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 […]
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Yuri Games and Visual Novels on the Yuricon Store!
We’ve hit a point this year where were have enough English-language VNs and sims that it’s absolutely worth collecting them in one place. To that end I’ve added a Yuri Games & Visual Novels page on the Yuricon Store. Now the Yuricon Store is home to the most comprehensive listing online or off, of Yuri Manga […]
“The Secret History of Yaoi and Yuri” at Flamecon!
Erica will be bringing her guerilla “history of Japanese literature” panel to Flamecon 2, New York’s queerest comic event, which will be held in Brooklyn, New York on August 20-21. The Secret History of Yaoi and Yuri Saturday August 20, Room C Another chance to talk to an LGBTQ crowd about Japanese queer media, and give folks a […]
A [Very] Brief History of Yuri video on the Essays Page
The full text and graphics of Erica’s short 100-years-in-6-slides presentation for the Tokyo Rainbow Pride event, Tokyo Comics Showcase, Vol. 1, is now available as a Youtube video! Follow Erica through the origins of Yuri in the ‘S’movement, through mid-century angst and late-20th century magical girls, right up to the present and the Yuri genre […]
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 […]
New “I Love Yuri” Designs on the Yuricon Store!
Some exciting news for the Yuricon Store! We have two brand new “I Love Yuri” designs up on our Yuri Goods page. Get these fun and stylish designs on men’s and women’s t-shirts and other apparel, phone and tablet cases, mugs, and even soft fluffy pillows to hug. Apparel items can be customized in different colors […]
New Thesis on Yuri by Verena Maser on Yuri Essays Page
New on the Yuricon Essays page, we have Beautiful and Innocent: Female Same-Sex Intimacy in the Japanese Yuri Genre – PhD thesis by Verena Maser, examining the relationship between media content, its production, and its reception in Japanese popular culture in regards to Yuri. (Full text article available at linked page.) Yuri scholarship is really starting to build […]
New Yuri Thesis on the Yuricon Essays Page
With many thanks to James Welker, we’re pleased to have added a new essay on Yuri – Finding the power of the erotic in Japanese yuri manga a thesis by Sarah Thea Arruda Wellington to our Yuri Essays page. We have linked to the abstract, but the full-text is also available from the abstract page. […]
Yuricon Store Grand Opening!
Yuricon Mascots Yuri and Midori would like to welcome you all to the new Yuricon Store, the one-stop shop for Yuri Anime, Yuri Manga, Light Novels, Literature, Goods and more. If you are new to the Yuricon Store, take a moment to read this description of the categories, vendors and features. Our favorite feature is the new search […]
Read “Japan: Fertile Ground for the Cultivation of Yuri” by Rica Takashima from Eureka’s Current State of Yuri Culture issue!
The third article from Eureka Magazine’s “Current State of Yuri Culture ” issue, December 2014 is now online and available for all Yuricon readers! Check out public artist Takashima’s commentary about women’s place in Japan, and how it gave birth to a new genre…not always from a place of love in Japan: Fertile Ground for the […]
How Does Japan Treat Gay People?
We get this question from time to time in lectures and panels. Today on Slate, Erica has a chance to give it the nuance it deserves, touching upon the importance of media and political representation as indicators of social acceptance.
See what’s New on The Yuricon Store!
We are approaching the end of Phase 1 on the new Yuricon Store, in which we backfill all the Yuri from past years that is still available. It’s slow work (and full of decisions like “there’s 1 copy left of this on Amazon JP, do I bother listing it?) but we’re getting there! If you […]
Read “Thoughts on the Representation of Yuri Fandom in Kurata Uso’s Yuri danshi” from Eureka Current State of Yuri Culture issue!
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 […]
Read “Yuri: A Genre Without Borders” from Eureka Current State of Yuri Culture issue!
The Yuri Essays Page has been updated withe first translation from the Eureka, “Current State of Yuri Culture” issue (Seidosha, December 2104.) We hope you will enjoy Yuri: A Genre Without Borders, by Yuricon founder Erica Friedman. And stay tuned for more translations!
Yuricon Shop Update Project Report!
As I mentioned in my New Year video message, we’re working really hard to get the Yuricon Shop updated and refurbished so, at last, there will actually, really be a one-stop shop for all your Yuri manga and anime needs. You’ll be able to chose from Amazon, RightStuf (Amazon JP for Japanese items, and other retailers […]
Special video New Year’s Message from Erica
On Okazu, Yuricon Founder Erica Friedman talks about the Okazu and Yuricon mission for 2015 – what we’ve accomplished, where we’re going…and how you can help.
Yuri Essays Page Updated!
On Octobrr 16, Yuricon founder Erica Friedman presented a lecture at the International Christian University in Mitaka, Japan at the invitation of Prof. Beverly Curran. The fulltext of the lecture is now available online: Persuasion and Opinion in Pop Culture Fandom – Are We the Cart or the Horse? New Yuri essays, videos and links […]
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 […]
“Tokyo Love ~ Rica ‘tte Kanji!?” named a “Best Manga for Grownups” at Comic-Con
We like to think that it wasn’t just because we’re friends with most of the panelists at San Diego Comic-Con’s 2013 “Best and Worst Manga” Panel, that our own Tokyo Love ~ Rica ‘tte Kanji!? was included on the list of “Best Manga for Grownups.” ^_^ Experience Rica Takashima’s look at lesbian life and love […]
The Final Chapters of The Continuing Adventures of Yuriko, Saiyuu no Ryouko are up!
The Final Chapters of Saiyuu no Ryouko: The Continuing Adventures of Yuriko, are online for your reading pleasure! It’s been a long journey, but at last you can find out what happened to out lesbian pop idol (and Yurcon mascot) Yuriko, her lover, novelist Midori and their friends…and enemies. Enjoy!