This year I was supposed to have been a guest at a number of event, but when Long Covid hit, I had to cancel everything and I am not going to be able to attend an event for a while. So, to celebrate Okazu’s, Yuricon’s (and my) birthdays, we’re doing a Special Birthday Sale of […]
Category: Misc
A Pictorial History of Yuricon and Okazu in T-shirt Design
In the late 1990s a bunch of folks were chatting about cool f/f couples in anime and manga on Usenet. I decided to have a t-shirt made up for a bunch of us who were going to meet at Otakon in 2002. That shirt had a logo designed by Kat Williams and a motto that […]
Journey Through the First 100 Years of Yuri Manga with Erica Friedman By Your Side
Yuricon founder Erica Friedman and Journey Press are pleased to announce By Your Side: The First 100 Years of Yuri Manga & Anime. The term “Yuri” began life as a coded reference to lesbianism within manga and anime genres, but in the last two decades has been shaped by creators, publishers and fans into a […]
New Yuricon Community on MeWe!
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 […]
Get a Glimpse at the ‘Big Book o’Yuri’ by subscribing to Okazu on Patreon!
We’ve hit major milestone in what has a working title of the “Big Book o’Yuri” – the definitive book on history, influences, key series, definitions, and random things related to Yuri that Erica wants to write about, etc, etc. This project, which is going to cover approximately 100 years of the genre we love is […]
Italian Publisher Renbooks announced “Rica ‘tte Kanji!?” Edition
Italian publisher of LGBT-themed books Renbooks is proud to announce an Italian-language edition of Rica Takashima’s manga, Rica ‘tte Kanji!? Click the image below for an online preview of the Italian edition! Rica and everyone at ALC Publishing is excited about the new edition and we offer many thanks to the wonderful folks at Renbooks […]
Yuricon Custom Toolbar
The Yuricon custom toolbar has been updated and is now available for Internet Explorer, Firefox and Chrome. Get updated feeds of interest, a custom Yuri search, as well as Okazu news and reviews feed and more!
New Yuriko and Friends Gallery!
Whether you like hunky Yuricon mascot Yuriko in school uniform, or prefer her nattily attired in suit and tie, the brand-new Yuriko and Friends Gallery has something for you! This gallery collects all of the character images of our Yuricon mascots Yuriko and Midori and all their friends from Shoujoai ni Bouken and Saiyuu no […]