to Japan dedicated to the Yuri genre of Japanese animation and manga. The trip will take place from September 8 until September 17 […]
Yuricon Autumn 2018 Events Schedule
Yuricon Founder Erica Friedman will be at the following events: New York Comic Con – October 4-7, 2018 New York, NY. Erica will be working as press, so no panels, but if you catch up to her, do say hi! Newark Museum Second Sundays — Manga Mania – October 14, 2018, Newark Museum, Newark, NJ Erica […]
Yuricon at AnimeNEXT in Atlantic City, NJ!
Please join Yuricon founder Erica Friedman at AnimeNEXT, June 8-10 in Atlantic City, NJ where she will be a Guest Panelist. She will be bringing Yuri content and prizes for great questions all weekend long! Thursday, June 7, 2018: Sailor Moon Musical – Le Mouvement Final Screening Join me and other Sailor Moon fans 8:30P […]
Yuricon at Yurithon!
Please join us August 4-6 in Montreal, Canada for Yurithon, part of the Otakuthon event. I’ll be joined by some of my senior staff and dearest friends (but not all, and we’re really going to miss those of you not there!) and we’re doing a bunch of panels. I’m bring a bunch of stuff to […]
Yuricon Manga and Comic Events 2017 Calendar
Yuricon founder Erica Friedman’s appearance schedule for 2017. New events will be added as they are confirmed. (Events in which it is confirmed that I’ll be participating in are in bold.) MoCCA Arts Festival, April 1-2, 2017. New York City, USA. (80% confirmed that I’ll be there on Saturday.) Read the Event Report! Queer & […]
Alt Manga, Queer Manga – Telling Our Own Stories on Youtube
iWith many thanks to the University of Michigan Center for Japanese Studies, the entirely of my lecture Alt Manga, Queer Manga – Telling Our Own Stories s now available on the Yuricon Essays Page. Learn how queer creators and fans’ desires gave birth to queer manga genres Boys’ Love, Yuri and gay manga!
Event: Yuri Lecture at University of Michigan, Ann Arbor on 1/19
Join Yuricon founder, Erica Friedman at the University of Michigan, in Ann Arbor, MI on Thursday, January 19, 2017 , 12:00-1:30 PM in Room 1636 School of Social Work Building for the Center for Japanese Studies Noontime Lecture Series. Alt Manga, Queer Manga: Telling Our Own Stories will cover the history of LGBTQ manga in […]
Gay/Lesbian/Yuri/BL/Bara Manga Discussion at Rainbow Pride Week in Tokyo
Yuricon founder Erica Friedman will be participating in a discussion of Gay/Lesbian/Yuri/BL/Bara manga in Tokyo on May 3rd as part of Rainbow Pride Week events. The discussion will be at the Aisotope Lounge (http://aliving.net/access.html) in Shinjuku Ni-choume on May 3rd, from 13:00 – 16:00, with guest manga artists Tagame Gengoroh and Nakamura Kiyo (who wrote […]
Yuricon Founder Erica Friedman to Lecture at Kanagawa University
Yuricon founder Erica Friedman will be discussing LGBTQ comics and manga in Yokohama, Japan on October 8, 2013. The program is open to the public. The lecture will be in English. Weaving Our Stories Through Manga and Comics: LGBTQ audiences and Re-telling Stories October 8, 4:20PM – 5:50PM Building 20, Room 109 Sponsor: James Welker, Department […]