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Yuricon Presents the Yuri Panel at Anime Next!

Yuricon is pleased be part of our local hometown con once again, AnimeNEXT at the Garden State Exhibition Center in Somerset, NJ. We will be holding a Yuri Panel at 6PM on Friday, June 7th  We’ll be giving away tons of stuff, so don’t miss it. There’s good Yuri news (and some sad news) but […]

Sweet Blue Flowers Contest Winners

With many thanks to the folks at Nozomi/RightStuf, and thanks to every one of you who entered, here are the winners of the Sweet Blue Flowers / Aoi Hana Contest! Winner 1: Vivian C. from Germany Winner 2: Hannah P from the US Winner 3: Kirsten W from the US Applause and congratulations to all three winners […]

Sweet Blue Flowers/ Aoi Hana Anime Contest

Spring is here and Yuricon is celebrating with a festive bouquet of Sweet Blue Flowers! Thanks to Nozomi/RightStuf Yuricon has 3 complete DVD sets of the Sweet Blue Flowers anime -plus extras! – to give away. They’ve asked all the easy questions, so this one requires you to put on your thinking cap (and may […]

Welcome Okazu to the Yuricon Domain

After a decade of being split apart, the oldest, most comprehensive and complete Yuri blog on the web, Okazu, has now joined the Yuricon domain! Yuricon founder Erica Friedman has been writing news, reviews and articles on Yuri anime, manga and related media since 2002 on her blog, Okazu.  Bringing Okazu on board here at […]

ALC Publishing and JManga Present Yuri Manga Sweet Blue Flowers (Aoi Hana)

ALC Publishing and JManga announce the addition of Takako Shimura’s Sweet Blue Flowers (Aoi Hana) manga today on JManga and Jmanga 7! In celebration of the release, JManga will be holding a special contest from November 29th to December 5th (PST).Anyone who purchases the first volume of Sweet Blue Flowers during the contest period will automatically be entered […]

Rica Takashima and ALC Publishing present Tokyo Love ~ Rica ‘tte Kanji!?

Fifteen years ago, Rica Takashima walked into a lesbian bar and set off a chain of events that changed the world. From that fateful meeting came ALC Publishing and the Yuri Manga collection known as Rica ‘tte Kanji!?. Now, years later, Rica and ALC  Publishing are teaming up again for the definitive Rica collection, Tokyo Love […]

Yuricon Community Guidelines

Yuricon began its life as an online community, and we still believe that to be our strength. Fans of Yuri from all over the world can gather on Yuricon & ALC communities and chat about things that are of interest to them. Here is our list of Active Yuricon communities (as of September 2012): Yuricon […]

More Heart-Pounding Yuri Manga from JManga, Ichijinsha and ALC Publishing!

Yuri season is in full swing with new three heart-pounding Yuri manga from Ichijinsha’s groundbreaking Yuri anthology magazine Comic Yuri Hime, brought to you by JManga, and ALC Publishing!   The thorn inside the apple that made a princess sleep pricks inside Maki’s heart. Even while carrying that thorn as an adult, Maki has a […]

Yuri Invades JManga (Again!) With Yuru Yuri

In the 1960s the British Invasion was led by the Beatles, in the 2000s, the Manga Invasion was led by Tokyopop and in the 2010s, the Yuri Invasion is led by JManga and ALC Publishing! Today on JManga, namori-sensei’s hit manga series from the pages of Comic Yuri Hime, Yuru Yuri lands with the kind of splash that […]

Apocalypse Box Set Winner Announced!

Once more, thanks to the continuing generosity and support from Nozomi/RightStuf, Yuricon was pleased to offer a contest to win a copy of the  Revolutionary Girl Utena, Apocalypse Saga Box Set! And we have a winner! JoAnne S. wins the lovely third box set and Duelist’s Ring. Congrats JoAnne! Thanks to all of you who entered […]

Heian Period Yuri Gag Manga Kimino Tamenara Shineru now available on JManga!

At last! Now you can enjoy the goofy humor of Heian period gag comic KiminoTamenara Shineru by Kuzushiro, translated and edited by ALC, lettered by Carl V. on JManga! In addition, to help you better enjoy the comic, we’ve written a short essay about the Heian period, Imperial life and some choices we made about […]

Live Online Yuri Panel – April 29th, 2012

The first-ever live Online Yuri Panel was held on Sunday, April 29th, 2012 at 5PM Eastern US time. That’s 2PM Pacific, 10PM UK, 6AM on April 30th, Tokyo. 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 […]

Win a Copy of the Revolutionary Girl Utena Apocalypse Saga Box Set!

Once more, thanks to the continuing generosity and support from Nozomi/RightStuf, Yuricon is pleased to offer a chance to win a copy of the  Revolutionary Girl Utena, Apocalypse Saga Box Set! 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 […]

ALC Publishing and JManga Announce POOR POOR LIPS Partnership!

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 […]