Yuricon Explained

Yuricon
Status:Defunct
Venue:Hilton Newark Penn Station
Location:Newark, New Jersey
Country:United States
First:2003
Last:2007
Organizer:Erica Friedman
Attendance:200 in 2003
Website:http://www.yuricon.org/

Yuricon was an anime convention geared toward fans of yuri anime and manga. The first Yuricon event was held in 2003 in Newark, New Jersey with about 200 attending, although Yuricon has existed as an online entity since 2000.[1] The event was organized by Yuricon, LLC., which continues to run Yuri-focused events of its own,[2] collaborates with other organizations to hold unique events,[3] [4] and hosts contests.[5]

History

In 2000, Erica Friedman founded Yuricon on Usenet with the name of "Anilesbocon" but this was changed to Yuricon in 2003 in an effort to better "celebrate Yuri in anime and manga."[6] In 2003, the organization had a "three-day anime and manga convention" in Newark, New Jersey.[7] Two years later, Yuricon hosted an event in Tokyo and co-sponsored Onna!, together with the Shoujo Arts Society, which focused on women's roles in animation and comics. Two years after that, in 2007, Yuricon ran a small one-day event, named Yurisai, to recreate the feel of the Tokyo event from 2005.[8] During this time period, Yuricon hosted several panels,[9] cosplay events,[10] anime music video contests, and other competitions, while Yuricon maintained a library of yuri manga for attendees to read.[11]

Some years later, in 2011, Yuricon moved to a new website.[12] The same year, the Kyoto International Manga Museum added works published by ALC Publishing, the publishing arm of Yuricon, into its permanent collection.[13] Also that year, Renbooks, an Italian publisher announced that an Italian edition of Rica 'tte Kanji!? would be published.[14] The following year, ALC Publishing announced a partnership with JManga to publish two stories: POOR POOR LIPS!,[15] Kimi no Tamenara Shineru.[16] and three other yuri comic titles.[17] The next year, Okazu, then just a blog of Friedman, joined the domain of Yuricon[18] and ALC publishing stopped publishing new material.[19]

In later years, the webpage of the Yuricon website as a whole was improved, while the group's founder, Erica Friedman, asked for donations to ensure that Yuricon and Okazu are "on the cutting edge of Yuri Culture."[20] Later, the new-and-improved Yuricon store would be opened[21] and the page listing yuri essays would be improved.[22] Them, in May 2018, Friedman appeared at a guest panelist at AnimeNEXT in Atlantic City, NJ.[23] The following year, Yuricon joined forces with PacSet to launch a guided trip across Japan "dedicated to the Yuri genre of Japanese animation and manga," which would take place in September of that year.[24] The same year, Erica Friedman appeared at the Toronto Comic Arts Festival to celebrate 100 years of Yuri,[25] while speaking at various other events that year.[26]

In May 2020, Yuricon hosted an online panel about yuri.[27]

Event history

Dates Location Atten. Guests
Publishing and outreach

Yuricon has a publishing arm, ALC Publishing, the only all-yuri publisher in the world.[28] Publications include translations from the Japanese—such as Rica 'tte Kanji!? and WORKS—as well as the original English-language anthology series Yuri Monogatari.

Friedman has run guest lectures about yuri at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign,[29] MIT,[30] Kanagawa University,[31] International Christian University,[32] and University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.[33]

Additionally, Friedman has run a blog titled Okazu since 2002, which she describes as the "world's oldest and most comprehensive blog" which focuses on lesbian themes in Japanese comics, cartoons, and other media.[34] Yuricon also describes Okazu as their "official" blog.[35]

Publications

External links

Notes and References

  1. Friedman . Erica . Deb Aoki . Interview: Erica Friedman - Page 3 - Interview With Yuri Manga Publisher and Founder of YuriCon . Online . . March 2008 . October 9, 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160820152443/http://manga.about.com/od/mangaartistswriters/a/EFriedman_3.htm . August 20, 2016 . dead . The first page of the interview indicates that it was conducted in March 2008.
  2. Web site: Live Online Yuri Panel – April 29th, 2012 . Yuricon . October 9, 2020 . April 15, 2012 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20170622211932/http://www.yuricon.com/blog/2012/04/15/online-yuri-panel-1/ . June 22, 2017 .
  3. Web site: Yuricon Presents the Yuri Panel at Anime Next! . Yuricon . October 9, 2020 . May 15, 2013 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20170812135843/http://www.yuricon.com/blog/2013/05/15/yuricon-presents-the-yuri-panel-at-anime-next/ . August 12, 2017 .
  4. Web site: "The Secret History of Yaoi and Yuri" at Flamecon!. Yuricon . October 9, 2020 . August 20, 2016 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20190211064105/http://www.yuricon.com/blog/2016/08/20/the-secret-history-of-yaoi-and-yuri-at-flamecon/ . February 11, 2019 .
  5. Web site: You Choose Which Will Be the First New Yuricon Contest . Yuricon . October 9, 2020 . April 13, 2011 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20170603162520/http://www.yuricon.com/blog/2011/04/13/you-choose-contest/ . June 3, 2017 .
  6. Friedman . Erica . Deb Aoki . Interview: Erica Friedman . Online . Geeks Out . June 29, 2008 . October 9, 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200804193933/https://www.geeksout.org/2018/06/29/interview-erica-friedman/ . August 4, 2020 . live .
  7. Web site: Corson . Suzanne . Yuricon Celebrates Lesbian Anime and Manga . . October 9, 2020 . April 30, 2007 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20160922020329/https://afterellen.com/more/11347-yuricon-celebrates-lesbian-anime-and-manga . September 22, 2016 .
  8. Web site: US Premiere of "Simoun" anime at Yuricon's "Yurisai" Event . . October 9, 2020 . September 18, 2007 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20181105040421/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/press-release/2007-09-18/us-premiere-of-simoun-anime-at-yuricon%27s-yurisai-event . November 5, 2018 .
  9. Friedman . Erica . Samantha Ferreira . Interview With Erica Friedman (Yuricon) . Online . Anime Herald . August 3, 2012 . October 9, 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20201009210841/https://www.animeherald.com/interview/interview-with-erica-friedman-yuricon/ . October 9, 2020 . live .
  10. Web site: Media Blasters and Yuricon Team Up for "Simoun" Cosplay at Yuricon 2007 . . October 9, 2020 . June 26, 2007 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20181103233523/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/press-release/2007-06-26/media-blasters-and-yuricon-team-up-for-simoun-cosplay-at-yuricon-2007 . November 3, 2018 .
  11. Web site: Lisa Z . Convention Reports: Yuri Con 2003 . Anipike.com . March 31, 2008 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20060118144835/http://magazine.anipike.com/index.php?article=68 . January 18, 2006 .
  12. Web site: Yuricon Under Construction . Yuricon . October 9, 2020 . March 29, 2011 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20170623193231/http://www.yuricon.com/blog/2011/03/29/yuricom-com-under-construction/ . June 23, 2017 .
  13. Web site: Manry . Gia . Kyoto International Manga Museum Adds U.S. Yuri Works . . October 9, 2020 . March 11, 2011 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20181207090128/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2011-03-11/kyoto-international-manga-museum-adds-u.s-yuri-works . December 7, 2018 .
  14. Web site: Italian Publisher Renbooks announced "Rica 'tte Kanji!?" Edition . Yuricon . October 9, 2020 . August 4, 2011 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20170812135716/http://www.yuricon.com/blog/2011/08/04/italian-rica/ . August 12, 2017 .
  15. Web site: ALC Publishing and JManga Announce POOR POOR LIPS Partnership! . Yuricon . October 9, 2020 . March 9, 2012 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20190622100346/http://www.yuricon.com/blog/2012/01/20/poorpoorlipspartners/ . June 22, 2019 .
  16. Web site: ALC Publishing & JManga Partnering on Heian Period Yuri Manga "Kimi no Tamenara Shineru" . Yuricon . October 9, 2020 . March 9, 2012 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20190629155422/http://www.yuricon.com/blog/2012/03/09/kimino/ . June 29, 2019 .
  17. Web site: ALC Publishing and JManga announce a Yuri Summer with Three Comic Yuri Hime titles! . Yuricon . October 9, 2020 . June 21, 2012 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20170623130802/http://www.yuricon.com/blog/2012/06/21/yurisummer/ . June 23, 2017 .
  18. Web site: Welcome Okazu to the Yuricon Domain . Yuricon . October 9, 2020 . March 3, 2012 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20190605225844/http://www.yuricon.com/blog/2013/03/03/welcome-okazu/ . June 5, 2019 .
  19. Web site: What is Yuricon? . Yuricon . October 9, 2020 . March 3, 2012 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20200603020406/http://www.yuricon.com/what-is-yuricon/ . June 3, 2020 .
  20. Web site: Yuricon Shop Update Project Report! . Yuricon . October 9, 2020 . January 15, 2015 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20201007172527/http://www.yuricon.com/blog/2015/01/15/yuricon-shop-update-project-report/ . October 7, 2020 .
  21. Web site: Yuricon Store Grand Opening! . Yuricon . October 9, 2020 . August 1, 2015 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20190210104241/http://www.yuricon.com/blog/2015/08/01/yuricon-store-grand-opening/ . February 10, 2019 .
  22. Web site: Yuri Essays Page Renewal! . Yuricon . October 9, 2020 . June 22, 2017 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20200211093406/http://www.yuricon.com/blog/2017/06/22/yuri-essays-page-renewal/ . February 11, 2020 .
  23. Web site: Yuricon at AnimeNEXT in Atlantic City, NJ! . Yuricon . October 9, 2020 . May 28, 2018 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20200211092035/http://www.yuricon.com/blog/2018/05/28/yuricon-at-animenext-in-atlantic-city-nj/ . February 11, 2020 .
  24. Web site: "Celebrate 100 Years of Yuri" Tour of Japan from Yuricon and Pac-Set Travel! . Yuricon . October 9, 2020 . January 31, 2019 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20200211092035/http://www.yuricon.com/blog/2018/05/28/yuricon-at-animenext-in-atlantic-city-nj/ . February 11, 2020 .
  25. Web site: TCAF Welcomes Yuri Manga Creator HIROMI TAKASHIMA . Toronto Comic Arts Festival . October 9, 2020 . April 3, 2019 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20190418232318/http://www2.torontocomics.com/2019/04/03/tcaf-welcomes-yuri-manga-ka-hiromi-takashima/ . April 18, 2019 .
  26. Web site: 100 Years of Yuri Events Schedule . Yuricon . October 9, 2020 . June 16, 2019 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20200327033044/https://www.yuricon.com/blog/2019/06/16/100-years-of-yuri-events-schedule/ . March 27, 2020 .
  27. Web site: 2020 Online Yuri Panel Schedule! . Yuricon . October 9, 2020 . May 1, 2020 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20200603021928/http://www.yuricon.com/blog/2020/05/01/2020-online-yuri-panel-schedule/ . June 3, 2020 .
  28. Web site: Yuricon Celebrates Lesbian Anime and Manga . Corson . Suzanne . . May 1, 2007 . 2007 . https://archive.today/20121205230509/http://www.afterellen.com/people/2007/5/friedman . December 5, 2012 . dead.
  29. Web site: Speaker at UI March 3 to discuss "Yuri" movement in Japan . February 23, 2006 . Foreign Languages Building . . October 9, 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20060901145607/http://services.lang.uiuc.edu/news/Friedman.asp . September 1, 2006 . dead.
  30. 2003 . MIT Reports to the President 2002–2003 . . October 9, 2020 . "Film and WS Events..."Schoolgirls and Superheroes: Gender and Sexuality in Contemporary Japanese Animation," by Sarah Frederick (Boston University), Erica Friedman (director of Shoujoai Conferences), and Kerey Luis (Brandeis University)" . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20160816184530/http://web.mit.edu/annualreports/pres03/09.14.html . August 16, 2016.
  31. Web site: Yuricon Founder Erica Friedman to Lecture at Kanagawa University . Yuricon . October 9, 2020 . September 28, 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170812135800/http://www.yuricon.com/blog/2013/09/28/lgbtq-comics-and-manga-lecture/ . August 12, 2017 . live.
  32. Web site: Yuri Essays Page Updated! . Yuricon . October 9, 2020 . October 24, 2014 . October 7, 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20201007171535/http://www.yuricon.com/blog/2014/10/24/yuri-essays-page-updated/ . live.
  33. Web site: Event: Yuri Lecture at University of Michigan, Ann Arbor on 1/19 . Yuricon . October 9, 2020 . January 16, 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200211120513/http://www.yuricon.com/blog/2017/01/16/event-yuri-lecture-at-university-of-michigan-ann-arbor-on-119/ . February 11, 2020 . live.
  34. Web site: About . Friedman . Erica . Okazu . . October 9, 2020 . 2020 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20201002152939/http://okazu.yuricon.com/about/ . October 2, 2020 .
  35. Web site: Links . Yuricon . October 9, 2020 . 2020 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20200202091038/http://www.yuricon.com/links/ . February 2, 2020 .
  36. Web site: Yuri Monogatari News . Friedman . Erica . Okazu . . October 9, 2020 . September 14, 2007 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20191228141002/http://okazu.yuricon.com/2007/09/14/yuri-monogatari-news/ . December 28, 2019 .
  37. Web site: Yuri Monogatari 4 . Yuricon . Yurikon LLC . October 9, 2020 . 2020 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20170623000918/http://www.yuricon.com/product/yuri-monogatari-4/ . June 23, 2017 .
  38. Web site: Yuri Monogatari 6 . Yuricon . Yurikon LLC . October 9, 2020 . 2020 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20170623154130/http://www.yuricon.com/product/yuri-monogatari-6/ . June 23, 2017 .
  39. Web site: Shoujoai Ni Bouken: The Adventures Of Yuriko, Volume 1 (EN) . . October 9, 2020 . September 24, 2008 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20201009193831/https://www.advocate.com/arts-entertainment/books/2008/09/24/must-have-manga?pg=1 . October 9, 2020 .
  40. Web site: Shoujoai Ni Bouken: The Adventures Of Yuriko, Volume 1 (EN) . Yuricon . Yurikon LLC . October 9, 2020 . 2020 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20170306192722/http://www.yuricon.com/product/shoujoai-ni-bouken-the-adventures-of-yuriko-volume-1/ . March 6, 2017 .
  41. Web site: Tokyo Love ~Rica 'tte Kanji!? – Digital Edition . Yuricon . Yurikon LLC . October 9, 2020 . 2020 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20170302014734/http://www.yuricon.com/product/rica-tte-kanji/ . March 2, 2017 .
  42. Web site: WORKS . Yuricon . Yurikon LLC . October 9, 2020 . 2020 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20170623113454/http://www.yuricon.com/product/works/ . June 23, 2017 .