Podcasts about okazu

We've made it to the final dungeon! Hope you like running it four times. Support Us On Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/pitchdrop) to hear Chris and Ryan's FF14 podcast and the Boku No Stop Premium anime podcast! Check out Garrett, Matt, and Chris discussing anime on Boku No Stop! (https://www.bokunostop.com/) Listen to Ryan's band at Cannon & DeVaron (https://cannondevaron.bandcamp.com/releases) and their solo work as Catastrophizer (https://soundcloud.com/catastrophizer) Read Matt's yuri reviews on Okazu (https://okazu.yuricon.com/category/staff-writer/matt-marcus/)

We fight tiny skeletons and discuss the ethics of collecting sneakers as we push our way closer to the Center. Support Us On Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/pitchdrop) to hear Chris and Ryan's FF14 podcast and the Boku No Stop Premium anime podcast! Check out Garrett, Matt, and Chris discussing anime on Boku No Stop! (https://www.bokunostop.com/) Listen to Ryan's band at Cannon & DeVaron (https://cannondevaron.bandcamp.com/releases) and their solo work as Catastrophizer (https://soundcloud.com/catastrophizer) Read Matt's yuri reviews on Okazu (https://okazu.yuricon.com/category/staff-writer/matt-marcus/)

We explore the steamy, hot, throbbing Lifeline, and confront our old frenemy Bosch who has upgraded his hater game. Support Us On Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/pitchdrop) to hear Chris and Ryan's FF14 podcast and the Boku No Stop Premium anime podcast! Check out Garrett, Matt, and Chris discussing anime on Boku No Stop! (https://www.bokunostop.com/) Listen to Ryan's band at Cannon & DeVaron (https://cannondevaron.bandcamp.com/releases) and their solo work as Catastrophizer (https://soundcloud.com/catastrophizer) Read Matt's yuri reviews on Okazu (https://okazu.yuricon.com/category/staff-writer/matt-marcus/)

Our team finally reach the resistance group Trinity's headquarters. Surely, they are going to be happy to help us, right?...Right? Support Us On Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/pitchdrop) to hear Chris and Ryan's FF14 podcast, the Boku No Stop Premium anime podcast, and Radio Manga! Check out Garrett, Matt, and Chris discussing anime on Boku No Stop! (https://www.bokunostop.com/) Listen to Ryan's band at Cannon & DeVaron (https://cannondevaron.bandcamp.com/releases) and their solo work as Catastrophizer (https://soundcloud.com/catastrophizer) Read Matt's yuri reviews on Okazu (https://okazu.yuricon.com/category/staff-writer/matt-marcus/)

We all playing with our worm men at the mall. Support Us On Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/pitchdrop) to hear Chris and Ryan's FF14 podcast and the Boku No Stop Premium anime podcast! Check out Garrett, Matt, and Chris discussing anime on Boku No Stop! (https://www.bokunostop.com/) Listen to Ryan's band at Cannon & DeVaron (https://cannondevaron.bandcamp.com/releases) and their solo work as Catastrophizer (https://soundcloud.com/catastrophizer) Read Matt's yuri reviews on Okazu (https://okazu.yuricon.com/category/staff-writer/matt-marcus/)

We run into some Certified Freaks(TM) in the Industrial Area and talk a lot about worm men (not covered in this episode) Support Us On Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/pitchdrop) to hear Chris and Ryan's FF14 podcast and the Boku No Stop Premium anime podcast! Check out Garrett, Matt, and Chris discussing anime on Boku No Stop! (https://www.bokunostop.com/) Listen to Ryan's band at Cannon & DeVaron (https://cannondevaron.bandcamp.com/releases) and their solo work as Catastrophizer (https://soundcloud.com/catastrophizer) Read Matt's yuri reviews on Okazu (https://okazu.yuricon.com/category/staff-writer/matt-marcus/)

We decide to smash Zeno and her paradox with a dragon boy Support Us On Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/pitchdrop) to hear Chris and Ryan's FF14 podcast and the Boku No Stop Premium anime podcast! Check out Garrett, Matt, and Chris discussing anime on Boku No Stop! (https://www.bokunostop.com/) Listen to Ryan's band at Cannon & DeVaron (https://cannondevaron.bandcamp.com/releases) and their solo work as Catastrophizer (https://soundcloud.com/catastrophizer) Read Matt's yuri reviews on Okazu (https://okazu.yuricon.com/category/staff-writer/matt-marcus/)

We learn the horrific tradegy that is Nina's backstory--not that she's a sentient air filter, but that she is not AHAM Verified© Support Us On Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/pitchdrop) to hear Chris and Ryan's FF14 podcast and the Boku No Stop Premium anime podcast! Check out Garrett, Matt, and Chris discussing anime on Boku No Stop! (https://www.bokunostop.com/) Listen to Ryan's band at Cannon & DeVaron (https://cannondevaron.bandcamp.com/releases) and their solo work as Catastrophizer (https://soundcloud.com/catastrophizer) Read Matt's yuri reviews on Okazu (https://okazu.yuricon.com/category/staff-writer/matt-marcus/)

We learn that Nina puffs, but does not pass. Support Us On Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/pitchdrop) to hear Chris and Ryan's FF14 podcast and the Boku No Stop Premium anime podcast! Check out Garrett, Matt, and Chris discussing anime on Boku No Stop! (https://www.bokunostop.com/) Listen to Ryan's band at Cannon & DeVaron (https://cannondevaron.bandcamp.com/releases) and their solo work as Catastrophizer (https://soundcloud.com/catastrophizer) Read Matt's yuri reviews on Okazu (https://okazu.yuricon.com/category/staff-writer/matt-marcus/)

We do not heed the age-old wisdom to protect ya neck. Support Us On Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/pitchdrop) to hear Chris and Ryan's FF14 podcast and the Boku No Stop Premium anime podcast! Check out Garrett, Matt, and Chris discussing anime on Boku No Stop! (https://www.bokunostop.com/) Listen to Ryan's band at Cannon & DeVaron (https://cannondevaron.bandcamp.com/releases) and their solo work as Catastrophizer (https://soundcloud.com/catastrophizer) Read Matt's yuri reviews on Okazu (https://okazu.yuricon.com/category/staff-writer/matt-marcus/)

This episode has EVERYTHING: gay haircuts, yearning, rage against the patriarchy, they were *roommates*....let's talk about the magical world of Yoshiya Nobuko, girls' culture, and lesbian fiction in Taishō era Japan! Leigh is joined by guest host Erica Friedman, speaker, editor, researcher and an expert on all things Yuri. Yoshiya Nobuko was an extremely popular writer in 20th century Japan who lived with her beloved female partner for 50 years and her legacy continues today as “the Grandmother of Yuri.”. The tropes and storylines established in her writing can still be seen today in queer girls stories in and outside of Japan– get ready to learn all about modern Japan's very own Sappho. After all, it's all in the yearning.   Erica Friedman writes about Yuri anime, manga and related media on her blog Okazu, and can be found on Twitter as @okazuyuri, Bluesky as Okazu and @EricaFriedman@mastodon.social   Erica's book By Your Side: The First 100 Years of Yuri Anime and Manga is the first in-depth study of Yuri in English. Outline 0:00 Introduction 7:29 Socio-Historical Context 24:00 Who Were They? Bio Time 41:36 - 43:42 Content Note: discussion of WWII  48:37 Why Do We Think They're Gay?: Some More Socio-Historical Context 50:12 - 55:30 Content Note: discussion of pathologizing of homosexuality 55:30 - 58:00 Content Note: discussion of suicides in the news at the time 58:34 Word of The Week: “S Class” 1:06:56 Why Do We Think They're Gay?: Yoshiya's Life 1:17:47 Queer Themes in Yoshiya's Fiction 1:21:30 -1:22:39 Content Note: brief reference to suicide 1:30:07 Pop Culture Tie-Ins 1:36:00 How Gay Were They? 1:37:15 Conclusion and Sign off  Want to help us continue to make the show? Support us on Patreon and get awesome goodies, behind-the-scenes access, special minisodes, and more! We have a Discord server for everyone to hang out in, exclusive O.G. Lesbian Sappho t-shirts, Pop-Culture Tie-In movie watches, and some really fun extras coming your way! You can also get merch in our store! Shirts, hoodies, totes, mugs, magnets, and other neat things!  If you'd like to help us transcribe the show for our d/Deaf and hard-of-hearing fans, please head on over to www.historyisgaypodcast.com/transcribe to join the team of volunteers!  Find our full list of sources and bonus content at www.historyisgaypodcast.com. Find us on Twitter, Instagram, and Tumblr, and subscribe wherever you get your podcasts! Don't forget to rate and review so more folks can see the show!  

This week we enjoy a light card game, as well as a much heavier train game Five Three Five by Kenichi Kabuki from Game Nowa and Portland Game Collective Railway Boom by Hisashi Hayashi from Okazu Brand Remember you can support the podcast by going to www.patreon.com/garrettsgames or click on the link below to check out all of the great games we have for sale at good prices: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/16ovRDNBqur0RiAzgFAfI0tYYnjlJ68hoHyHffU7ZDWk/edit?usp=sharing  

Do you ever look at a game and think, "I can fix them"? We sure did. Support Us On Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/pitchdrop) to hear Chris and Ryan's FF14 podcast and the Boku No Stop Premium anime podcast! Visit Hellscaper (http://hellscaper.com/) to find out what Sibyl does with her life. Check out Garrett, Matt, and Sibyl discussing anime on Boku No Stop! (https://www.bokunostop.com/) Listen to Ryan's band at Cannon & DeVaron (https://cannondevaron.bandcamp.com/releases) and their solo work as Catastrophizer (https://soundcloud.com/catastrophizer). Read Matt's yuri manga reviews on Okazu (https://okazu.yuricon.com/category/guest-review/matt-marcus/) and Oh My God, They Were Bandmates (https://omgbandmates.wordpress.com/)

Squall's furry OC becomes canon and everyone gets a girlfriend (except you, Irvine) Support Us On Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/pitchdrop) to hear Chris and Ryan's FF14 podcast and the Boku No Stop Premium anime podcast! Visit Hellscaper (http://hellscaper.com/) to find out what Sibyl does with her life. Check out Garrett, Matt, and Sibyl discussing anime on Boku No Stop! (https://www.bokunostop.com/) Listen to Ryan's band at Cannon & DeVaron (https://cannondevaron.bandcamp.com/releases) and their solo work as Catastrophizer (https://soundcloud.com/catastrophizer). Read Matt's yuri manga reviews on Okazu (https://okazu.yuricon.com/category/guest-review/matt-marcus/) and Oh My God, They Were Bandmates (https://omgbandmates.wordpress.com/)

We hope you like pipe organs and pallette swaps Support Us On Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/pitchdrop) to hear Chris and Ryan's FF14 podcast and the Boku No Stop Premium anime podcast! Visit Hellscaper (http://hellscaper.com/) to find out what Sibyl does with her life. Check out Garrett, Matt, and Sibyl discussing anime on Boku No Stop! (https://www.bokunostop.com/) Listen to Ryan's band at Cannon & DeVaron (https://cannondevaron.bandcamp.com/releases) and their solo work as Catastrophizer (https://soundcloud.com/catastrophizer). Read Matt's yuri manga reviews on Okazu (https://okazu.yuricon.com/category/guest-review/matt-marcus/) and Oh My God, They Were Bandmates (https://omgbandmates.wordpress.com/)

We finally invoke the Power of Friendship. Unfortunately, it was Laguna's idea. Support Us On Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/pitchdrop) to hear Chris and Ryan's FF14 podcast and the Boku No Stop Premium anime podcast! Visit Hellscaper (http://hellscaper.com/) to find out what Sibyl does with her life. Check out Garrett, Matt, and Sibyl discussing anime on Boku No Stop! (https://www.bokunostop.com/) Listen to Ryan's band at Cannon & DeVaron (https://cannondevaron.bandcamp.com/releases) and their solo work as Catastrophizer (https://soundcloud.com/catastrophizer). Read Matt's yuri manga reviews on Okazu (https://okazu.yuricon.com/category/guest-review/matt-marcus/) and Oh My God, They Were Bandmates (https://omgbandmates.wordpress.com/)

It's space time! Where we're going, we don't need plot coherence. Support Us On Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/pitchdrop) to hear Chris and Ryan's FF14 podcast and the Boku No Stop Premium anime podcast! Visit Hellscaper (http://hellscaper.com/) to find out what Sibyl does with her life. Check out Garrett, Matt, and Sibyl discussing anime on Boku No Stop! (https://www.bokunostop.com/) Listen to Ryan's band at Cannon & DeVaron (https://cannondevaron.bandcamp.com/releases) and their solo work as Catastrophizer (https://soundcloud.com/catastrophizer). Read Matt's yuri manga reviews on Okazu (https://okazu.yuricon.com/category/guest-review/matt-marcus/) and Oh My God, They Were Bandmates (https://omgbandmates.wordpress.com/)

We go a bridge too far for love and medical treatment. Support Us On Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/pitchdrop) to hear Chris and Ryan's FF14 podcast and the Boku No Stop Premium anime podcast! Visit Hellscaper (http://hellscaper.com/) to find out what Sibyl does with her life. Check out Garrett, Matt, and Sibyl discussing anime on Boku No Stop! (https://www.bokunostop.com/) Listen to Ryan's band at Cannon & DeVaron (https://cannondevaron.bandcamp.com/releases) and their solo work as Catastrophizer (https://soundcloud.com/catastrophizer). Read Matt's yuri manga reviews on Okazu (https://okazu.yuricon.com/category/guest-review/matt-marcus/) and Oh My God, They Were Bandmates (https://omgbandmates.wordpress.com/)

It's finally time to throw down with Seifer and Edea to end a disc. Again. Support Us On Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/pitchdrop) to hear Chris and Ryan's FF14 podcast and the Boku No Stop Premium anime podcast! Visit Hellscaper (http://hellscaper.com/) to find out what Sibyl does with her life. Check out Garrett, Matt, and Sibyl discussing anime on Boku No Stop! (https://www.bokunostop.com/) Listen to Ryan's band at Cannon & DeVaron (https://cannondevaron.bandcamp.com/releases) and their solo work as Catastrophizer (https://soundcloud.com/catastrophizer). Read Matt's yuri manga reviews on Okazu (https://okazu.yuricon.com/category/guest-review/matt-marcus/) and Oh My God, They Were Bandmates (https://omgbandmates.wordpress.com/)

Shumi evolutions, tonberry murders, and big amnesia reveals! What's not to love? Support Us On Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/pitchdrop) to hear Chris and Ryan's FF14 podcast and the Boku No Stop Premium anime podcast! Visit Hellscaper (http://hellscaper.com/) to find out what Sibyl does with her life. Check out Garrett, Matt, and Sibyl discussing anime on Boku No Stop! (https://www.bokunostop.com/) Listen to Ryan's band at Cannon & DeVaron (https://cannondevaron.bandcamp.com/releases) and their solo work as Catastrophizer (https://soundcloud.com/catastrophizer). Read Matt's yuri manga reviews on Okazu (https://okazu.yuricon.com/category/guest-review/matt-marcus/) and Oh My God, They Were Bandmates (https://omgbandmates.wordpress.com/)

We hoist pacifists, get invited into a hotel room to watch a movie with an old man, and then prom happens. Support Us On Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/pitchdrop) to hear Chris and Ryan's FF14 podcast and the Boku No Stop Premium anime podcast! Visit Hellscaper (http://hellscaper.com/) to find out what Sibyl does with her life. Check out Garrett, Matt, and Sibyl discussing anime on Boku No Stop! (https://www.bokunostop.com/) Listen to Ryan's band at Cannon & DeVaron (https://cannondevaron.bandcamp.com/releases) and their solo work as Catastrophizer (https://soundcloud.com/catastrophizer). Read Matt's yuri manga reviews on Okazu (https://okazu.yuricon.com/category/guest-review/matt-marcus/)

This week, Erin & Erin are joined by Erica Friedman: speaker, writer, editor, and researcher of all things yuri, and the creator of ALC publishing and Yuricon. We discuss Erica's book, By Your Side: The First 100 Years of Yuri Anime and Manga, available now! Erica tells us about exciting current yuri series (like I'm In Love With the Villainess; She Loves To Cook, She Loves to Eat; and Birdie Wing). We talk about online fandom spaces including Erica's blog, Okazu, the oldest and most comprehensive blog on lesbian-themed Japanese cartoons, comics, and related media. Erica also tells us about their experiences with convention spaces, like Yuricon 2003 (NJ) and 2005 (Tokyo), Yaoicon, Flamecon, and other shoujo, queer, and BL conventions. Buy Erica's Book: https://www.yuricon.com/product/bys/ Okazu Patreon: https://patreon.com/Okazu Okazu Blog: https://okazu.yuricon.com/ Okazu Top Yuri of 2022: https://okazu.yuricon.com/2022/12/31/okazu-top-yuri-of-2022/ Erica's Twitter: https://twitter.com/OkazuYuri Erica's Mastodon: https://mastodon.social/@EricaFriedman

Squall's team arrive at Garden to find that everything has gone to hell because of a melted wax candle who lives in the basement Support Us On Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/pitchdrop) to hear Chris and Ryan's FF14 podcast and the Boku No Stop Premium anime podcast! Visit Hellscaper (http://hellscaper.com/) to find out what Sibyl does with her life. Check out Garrett, Matt, and Sibyl discussing anime on Boku No Stop! (https://www.bokunostop.com/) Listen to Ryan's band at Cannon & DeVaron (https://cannondevaron.bandcamp.com/releases) and their solo work as Catastrophizer (https://soundcloud.com/catastrophizer). Read Matt's yuri manga reviews on Okazu (https://okazu.yuricon.com/category/guest-review/matt-marcus/) Check Out Justin's twitter (https://mobile.twitter.com/ts_roland) Special Guest: Justin Carroll.

We take a slow life Laguna dream detour to Winhill before we Solid Snake our way out of prison and into the Galbadian missile base Support Us On Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/pitchdrop) to hear Chris and Ryan's FF14 podcast and the Boku No Stop Premium anime podcast! Visit Hellscaper (http://hellscaper.com/) to find out what Sibyl does with her life. Check out Chris, Matt, and Sibyl discussing anime on Boku No Stop! (https://www.bokunostop.com/) Read Matt's yuri manga reviews on Okazu (https://okazu.yuricon.com/category/guest-review/matt-marcus/) Special Guest: Alexander McConnell.

Season 2 - Episode 7/10 Erica Friedman is the Founder of Yuricon and has run the world's oldest and most comprehensive blog on Yuri, Okazu, since 2002. She has edited manga for JManga, Seven Seas and Udon Entertainment, most recently Riyoko Ikeda's epic historical classic, The Rose of Versailles. Erica is the author of By Your Side: The First 100 Year of Yuri Anime and Manga, out now from Journey Press. She chats with us about the English translation of the manga for Whisper Me a Love Song, by Eku Takeshima, translated by Kevin Steinbach, edited by Tiff Ferentini, with lettering by Jennifer Skarupa. "An adorable new yuri manga for fans of Kase-san and Yamada and Bloom Into You. One day, high school girl Himari sees a girl, Yori, sing in a band, and it awakens feelings she doesn't understand… but Yori does!" Erica Friedman Website: Yuricon Twitter: @OkazuYuri Translation Chat A podcast where professional Japanese to English translators and editors chat about their favorite translations. Hosted and edited by Jennifer O'Donnell Music by Alex Valles Logo by Katherine Soldevilla

Things continue to go well for the SeeDs as they try to eliminate Sorceress Edea...hahaha who are we kidding? Support Us On Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/pitchdrop) to hear Chris and Ryan's FF14 podcast and the Boku No Stop Premium anime podcast! Visit Hellscaper (http://hellscaper.com/) to find out what Sibyl does with her life. Check out Chris, Matt, and Sibyl discussing anime on Boku No Stop! (https://www.bokunostop.com/) Listen to Ryan's band at Cannon & DeVaron (https://cannondevaron.bandcamp.com/releases) and their solo work as Catastrophizer (https://soundcloud.com/catastrophizer). Read Matt's yuri manga reviews on Okazu (https://okazu.yuricon.com/category/guest-review/matt-marcus/) Special Guest: John Dickendasher.

The SeeDs get their new mission: to rain on Sorceress Edea's parade. With bullets. Support Us On Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/pitchdrop) to hear Chris and Ryan's FF14 podcast and the Boku No Stop Premium anime podcast! Visit Hellscaper (http://hellscaper.com/) to find out what Sibyl does with her life. Check out Chris, Matt, and Sibyl discussing anime on Boku No Stop! (https://www.bokunostop.com/) Listen to Ryan's band at Cannon & DeVaron (https://cannondevaron.bandcamp.com/releases) and their solo work as Catastrophizer (https://soundcloud.com/catastrophizer). Read Matt's yuri manga reviews on Okazu (https://okazu.yuricon.com/category/guest-review/matt-marcus/) Special Guest: John Dickendasher.

We have reached 100 Episodes! Let's celebrate by kidnapping the fake zombie President. Support Us On Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/pitchdrop) to hear Chris and Ryan's FF14 podcast and the Boku No Stop Premium anime podcast! Visit Hellscaper (http://hellscaper.com/) to find out what Sibyl does with her life. Check out Chris, Matt, and Sibyl discussing anime on Boku No Stop! (https://www.bokunostop.com/) Listen to Ryan's band at Cannon & DeVaron (https://cannondevaron.bandcamp.com/releases) and their solo work as Catastrophizer (https://soundcloud.com/catastrophizer). Read Matt's yuri manga reviews on Okazu (https://okazu.yuricon.com/category/guest-review/matt-marcus/) Listen to Kyle's podcast General Intellect Unit (http://generalintellectunit.net/) and check out their TTRPG Dragons & Travelers Tales (https://wiegraf.itch.io/dragonsandtravellerstales) Special Guest: Kyle Thompson.

Kole Ross returns as we kick off Final Fantasy VIII with school work, romantic dreams, inappropriate teachers, and a boss that Jon Peters would love. Put on your dancing shoes and let's hit the PAAH-TAY! Support Us On Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/pitchdrop) to hear Chris and Ryan's FF14 podcast and the Boku No Stop Premium anime podcast! Visit Hellscaper (http://hellscaper.com/) to find out what Sibyl does with her life. Check out Chris, Matt, and Sibyl discussing anime on Boku No Stop! (https://www.bokunostop.com/) Listen to Ryan's band at Cannon & DeVaron (https://cannondevaron.bandcamp.com/releases) and their solo work as Catastrophizer (https://soundcloud.com/catastrophizer). Read Matt's yuri manga reviews on Okazu (https://okazu.yuricon.com/category/guest-review/matt-marcus/) Head to Duckfeed.tv (http://duckfeed.tv/) to see all of Kole's podcasts Special Guest: Kole Ross.

We load up our gunblades and hit R1 on a new season covering Final Fantasy VIII! Get ready for plenty of GF jokes. Support Us On Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/pitchdrop) to hear Chris and Ryan's FF14 podcast and the Boku No Stop Premium anime podcast! Visit Hellscaper (http://hellscaper.com/) to find out what Sibyl does with her life. Check out Chris, Matt, and Sibyl discussing anime on Boku No Stop! (https://www.bokunostop.com/) Listen to Ryan's band at Cannon & DeVaron (https://cannondevaron.bandcamp.com/releases) and their solo work as Catastrophizer (https://soundcloud.com/catastrophizer). Read Matt's yuri manga reviews on Okazu (https://okazu.yuricon.com/category/guest-review/matt-marcus/).

After finishing all of Xenosaga, Sibyl lays out for us every notable event in the series in chronological order and we discuss any lingering thoughts on the series. We also find out which character has the best drip. First Xenoblade Chronicles 1 spoilers start at 28:15 and end at 32:36 Second spoilers happen from 1:30:33 to 1:32:43 Support Us On Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/pitchdrop) to hear Chris and Ryan's FF14 podcast and the Boku No Stop Premium anime podcast! Visit Hellscaper (http://hellscaper.com/) to find out what Sibyl does with her life. Check out Chris, Matt, and Sibyl discussing anime on Boku No Stop! (https://www.bokunostop.com/) Listen to Ryan's band at Cannon & DeVaron (https://cannondevaron.bandcamp.com/releases) and their solo work as Catastrophizer (https://soundcloud.com/catastrophizer) Read Matt's yuri manga reviews on Okazu (https://okazu.yuricon.com/category/guest-review/matt-marcus/)

When you really think about it, this really was the Xenosaga Episode III: Also sprach Zarathustra. Support Us On Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/pitchdrop) to hear Chris and Ryan's FF14 podcast and the Boku No Stop Premium anime podcast! Read Matt's yuri manga reviews on Okazu (https://okazu.yuricon.com/category/guest-review/matt-marcus/) Visit Hellscaper (http://hellscaper.com/) to find out what Sibyl does with her life. Check out Chris, Matt, and Sibyl discussing anime on Boku No Stop! (https://www.bokunostop.com/) Listen to Ryan's band at Cannon & DeVaron (https://cannondevaron.bandcamp.com/releases) and their solo work as Catastrophizer (https://soundcloud.com/catastrophizer).

Tonight we're chatting with Erica Friedman, author of By Your Side: The First 100 Years of Yuri Anime and Manga. It's been called “the untold story of lesbian love in Japanese anime and comics.”About the AuthorErica Friedman is the founder of Yuricon community, and was the first publisher of Yuri manga in English, with ALC Publishing. She holds a Masters Degree in Library Science and a B.A. in Comparative Literature, and is a full-time researcher for a Fortune 100 company. She has lectured at dozens of conventions and presented at film festivals, notably the San Francisco Lesbian and Gay Film Festival and the London Lesbian and Gay Film Festival. She has participated in an academic lecture series at MIT, University of Illinois, University of Michigan, Michigan State University, Harvard University, Kanagawa University, and others. She has edited manga for JManga, Seven Seas and Udon Entertainment, most recently Riyoko Ikeda's epic historical classic, The Rose of Versailles. Erica has written about Yuri for Japanese literary journal Eureka, Animerica magazine, the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund, Dark Horse, and contributed to Forbes, Slate, Huffington Post, Hooded Utilitarian, The Mary Sue, Anime Herald, and Anime News Network online. She has written news and event reports, interviews Yuri creators and reviews Yuri anime, manga and related media on her blog Okazu since 2002 and is the author of By Your Side: The First 100 Year of Yuri Anime and Manga, coming out in June 2022 from Journey Press.

Tonight we're chatting with Erica Friedman, author of By Your Side: The First 100 Years of Yuri Anime and Manga. It's been called “the untold story of lesbian love in Japanese anime and comics.”About the AuthorErica Friedman is the founder of Yuricon community, and was the first publisher of Yuri manga in English, with ALC Publishing. She holds a Masters Degree in Library Science and a B.A. in Comparative Literature, and is a full-time researcher for a Fortune 100 company. She has lectured at dozens of conventions and presented at film festivals, notably the San Francisco Lesbian and Gay Film Festival and the London Lesbian and Gay Film Festival. She has participated in an academic lecture series at MIT, University of Illinois, University of Michigan, Michigan State University, Harvard University, Kanagawa University, and others. She has edited manga for JManga, Seven Seas and Udon Entertainment, most recently Riyoko Ikeda's epic historical classic, The Rose of Versailles. Erica has written about Yuri for Japanese literary journal Eureka, Animerica magazine, the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund, Dark Horse, and contributed to Forbes, Slate, Huffington Post, Hooded Utilitarian, The Mary Sue, Anime Herald, and Anime News Network online. She has written news and event reports, interviews Yuri creators and reviews Yuri anime, manga and related media on her blog Okazu since 2002 and is the author of By Your Side: The First 100 Year of Yuri Anime and Manga, coming out in June 2022 from Journey Press.

Yuri Manga and Anime: Interview with Erica Friedman The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast - Episode 232 with Heather Rose Jones In this episode we talk about: What is Yuri? Roots in Japanese girls' culture of the 1920s Common tropes How is Yuri related to overtly queer culture? Different “flavors” of Yuri for different readerships Isekai “light novels” Differences and similarities between Yuri and Yaoi or “BL” (boys' love) media How US attitudes towards sexual content have affected the reception of romantic/erotic themes in manga/anime The “girl prince” trope in The Rose of Versailles (see Erica's YouTube discussion) How Erica approaches Japanese media as a non-Japanese consumer What By Your Side covers Publications Mentioned – Note: Links may be to the yuricon.com online store which is Erica Friedman's website and benefits her financially.By Your Side :The First 100 Years of Yuri Anime and Manga by Erica Friedman Hana Monogatari (Flower Stories) by Yoshiya Nobuko “Two Maidens in the Attic” Revolutionary Girl Utena by Chiho Saito Boyish 2 (Butch x Butch Yuri Anthology) If We Leave on the Dot by Ayu Inui Sailor Moon (Hulu, Netflix) – especially season 3 The Rose of Versailles by Riyoko Ikeda (5 vol. of manga, 2 seasons of anime)  “Yellow Rose” by Yoshiya Nobuko from Hana Monogatari, translated by Dr. Sara Frederick Dear Brother by Riyoko Ikeda Maria Watches Over Us by Konno Oyuki I'm in Love With the Villainess by inori - Isekai “light novel” and manga Sexiled: My Sexist Party Leader Kicked Me Out, So I Teamed Up With a Mythical Sorceress! by Ameco Kaeruda - Isekai “light novel” JK Haru is a Sex Worker in Another World by K? Hiratori? - Isekai “light novel” RESISTANCE: The LGBT Fight Against Fascism in WWII by Avery Cassell  (Author), Diane Kanzler  (Editor), Diego Gomez (Illustrator) No Straight Lines: Four Decades of Queer Comics Justin Hall (Editor) A transcript of this podcast will be available here at a later date. Links to the Lesbian Historic Motif Project Online Website: http://alpennia.com/lhmp Blog: http://alpennia.com/blog RSS: http://alpennia.com/blog/feed/ Twitter: @LesbianMotif Discord: Contact Heather for an invitation to the Alpennia/LHMP Discord server The Lesbian Historic Motif Project Patreon Links to Heather Online Website: http://alpennia.com Email: Heather Rose Jones Twitter: @heatherosejones Facebook: Heather Rose Jones (author page) Links to Erica Friedman Online Website: http://yuricon.com Blog: http://okazu.yuricon.com Twitter: @OkazuYuri Discord: https://discord.gg/4NPHGH7Vc4 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/YuriconALC YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/yuristudio Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/Okazu

Nagata Kabi has explored her struggles with her physical and mental health in her previous memoirs, and now turns her attention to one of her biggest lifelong hurdles - love. Okazu founder and yuri scholar extraordinaire Erica Friedman joins us once again to discuss the latest chapter in Kabi's ongoing and evolving memoir narrative, My Wandering Warrior Existence. Kabi uses the evocative image and anecdote of holding a wedding dress photo shoot as a springboard for exploring her desire to love and be loved, and her frustrations figuring out how to do that, including her experiences with online dating apps. We come to understand why she's afraid to meet and form relationships with people, a response that stems from lingering issues about her own negative self-image, and a mistrust of other people in part caused by, CONTENT WARNING, a horrifically traumatic sexual assault she experienced as a child. Which, because of the particular descriptiveness and upsetting nature of the story, we encourage you to use your discretion and the timestamps in the podcast breakdown below as to whether you rather skip that part of the discussion. But lest you fear Wandering Warrior finds Kabi drowning in her sorrows and traumas, we discuss how the book instead reflects the emotional growth and self-awareness that Kabi has come to understand over her previous books. This book finds Kabi taking in her memoirs in a new, confident direction with a clear thesis and structured storytelling designed with a message to the reader in mind, and we explore how it represents a positive direction for her as an artist and storyteller as we appreciate the messages she imparts in the book and her experiences and thoughts resonate with our own. Kabi may still be a wanderer in the landscape of love, but like a warrior, she's held firm in her resolve to find happiness, and we're more than happy to travel with her on her journey into whatever unknown territory the future may bring. For a complete list of links and community shout-outs included in this episode, please visit this podcast's webpage at: http://all-comic.com/2022/manga-mavericks-ep-195-my-wandering-warrior-existence/ PODCAST BREAKDOWN: 00:22 - Intro, Podcast Context, & Content Warnings 08:15 - My Wandering Warrior Existence w/Erica Friedman 09:15 - The Storytelling, Pacing, and Construction of Wandering Warrior 16:00 - Kabi's Growth as a Person and Storyteller 22:58 - Dating Apps and the Stress of Emotionally Taxing Tasks 26:33 - Having a Negative Self-Image and Being Afraid of Emotionally Investing Oneself in Another Person 28:11 - The Significance of Seeing More of Kabi's Friends and Relationships with Other People in Her Life 32:35 - CONTENT WARNING: Kabi's Sexual Assault Story 38:08 - Taking Down the Mental Hurdles in the Way of Forming Love and Relationships 43:25 - The Importance of Self-Love and Self-Care 45:30 - Importance of Seeing Positive Examples of Healthy Relationships Growing Up 47:33 - The Broader Relatability of Wandering Warrior's Themes of Navigating Love and Relationships 54:03 - Realizing What Makes You Happy May Not Be What We Think Will 58:09 - Understanding Your Own Gender and Sexuality: “I Am” vs “What” 1:02:45 - Appreciating the Small Pleasures of Life 1:04:50 - Final Thoughts and Takeaways 1:09:27 - What We Would Like to See Next from Kabi 1:11:04 - Brief Thoughts on Meisou Senshi Nagata Kabi: Gourmet de Go! 1:14:04 - Erica's Plugs 1:19:00 - Community Shout-Outs: Enjoy the show, and follow us on twitter at @manga_mavericks, on tumblr at mangamavericks.tumblr.com, and on Youtube! You can also follow the hosts on Twitter at @sniperking323 and @lumranmayasha. If you'd like to help support the show financially you can pledge to our Patreon and receive some awesome rewards like our Patreon-exclusive Bonus pods! If one-time donations are more your speed you can donate to Colton's Ko-fi here and LumRanmaYasha's Ko-fi here, and if you want to support LumRanmaYasha's art and other projects you can follow them @siddartworks on Instagram and Twitter and donate to their personal Patreon. Don't forget to also like and subscribe to us on Youtube and iTunes and leave us reviews to help us curate the show and create better content! Music Featured: “Densha Kamo Shirenai” by Tama “Lover Soul” by Judy and Mary

Show Notes This week: SD Gundam returns to theaters and MSB returns to your ears. We're covering the first half of SD Gundam's Counterattack, and we... liked it? Is that possible? While still marred by several of SD Gundam's persistent issues, this short manages to deliver on the series' potential for madcap, irreverent parody in a way prior episodes haven't. Show Notes Yankii, Bousouzoku, and Sukeban: Books consulted for this week's research: Ashcraft, Brian, and Shoko Ueda. Japanese Schoolgirl Confidential: How Teenage Girls Made a Nation Cool. Tuttle, 2014. Cherry, Kittredge. “Sukeban - Boss Girls.” Womansword: What Japanese Words Say About Women, Stone Bridge Press, Berkeley, CA, 2017, pp. 73–74. Kawamura, Yuniya. Fashioning Japanese Subcultures. Bloomsbury Academic, 2013. Marx, W. David. “Damn Yankees.” Ametora: How Japan Saved American Style, Basic Books, New York, NY, 2015, pp. 123–148. Monden, Masafumi. “Ribbons and Lace.” Japanese Fashion Cultures: Dress and Gender in Contemporary Japan, Bloomsbury, London, UK, 2015, pp. 107–134. Wikipedia pages for Bōsōzoku and Sukeban. Tofugu article about bōsōzoku. Vice article about sukeban and the media they inspired. Collection of photographs of sukeban from the 1970s and '80s. Review of the Sukeban Deka manga and OVA from Okazu (blog covering yuri media). Visual aid showing a select few photographs of modified cars and motorcycles (especially with the huge exhaust pipes), and screenshots of the episode that show similar style of exhaust pipes on the Counterattack School's vehicles and mobile suits. Mobile Suit Breakdown is written, recorded, and produced within Lenapehoking, the ancestral and unceded homeland of the Lenape, or Delaware, people. Before European settlers forced them to move west, the Lenape lived in New York City, New Jersey, and portions of New York State, Pennsylvania, Delaware, and Connecticut. Lenapehoking is still the homeland of the Lenape diaspora, which includes communities living in Oklahoma, Wisconsin, and Ontario. You can learn more about Lenapehoking, the Lenape people, and ongoing efforts to honor the relationship between the land and indigenous peoples by visiting the websites of the Delaware Tribe and the Manhattan-based Lenape Center. Listeners in the Americas and Oceania can learn more about the indigenous people of your area at https://native-land.ca/. We would like to thank The Lenape Center for guiding us in creating this living land acknowledgment. You can subscribe to Mobile Suit Breakdown for free! on fine Podcast services everywhere and on YouTube, visit our website GundamPodcast.com, follow us on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook, or email your questions, comments, and complaints to gundampodcast@gmail.com. Mobile Suit Breakdown wouldn't exist without the support of our fans and Patrons! You can join our Patreon to support the podcast and enjoy bonus episodes, extra out-takes, behind-the-scenes photos and video, MSB gear, and much more! The intro music is WASP by Misha Dioxin, and the outro is Long Way Home by Spinning Ratio, both licensed under Creative Commons CC BY 4.0 licenses. The recap music is Olivia by Hyson, licensed under a CC BY attribution license. All music used in the podcast has been edited to fit the text. Mobile Suit Breakdown provides critical commentary and is protected by the Fair Use clause of the United States Copyright law. Gundam content is copyright and/or trademark of Sunrise Inc., Bandai, Sotsu Agency, or its original creator. Mobile Suit Breakdown is in no way affiliated with or endorsed by Sunrise, Bandai, Sotsu, or any of their subsidiaries, employees, or associates and makes no claim to own Gundam or any of the copyrights or trademarks related to it. Copyrighted content used in Mobile Suit Breakdown is used in accordance with the Fair Use clause of the United States Copyright law. Any queries should be directed to gundampodcast@gmail.com

On this episode of Manga Mavericks, we're joined by founder of Okazu and yuri scholar, Erica Friedman, to once again revisit the works of Nagata Kabi with a discussion of another one of her self-reflective personal memoirs with My Alcoholic Escape From Reality! In which we visit Kabi during her time recovering in the hospital from severe pancreatitis due to her excessive drinking, as well chronicling through her artist's journey of deciding between working on either fiction or non-fiction. We discuss our thoughts on this book in particular and once again grapple with the difficult and complicated feelings we get from reading Kabi's works as pieces of entertainment, as well as her journey as an artist up to this point. This discussion was one we originally recorded around the time of its English release last year and uploaded exclusively on Patreon as a bonus podcast, but have made it available to the public in time for our upcoming episode on Kabi's newest memoir with My Wandering Warrior Existence, coming next week! But if you can't wait until then, its already available over on our Patreon at our $2 tier for those who want to listen to it early! Or if you sign up for the next tier up, you can listen to more exclusive bonus podcasts like this one! Whatever tier you choose, we appreciate any support you give us!! For a complete list of links and Community Shout-Outs mentioned in this episode, please visit this podcast's webpage at: http://all-comic.com/2022/manga-mavericks-ep-194-my-alcoholic-escape-from-reality/ PODCAST BREAKDOWN: 00:00 - Intro 05:03 - Our discussion of My Alcoholic Escape From Reality 1:19:51 - Community Shout-outs! 1:37:48 - Wrap-up Enjoy the show, and follow us on twitter at @manga_mavericks, on tumblr at mangamavericks.tumblr.com, and on Youtube! You can also follow the hosts on Twitter at @sniperking323 and @lumranmayasha. If you'd like to help support the show financially you can pledge to our Patreon and receive some awesome rewards like our Patreon-exclusive Bonus pods! If one-time donations are more your speed you can donate to Colton's Ko-fi here and LumRanmaYasha's Ko-fi here, and if you want to support LumRanmaYasha's art and other projects you can follow them @siddartworks on Instagram and Twitter and donate to their personal Patreon. Don't forget to also like and subscribe to us on Youtube and iTunes and leave us reviews to help us curate the show and create better content!

We return to the Old Church in past Miltia to testify against a Testament before he tests our strength. Matt's manga review of How Do We Relationship Volume 5 on Okazu (https://okazu.yuricon.com/2022/03/02/how-do-we-relationship-volume-5-guest-review-by-matt-marcus/) Support Us On Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/pitchdrop) to hear Chris and Ryan's FF14 podcast and the Boku No Stop Premium anime podcast! Visit Hellscaper (http://hellscaper.com/) to find out what Sibyl does with her life. Check out Chris, Matt, and Sibyl discussing anime on Boku No Stop! (https://www.bokunostop.com/) Listen to Ryan's band at Cannon & DeVaron (https://cannondevaron.bandcamp.com/releases) and their solo work as Catastrophizer (https://soundcloud.com/catastrophizer).

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The longest episode for the longest days of the year! Helen McCarthy, dubbed by some (me) as the Judi Dench of manga, has many loose threads to pull. A number of topics and links are below for your reference throughout the conversation, including Helen's peers and books. Get ready for an intellectual journey with an English scholar! Gerry and Sylvia Anderson's Supermarionation Mazinger Z / Goldorak anime addiction started by Spanish TV The first Moneypenny, Lois Ruth Maxwell Comparing Osamu Tezuka and Hayao Miyazaki Perspectives about sexual content in manga and anime Being more of a door-pusher than a gatekeeper The UK Anime Fandom Archive Parenting and engaging with kinds of content in manga and anime Christian values In The Night Kitchen & Naked Babies Helen McCarthy - A History of Manga Helen McCarthy's website Frederik L. Schodt - “Translator, conference interpreter, and award-winning writer” Erica Friedman's Okazu blog - “The world's oldest and most comprehensive blog on lesbian-themed Japanese cartoons, comics and related media” Ryan Holmberg - “Comics & Art Historian, Translator, Editor”   The Art of Osamu Tezuka Hayao Miyazaki: Master of Japanese Animation Leiji Matsumoto: Essays On The Manga and Anime Legend The Erotic Anime Movie Guide Legend of the Galactic Heroes

On this episode of Manga Mavericks, Colton & Lum bring on yuri scholar and founder of Okazu, Erica Friedman, to discuss My Solo Exchange Diary! A two volume autobiographical manga from Nagata Kabi that is also a follow up to her previously released My Lesbian Experiece With Loneliness, which we also covered on the podcast back in 2017! We have a very open discussion about how the success of Kabi's works in the west have made it possible for other autobiographical manga to be picked up, as well as how that success has contributed to Kabi's life and work both positively and negatively. This discussion was originally posted exclusively on our Patreon a year ago, which we decided to make available publicly not only to give listeners a peek at what we have to offer for potential patrons, but to also celebrate the release of Nagata Kabi's latest work, My Alcoholic Escape From Reality, of which we will also be releasing a podcast about on our Patreon at the end of this month! So if you enjoyed this discussion, be sure sign up soon to listen to it when its out! Until then, enjoy the episode! For a complete list of links and Community Shout-Outs included in this episode, please visit this podcast's webpage at: http://all-comic.com/2021/manga-mavericks-ep-161-my-solo-exchange-diary/ PODCAST BREAKDOWN:  00:00 - Intro/Patron Shout Out & Other Patreon Stuff 15:33 - Top Selling Manga Series in the First Half of 2021 33:36 - Top Selling Light Novels in the First Half of 2021 37:13 - May 2021 Bookscan List 42:48 - Dramatic Increase in Manga Sales Over the Past Year 48:26 - My Solo Exchange Diary Discussion 2:17:51 - A Lot of Community Shout-Outs! 2:56:09 - Wrap-Up Enjoy the show, and follow us on twitter at @manga_mavericks, on tumblr at mangamavericks.tumblr.com, and on Youtube! You can also follow the hosts on Twitter at @sniperking323 and @lumranmayasha. If you'd like to help support the show financially you can pledge to our Patreon and receive some awesome rewards like our Patreon-exclusive Bonus pods! If one-time donations are more your speed you can donate to Colton's Ko-fi here and LumRanmaYasha's Ko-fi here, and if you want to support LumRanmaYasha's art and other projects you can follow them @siddartworks on Instagram and Twitter and donate to their personal Patreon. Don't forget to also like and subscribe to us on Youtube and iTunes and leave us reviews to help us curate the show and create better content!

Just when you thought you polished off the last of your Thanksgiving leftovers, LGBThanksgiving concludes with one last juicy podcast stuffed full of queer manga goodness! Hope you’re hungry, because this is a big one - our retrospective of the defining yuri manga of the 2010’s, Kase-san! We couldn’t digest a series this savory by ourselves, so we invited on some yuri connoisseurs to help us devour all the gay girly goodness - TomoChoco hosts Kit and Sarah and returning guest Erica Friedman, founder of Okazu and Yuricon! Together we feast on the wonderful bounty of yuri loveliness Kase-san provides, including its resilient publication history, the sweet relationship of its central couple, its mature exploration of their libidos, how it boldly graduates them from high school to college, and so much more! Though, we also go on many tangents too, discussing an assortment of sorta related things like how much better Tokyo’s transit is compared to New York’s, the best anime to watch at the gym, dubs vs. subs, and other random things! But we mostly keep it on track to talk about Kase, and everything we love about this trailblazing, decade-spanning yuri staple! And with all that said, this podcast brings us to the end of LGBThanksgiving! I apologize for the delay on this last installment - I didn’t mean for it to release this half-way into December instead of the end of November, but like I said last time, sometimes it’s good to let Thanksgiving bleed into Christmas rather than the other way around for once. But I want to give my big hearty thanks to all our wonderful guests these past few episodes - Jocelyne Allen, Anne Ishii, Jax Cottrell, Kit, Sarah, and Erica - and a big thank you to all our listeners for enjoying our conversations with them! We definitely plan to cover a lot more queer manga on the show next year, so look forward to having another gay old time with us on more queer occaisions in the future! Visit this podcast's webpage for a complete list of the links and Community Shout-Outs mentioned in this episode! - http://all-comic.com/2020/manga-mavericks-ep-142-kase-san-and-a-podcast/ PODCAST BREAKDOWN: 00:22 - Intro 04:08 - Kase-san Retrospective 1:49:30 - Community Shout-Outs! 1:56:12 - Wrap-Up Enjoy the show, and follow us on twitter at @manga_mavericks, on tumblr at mangamavericks.tumblr.com, and on Youtube! You can also follow the hosts on Twitter at @sniperking323 and @lumranmayasha. If you’d like to help support the show financially you can pledge to our Patreon and receive some awesome rewards like our Patreon-exclusive Bonus pods! If one-time donations are more your speed you can donate to Colton’s Ko-fi here and LumRanmaYasha’s Ko-fi here, and if you want to support LumRanmaYasha’s art and other projects you can follow them @siddartworks on Instagram and Twitter and donate to their personal Patreon. Don’t forget to also like and subscribe to us on Youtube and iTunes and leave us reviews to help us curate the show and create better content! Music Featured: Hanako Oku - “Kimi no Egao (album ver.)” Minami Takashima & Ayane Sakura - “Asu e no Tobira”

Just when you thought you polished off the last of your Thanksgiving leftovers, LGBThanksgiving concludes with one last juicy podcast stuffed full of queer manga goodness! Hope you’re hungry, because this is a big one - our retrospective of the defining yuri manga of the 2010’s, Kase-san! We couldn’t digest a series this savory by ourselves, so we invited on some yuri connoisseurs to help us devour all the gay girly goodness - TomoChoco hosts Kit and Sarah and returning guest Erica Friedman, founder of Okazu and Yuricon! Together we feast on the wonderful bounty of yuri loveliness Kase-san provides, including its resilient publication history, the sweet relationship of its central couple, its mature exploration of their libidos, how it boldly graduates them from high school to college, and so much more! Though, we also go on many tangents too, discussing an assortment of sorta related things like how much better Tokyo’s transit is compared to New York’s, the best anime to watch at the gym, dubs vs. subs, and other random things! But we mostly keep it on track to talk about Kase, and everything we love about this trailblazing, decade-spanning yuri staple! And with all that said, this podcast brings us to the end of LGBThanksgiving! I apologize for the delay on this last installment - I didn’t mean for it to release this half-way into December instead of the end of November, but like I said last time, sometimes it’s good to let Thanksgiving bleed into Christmas rather than the other way around for once. But I want to give my big hearty thanks to all our wonderful guests these past few episodes - Jocelyne Allen, Anne Ishii, Jax Cottrell, Kit, Sarah, and Erica - and a big thank you to all our listeners for enjoying our conversations with them! We definitely plan to cover a lot more queer manga on the show next year, so look forward to having another gay old time with us on more queer occaisions in the future! Visit this podcast's webpage for a complete list of the links and Community Shout-Outs mentioned in this episode! - http://all-comic.com/2020/manga-mavericks-ep-142-kase-san-and-a-podcast/ PODCAST BREAKDOWN: 00:22 - Intro 04:08 - Kase-san Retrospective 1:49:30 - Community Shout-Outs! 1:56:12 - Wrap-Up Enjoy the show, and follow us on twitter at @manga_mavericks, on tumblr at mangamavericks.tumblr.com, and on Youtube! You can also follow the hosts on Twitter at @sniperking323 and @lumranmayasha. If you’d like to help support the show financially you can pledge to our Patreon and receive some awesome rewards like our Patreon-exclusive Bonus pods! If one-time donations are more your speed you can donate to Colton’s Ko-fi here and LumRanmaYasha’s Ko-fi here, and if you want to support LumRanmaYasha’s art and other projects you can follow them @siddartworks on Instagram and Twitter and donate to their personal Patreon. Don’t forget to also like and subscribe to us on Youtube and iTunes and leave us reviews to help us curate the show and create better content! Music Featured: Hanako Oku - “Kimi no Egao (album ver.)” Minami Takashima & Ayane Sakura - “Asu e no Tobira”

Dan Moran joins the show this week. Currently, Dan is one of the co-owners of Red Rabbit in Stratford. This is part of a co-op style ownership group that also includes Old Man and Son, Pollo Morto and Somewhere a Sandwich which are all in Stratford Ontario. Dan was born and raised in Gananoque, Ontario - a border tourist town and subsequently got his start early in the service industry. In 1988, Dan moved to Waterloo Ontario to attend University of Waterloo and started working at the on campus bar - The Bombshelter Pub (The Bomber). Shortly thereafter, Dan started working for on campus concert promoter known as BEnt. In 1990, Dan temporarily left school to figure out his next move. Well, his next move involved moving to Whitehorse in the Yukon on a whim. While up north, Dan worked security, bartended and did sound for live concerts as well. Dan eventually returned to Kitchener-Waterloo and started working with BEnt once again as well as security at several clubs and live events. Eventually, Dan started got a job at Ethel's bartending when it opened in 1994. After a number of years at Ethel's, Dan got in to the ownership side of the business and opened up Frat Burger with several partners. This provided him with the foundation of business operations and mechanics of running an independent restaurant. Moving on from Frat Burger, Dan spent time working at Mercer in Stratford and the Duke of Wellington in Waterloo for several years. By this point, it was 2013 and Dan made one of the best decisions of his career and joined a staff-owned restaurant concept in Stratford that he has been a part of ever since. They opened up Red Rabbit that same year and haven't looked back. The ownership group subsequently opened Okazu in 2015, Old Man and Son in 2016 and Pollo Morto in early 2020 and Somewhere A Sandwich. www.redrabbitresto.com @redrabbitresto oldmanandson.com @oldmanandson www.pollomorta.com @pollomorta www.somewherearestaurant.com @somewherearestaurant

I have a problem with the way we talk about problematic media. Or, more accurately, the way we don’t talk about problematic media. We’ve had a lot of conversations recently about problematic content in series we like and don’t like, and it’s a topic we’ve seen debated time and again whenever a series or creator does something questionable, uncomfortable, or in some cases, criminal. While it’s difficult to reconcile enjoying something that may be doing something “bad” or was created by a creator who has done something “bad,” I think it’s important to interrogate problematic content in the media we consume to identify the ways in which it may affect real people in harmful or damaging ways, and whether supporting such works emboldens the cultural pervasiveness of this content and their creators. This is a complicated topic that can be approached from many perspectives, so we invited several people who have expertise in holding conversations about problematic media and discussing the ways in which it reflects upon our culture and affects people. We’re delighted to have back on the show Erica Friedman, the premier yuri scholar, historian, and founder of Yuricon and Okazu, and are excited to invite on some new guests - Ash from the Youtube Channel The King’s Speech, and The Black Manga Critic from the Youtube Channel of the same name. Together we explored our thoughts on problematic content in media, and how to hold helpful and productive discussions of them in ways that encourage cultural change. Huh, who would have thought you could have a civil conversation about problematic media on the internet? PODCAST BREAKDOWN: 00:23 - Intro 02:16 - Introducing Our Guests, the Topic ,and the Goal of the Conversation 06:05 - How do we define the term “Problematic” 24:46 - Our Problematic Faves - Hunter x Hunter - Yu Yu Hakusho - One Piece - Gintama - Takako Shimura - Rumiko Takahashi - Murcielago - Vinland Saga 46:32 - What is the difference between a Problematic Fave and a Guilty Pleasure? 53:17 - Where Should We Draw the Line with Problematic Media? 1:00:40 - Being Educated About Problematic Content 1:07:43 - Being Open to Conversations About Problematic Media 1:14:40 - Reconciling Liking Problematic Media 1:18:20 - All Art is Political 1:20:40 - Catching Ourselves From Defending Problematic Media 1:23:55 - Engaging in Conversations About Problematic Media 1:41:49 - Where Have We Personally Drawn the Line with Problematic Media? 2:03:49 - Amplifying Progressive and Marginalized Voices in the Community 2:12:20 - Community Shout-Outs! - Okazu - "Yuri Manga and Problematic Art" - "Kabi Nagata: Opening Doors at an Intersection" - The King’s Speech - Ash’s “Actionable Fandom or How to Solve a Problem Like Eiichiro Oda” Video - The Black Manga Critic - BMC’s video on Twitter Discourse - Anime Feminist - "Ranma ½ and the Anything Goes School of Accidental Trans Narrative" - "Power, Oppression, and Victimhood in Twelve Kingdoms vs. Rising of the Shield Hero" - "Fat-shaming and Body Positivity in Modern Anime" - My Fave is Problematic - “It’s Sanji’s Birthday and Nothing Else Matters” (One Piece Podcast) - “American Mythology - The Simpsons” (Renegade Cut) - “Fake Friends Part Two: Parasocial Hell” (StrucciMovies) - “Sergei Eisenstein: Disney Fan” (KyleKalgrenBHH) 2:21:12 - Wrap-Up Enjoy the show, and follow us on twitter at @manga_mavericks, on tumblr at mangamavericks.tumblr.com, and on Youtube! You can also follow the hosts on Twitter at @sniperking323 and @lumranmayasha. If you’d like to help support the show financially you can pledge to our Patreon and receive some awesome rewards like our Patreon-exclusive Bonus pods! If one-time donations are more your speed you can donate to Colton’s Ko-fi here and LumRanmaYasha’s Ko-fi here, and if you want to support LumRanmaYasha’s art and other projects you can donate to their personal Patreon. Don’t forget to also like and subscribe to us on Youtube and iTunes and leave us reviews to help us curate the show and create better content!

I have a problem with the way we talk about problematic media. Or, more accurately, the way we don’t talk about problematic media. We’ve had a lot of conversations recently about problematic content in series we like and don’t like, and it’s a topic we’ve seen debated time and again whenever a series or creator does something questionable, uncomfortable, or in some cases, criminal. While it’s difficult to reconcile enjoying something that may be doing something “bad” or was created by a creator who has done something “bad,” I think it’s important to interrogate problematic content in the media we consume to identify the ways in which it may affect real people in harmful or damaging ways, and whether supporting such works emboldens the cultural pervasiveness of this content and their creators. This is a complicated topic that can be approached from many perspectives, so we invited several people who have expertise in holding conversations about problematic media and discussing the ways in which it reflects upon our culture and affects people. We’re delighted to have back on the show Erica Friedman, the premier yuri scholar, historian, and founder of Yuricon and Okazu, and are excited to invite on some new guests - Ash from the Youtube Channel The King’s Speech, and The Black Manga Critic from the Youtube Channel of the same name. Together we explored our thoughts on problematic content in media, and how to hold helpful and productive discussions of them in ways that encourage cultural change. Huh, who would have thought you could have a civil conversation about problematic media on the internet? PODCAST BREAKDOWN: 00:23 - Intro 02:16 - Introducing Our Guests, the Topic ,and the Goal of the Conversation 06:05 - How do we define the term “Problematic” 24:46 - Our Problematic Faves - Hunter x Hunter - Yu Yu Hakusho - One Piece - Gintama - Takako Shimura - Rumiko Takahashi - Murcielago - Vinland Saga 46:32 - What is the difference between a Problematic Fave and a Guilty Pleasure? 53:17 - Where Should We Draw the Line with Problematic Media? 1:00:40 - Being Educated About Problematic Content 1:07:43 - Being Open to Conversations About Problematic Media 1:14:40 - Reconciling Liking Problematic Media 1:18:20 - All Art is Political 1:20:40 - Catching Ourselves From Defending Problematic Media 1:23:55 - Engaging in Conversations About Problematic Media 1:41:49 - Where Have We Personally Drawn the Line with Problematic Media? 2:03:49 - Amplifying Progressive and Marginalized Voices in the Community 2:12:20 - Community Shout-Outs! - Okazu - "Yuri Manga and Problematic Art" - "Kabi Nagata: Opening Doors at an Intersection" - The King’s Speech - Ash’s “Actionable Fandom or How to Solve a Problem Like Eiichiro Oda” Video - The Black Manga Critic - BMC’s video on Twitter Discourse - Anime Feminist - "Ranma ½ and the Anything Goes School of Accidental Trans Narrative" - "Power, Oppression, and Victimhood in Twelve Kingdoms vs. Rising of the Shield Hero" - "Fat-shaming and Body Positivity in Modern Anime" - My Fave is Problematic - “It’s Sanji’s Birthday and Nothing Else Matters” (One Piece Podcast) - “American Mythology - The Simpsons” (Renegade Cut) - “Fake Friends Part Two: Parasocial Hell” (StrucciMovies) - “Sergei Eisenstein: Disney Fan” (KyleKalgrenBHH) 2:21:12 - Wrap-Up Enjoy the show, and follow us on twitter at @manga_mavericks, on tumblr at mangamavericks.tumblr.com, and on Youtube! You can also follow the hosts on Twitter at @sniperking323 and @lumranmayasha. If you’d like to help support the show financially you can pledge to our Patreon and receive some awesome rewards like our Patreon-exclusive Bonus pods! If one-time donations are more your speed you can donate to Colton’s Ko-fi here and LumRanmaYasha’s Ko-fi here, and if you want to support LumRanmaYasha’s art and other projects you can donate to their personal Patreon. Don’t forget to also like and subscribe to us on Youtube and iTunes and leave us reviews to help us curate the show and create better content!

The boys get serious this episode as Evan and David are joined by Okazu's Erica Friedman (@OkazuYuri) to talk about the history of yuri manga and its intersection with lesbian identity, then review Kabi Nagata's auto-biographical manga My Lesbian Experience with Loneliness and My Solo Exchange Diary. Get ready for lots of talk about everyone's favorite subjects: depression, loneliness, and dysfunctional family relationships! Topics include: “after Europe and trains,” the linguistic power of 14-year-old girls, and Google Trends-driven manga publishing Send us feedback at podcast@anigamers.com! Show notes, links, comments, and more can be found at http://anigamers.com/podcast.

The boys get serious this episode as Evan and David are joined by Okazu’s Erica Friedman (@OkazuYuri) to talk about the history of yuri manga and its intersection with lesbian identity, then review Kabi Nagata’s auto-biographical manga My Lesbian Experience with Loneliness and My Solo Exchange Diary. Get ready for lots of talk about everyone’s favorite subjects: depression, loneliness, and dysfunctional family relationships! Topics include: “after Europe and trains,” the linguistic power of 14-year-old girls, and Google Trends-driven manga publishing Send us feedback at podcast@anigamers.com! Show notes, links, comments, and more can be found at http://anigamers.com/podcast.

2019 marks the centennial anniversary of the Yuri genre, celebrating 100 years of girls in love challenging the expectations placed upon them by patriarchal definitions of love and gender. To commemorate the legacy of the genre and the stories that’ve been told, we interviewed Erica Friedman, a Yuri historian and tastemaker who has been at the center of the fandom for over two decades. Erica is the founder of Yuricon, an organization dedicated to uniting the community through fan events and scholarship, and has written extensively on Yuri on her blog Okazu, which has reached its 4000th post after over 16 years! Erica’s planning an incredible number of events to celebrate 100 Years of Yuri with the community, including numerous convention appearances and a Yuri pilgrimage in Japan in the fall, all leading up to the release of her comprehensive book on Yuri set to come out in 2020! We chat with Erica about the work she’s done growing a proactive community around Yuri, the history of the genre and its fan culture, the influence of digital comics in helping newer creators and more untraditional stories to get published, and how we’ve reached a point where these stories can be spread more widely thanks to the efforts of trailblazers who fought to create a space for those who came after them to work in and expand. Like the pun in Okazu’s namesake, we hope our interview serves as an appetizer before you enjoy the full buffet of information out there about yuri and the works themselves! Our conversation with Erica is the first of an entire month of interviews with manga industry professionals about their work and fandom. Up next will be our interview with Joey Weiser, the award-winning comic book artist and creator of the Mermin series, who joins us to discuss his new book Ghost Hog (available NOW!) and the influence that manga and japanese culture have had on his work. We’ll be releasing the interview this coming Friday, but you can listen to the episode early by becoming a $2 Patron on our Patreon! We’re also offering a ton of other content to our Patrons, including a monthly Patron Bonus Pod, Show Notes, Bloopers, Unreleased Podcasts and more! Every dollar donated to our Patreon is paid forward to making the show self-sufficient and fund future projects, so if you want to see us attempt more ambitious podcasts your support would be a great help and greatly appreciated! PODCAST BREAKDOWN: 00:22 - Intro News: 01:28 - Bloom Into You ends with 8th volume in November 03:06 - Ne0;lation has ended 07:14 - New Shonen Jump series are coming!   13:18 - Blade of the Immortal is getting a sequel 15:19 - Kodansha USA puts up the first chapter of Bootsleg from Suzuhito Yasuda for free! 18:15 - Yen Press licenses Sekiro Side Story 19:14 - J-Novel Club licenses Crest of the Stars & more 25:28 - Cross Infinite World to release Another World: Zombie Apocalypse is Not My Problem light novel 26:45 - Nominations for Best U.S. Edition of International Material - Asia 29:55 - Shueshia reveals new circulation numbers for its manga magazines 36:10 - ComicFesta Contest 37:18 - DMP launches new Yuri doujin label on May 1st Interview with Erica Friedman: 41:25 - Introducing Erica, Yuri Bodhisattva 45:00 - The History and Inclusivity of Yuri Fandom 50:50 - The First Yuricon & Defining Yuri 53:23 - How Social Media & Web Comics Have Made Yuri More Accessible 1:00:21 - The Lesbian Bar Community in Shinjuku Ni-chome 1:03:00 - Rica ‘tte Kanji!? & Resonating with Real-Life Queer Experiences 1:07:40 - Empathizing with Stories That Aren’t Made For You & Respecting Different Perspectives 1:19:32 - Engaging in Different Ways of Interpreting Media & Understanding Referential Context 1:26:40 - Don’t Start with What You Know - Learn Something New! 1:30:09 - Kunihiko Ikuhara: Recognizing an Authorial Voice & Interpreting Authorial Intent 1:38:48 - The Influences & Influence of Shiroi Heya no Futari 1:56:14 - Classic Yuri Manga Display at Toronto Public Library & 100 Years of Yuri on Tour Plans 2:00:00 - The History of Yuri Manga 2:14:36 - Nagata Kabi, My Solo Exchange Diary, and Resonating with Stories About Depression 2:21:04 - Kase-san: A Relationship Developing in Communication 2:32:06 - Yuri Manga About Adults 2:41:43 - Why Gengoroh Tagame Writes Queer Stories Differently Depending on his Audience 2:45:03 - Steven Universe & Exploring Mature Themes About Relationships & Abuse 2:50:54 - Queer Stories Have Been Told Before - It’s Up to You to Find and Share Them 2:56:49 - Yuri Stories We Need More of (AKA SPORTS YURI!!) 2:59:09 - Erica’s Favorite Yuri Manga 3:04:54 - Resources & Recommendations For Yuri Newbies 3:13:05 - Learn more about Queer Comics history at this year’s Queers & Comics at SVA 3:18:34 - Erica’s plans for the rest of 2019! 3:23:05 - What “Okazu” Means & Erica’s Mission Statement 3:24:51 - Community Shout-Outs: - Erica’s Okazu Blog and Yuri Essays Section on Yuricon - Zeria’s videos and essays on Yuri, and her new crowdfunding campaign for her Yuri 101 project - LossThief’s Thread on Mami Yagihara from Blue Flag 3:31:40 - Wrap-Up Enjoy the show, and follow us on twitter at @manga_mavericks, on tumblr at mangamavericks.tumblr.com, and on Youtube! You can also follow the hosts on Twitter at @sniperking323 and @lumranmayasha. If you’d like to help support the show financially you can pledge to our Patreon and receive some awesome rewards like our Patreon-exclusive Bonus pods! If one-time donations are more your speed you can donate to Colton’s Ko-fi here and LumRanmaYasha’s Ko-fi here, and if you want to support LumRanmaYasha’s art and other projects you can donate to their personal Patreon. Don’t forget to also like and subscribe to us on Youtube and iTunes and leave us reviews to help us curate the show and create better content! PATREON LINK: https://www.patreon.com/mangamavericks

2019 marks the centennial anniversary of the Yuri genre, celebrating 100 years of girls in love challenging the expectations placed upon them by patriarchal definitions of love and gender. To commemorate the legacy of the genre and the stories that’ve been told, we interviewed Erica Friedman, a Yuri historian and tastemaker who has been at the center of the fandom for over two decades. Erica is the founder of Yuricon, an organization dedicated to uniting the community through fan events and scholarship, and has written extensively on Yuri on her blog Okazu, which has reached its 4000th post after over 16 years! Erica’s planning an incredible number of events to celebrate 100 Years of Yuri with the community, including numerous convention appearances and a Yuri pilgrimage in Japan in the fall, all leading up to the release of her comprehensive book on Yuri set to come out in 2020! We chat with Erica about the work she’s done growing a proactive community around Yuri, the history of the genre and its fan culture, the influence of digital comics in helping newer creators and more untraditional stories to get published, and how we’ve reached a point where these stories can be spread more widely thanks to the efforts of trailblazers who fought to create a space for those who came after them to work in and expand. Like the pun in Okazu’s namesake, we hope our interview serves as an appetizer before you enjoy the full buffet of information out there about yuri and the works themselves! Our conversation with Erica is the first of an entire month of interviews with manga industry professionals about their work and fandom. Up next will be our interview with Joey Weiser, the award-winning comic book artist and creator of the Mermin series, who joins us to discuss his new book Ghost Hog (available NOW!) and the influence that manga and japanese culture have had on his work. We’ll be releasing the interview this coming Friday, but you can listen to the episode early by becoming a $2 Patron on our Patreon! We’re also offering a ton of other content to our Patrons, including a monthly Patron Bonus Pod, Show Notes, Bloopers, Unreleased Podcasts and more! Every dollar donated to our Patreon is paid forward to making the show self-sufficient and fund future projects, so if you want to see us attempt more ambitious podcasts your support would be a great help and greatly appreciated! PODCAST BREAKDOWN: 00:22 - Intro News: 01:28 - Bloom Into You ends with 8th volume in November 03:06 - Ne0;lation has ended 07:14 - New Shonen Jump series are coming!   13:18 - Blade of the Immortal is getting a sequel 15:19 - Kodansha USA puts up the first chapter of Bootsleg from Suzuhito Yasuda for free! 18:15 - Yen Press licenses Sekiro Side Story 19:14 - J-Novel Club licenses Crest of the Stars & more 25:28 - Cross Infinite World to release Another World: Zombie Apocalypse is Not My Problem light novel 26:45 - Nominations for Best U.S. Edition of International Material - Asia 29:55 - Shueshia reveals new circulation numbers for its manga magazines 36:10 - ComicFesta Contest 37:18 - DMP launches new Yuri doujin label on May 1st Interview with Erica Friedman: 41:25 - Introducing Erica, Yuri Bodhisattva 45:00 - The History and Inclusivity of Yuri Fandom 50:50 - The First Yuricon & Defining Yuri 53:23 - How Social Media & Web Comics Have Made Yuri More Accessible 1:00:21 - The Lesbian Bar Community in Shinjuku Ni-chome 1:03:00 - Rica ‘tte Kanji!? & Resonating with Real-Life Queer Experiences 1:07:40 - Empathizing with Stories That Aren’t Made For You & Respecting Different Perspectives 1:19:32 - Engaging in Different Ways of Interpreting Media & Understanding Referential Context 1:26:40 - Don’t Start with What You Know - Learn Something New! 1:30:09 - Kunihiko Ikuhara: Recognizing an Authorial Voice & Interpreting Authorial Intent 1:38:48 - The Influences & Influence of Shiroi Heya no Futari 1:56:14 - Classic Yuri Manga Display at Toronto Public Library & 100 Years of Yuri on Tour Plans 2:00:00 - The History of Yuri Manga 2:14:36 - Nagata Kabi, My Solo Exchange Diary, and Resonating with Stories About Depression 2:21:04 - Kase-san: A Relationship Developing in Communication 2:32:06 - Yuri Manga About Adults 2:41:43 - Why Gengoroh Tagame Writes Queer Stories Differently Depending on his Audience 2:45:03 - Steven Universe & Exploring Mature Themes About Relationships & Abuse 2:50:54 - Queer Stories Have Been Told Before - It’s Up to You to Find and Share Them 2:56:49 - Yuri Stories We Need More of (AKA SPORTS YURI!!) 2:59:09 - Erica’s Favorite Yuri Manga 3:04:54 - Resources & Recommendations For Yuri Newbies 3:13:05 - Learn more about Queer Comics history at this year’s Queers & Comics at SVA 3:18:34 - Erica’s plans for the rest of 2019! 3:23:05 - What “Okazu” Means & Erica’s Mission Statement 3:24:51 - Community Shout-Outs: - Erica’s Okazu Blog and Yuri Essays Section on Yuricon - Zeria’s videos and essays on Yuri, and her new crowdfunding campaign for her Yuri 101 project - LossThief’s Thread on Mami Yagihara from Blue Flag 3:31:40 - Wrap-Up Enjoy the show, and follow us on twitter at @manga_mavericks, on tumblr at mangamavericks.tumblr.com, and on Youtube! You can also follow the hosts on Twitter at @sniperking323 and @lumranmayasha. If you’d like to help support the show financially you can pledge to our Patreon and receive some awesome rewards like our Patreon-exclusive Bonus pods! If one-time donations are more your speed you can donate to Colton’s Ko-fi here and LumRanmaYasha’s Ko-fi here, and if you want to support LumRanmaYasha’s art and other projects you can donate to their personal Patreon. Don’t forget to also like and subscribe to us on Youtube and iTunes and leave us reviews to help us curate the show and create better content! PATREON LINK: https://www.patreon.com/mangamavericks

Two episodes ago we told you to go check out Erica Friedman and her blog Okazu, but much like a rogue outlaw space idol singer this Most Dangerous Erica has come to us so that we can talk about the 2018 yuri anime Kase-san and Morning Glories. Visit www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and supplemental links.

Shelley and I tackle the BIG new game from Okazu (and forthcoming from TMG), then race through the woods while avoiding bears and hopefully heading in the right direction! Yokohama by Hisashi Hayashi from Okazu Brand and Tasty Minstrel Games and Bear Valley by Carl Chudyk from Stronghold Games