Podcasts about yuricon

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

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

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.

Covers all 10 volumes plus the 10th anniversary side stories of The Rose of Versailles by Riyoko Ikeda (that's the five omnibus volumes released by Udon!)It's hard to overstate how significant The Rose of Versailles is to the history of shojo manga and beyond. In this episode about Riyoko Ikeda's masterpiece, Erica Friedman, the editor of the English edition of the series, details the legacy of Oscar François de Jarjayes, the ultimate girl prince. Erica answers listener questions about the localization, plus she and Ashley dive into the series' queerness (despite not being about gender or sexuality), how historically accurate it is to the events of the French Revolution (immensely), and much more. We hope you're as delighted as we are to finally be able to read this iconic series legally, in gorgeous English editions.REFERENCESThe Rose of Versailles manga is available physically in omnibuses from Udon EntertainmentThe Rose of Versailles anime is available from Discotek. (But you have to watch the Dear Brother anime first.)Ikeda is part of the legendary Magnificent 49ers group of manga artists Erica's book, By Your Side, will be coming out in 2022. It's about the history of yuri manga.Other great folks who worked on the English edition of The Rose of Versailles:Erik Ko (head of Udon)Mari Morimoto (translator)Jocelyne Allen (translator)The first Girl Prince was Sapphire in Osamu Tezuka's Princess Knight (available in English from Kodansha)Erica's equation on manga legends: If Osamu Tezuka is the god of manga, then Riyoko Ikeda is the goddess of manga, and Go Nagai is the creepy uncleNow you know why Sarasa is always saying she wants to play Oscar in Kageki Shojo!!The Rose of Versailles is important to the Takarazuka RevueLegacy of girl princes:Utena in Revolutionary Girl UtenaHaruka Tenou from Sailor MoonRedacted letters between Marie-Antoinette and Axel von Fersen were recently decodedHistorian Evelyn Farr has a great video on Marie-Antoinette and Fersen One of the Lulu stories is based off Elizabeth BáthoryMiscellaneous mentions:ALA list of great graphic novels for teensThe Heart of ThomasFlower StoriesRevue StarlightBabylon 5 rebootOther Ikeda work: ClaudineMangasplaining is another good manga podcastOutro song: "The Streatham Hill Gods" by DanosongsCONTACT USErica's Yuricon site: https://okazu.yuricon.com/Erica on Twitter: @OkazuYuriShojo & Tell on Twitter, Tumblr, and InstagramAshley on Twitter: @AshMcD00

Happy Pride Month, everyone! For our 2021 Pride podcast, Tori and Sully have a chat with yuri researcher and Yuricon founder Erica Friedman! Erica goes into the development of her upcoming book, By Your Side: The First 100 Years of Yuri Manga & Anime, what it took to trace the history of yuri as a genre across a whole century of material, what excites her about yuri fandom today, and Sailor Moon (of course!)  Erica 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. Visit Erica's website here! If you enjoy this or any other episode, leave us a Rating and Review on Apple Podcasts! Show notes are available on our website: www.thirdimpactanime.com More helpful links: https://linktr.ee/thirdimpactanime Follow us on Twitter at twitter.com/TI_Anime Subscribe on Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | YouTube | Stitcher | Podbean Support on Ko-Fi | Patreon

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”

Panda and Alice talk to YuriCon founder Erica Friedman about yuri, Japanese genre delineation, and why Juri just needs to move on.

Keskustelemme siitä, miten ja mistä mangaa voi ylipäätään ostaa ja lukea, niin fyysisinä kuin digitaalisinakin julkaisuina. Puhumme myös One-Punch Manin julkaisemisesta suomeksi, siitä miten Manga Planet julkaisee kolme sarjaa Nobuyuki Fukumotolta sekä siitä, miten länsimaiset lukijat ahdistelivat Domestic Girlfriendin tekijää Twitterissä. Lukujonossa ovat tällä kertaa eliittipoikakouluun sijoittuva omegaverse-BL The Teijo Academy sekä Miki Yoshikawan uusi romanttinen komedia A Couple of Cuckoos. --- - DesucOnline 2020 - Suosikkihahmot syynissä (YouTube) - Teheanicastin jakso DesucOnlinesta 06:19 – HAMPAANKOLOSSA - Manga Mavericks -podcast 07:34 – KUULIJAKOMMENTTEJA: ODOTTAMATTOMAT SUOSIKIT - Tomo-chan is a Girl - Komi Can't Communicate - Yoshiki Tonogai - Real Account - Babylon - Tadaima, okaeri - Kashikomarimashita, Destiny - The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess 18:19 – KUULIJAKOMMENTTEJA: PYSTYSUUNTAAN LUETTAVAT SARJAKUVAT - The Titan's Bride - Coolmic - Sarjakuvien lukeminen “Guided View” -tyyliin - Vartijat-sarjakuvan ruutujakotyyli - Myös Crunchyrollissa on Guided View, koska joku on sitä vaatinut (kuva) - Even Speedwagon is afraid - Drifting Dragons ja lukujärjestysongelma - The Japan Times: South Korea's booming 'webtoons' put Japan's print manga on notice - ReLIFE 28:00 – KUULIJAKOMMENTTEJA: ERICA FRIEDMAN? - Erica Friedman - Okazu-blogi ja Yuricon-tapahtuma - Jakso 7, jossa puhuimme Friedmanin näkemyksistä Ōokusta ja Bechdelin testistä 33:11 – KUULIJAKOMMENTTEJA: SARJATOIVE - Summer Time Rendering 34:13 – ONE-PUNCH MAN SUOMEKSI - Punainen jättiläinen julkaisee suomeksi One-Punch Manin - One-Punch Man - Puhuimme sarjan kasipokkarin kannesta joulukalenterissa - Komeasti piirretty (ja “animoitu“) sarja 40:27 – MANGA PLANET JULKAISEE NOBUYUKI FUKUMOTOA - Manga Planet Adds Nobuyuki Fukumoto manga titles from HighStone Publishing to Library - Fukumoto kävi Desuconin kunniavieraana vuonna 2010 - Tonegawa muistuttaa käsienpesun tärkeydestä (YouTube) - Gambling Apocalypse Kaiji - The Legend of the Strongest, Kurosawa! - Gambling Emperor Legend Zero - Tämä julkaisu Kaijista ei ole Denpan uusi julkaisu, vaan tämä vanha digijulkaisu vuodelta 2015 - Petterin arvostelu Kaijin aiemmasta digijulkaisusta Anime-lehdessä 8/2015 (kuva) - Maailman mystisin copyright-sivu (kuva) - Se versio Artesta joka on Mangamossa on eri kuin se mitä myydään e-kirjoina - Jakso 24, jossa puhuimme Artesta 51:46 – DOMESTIC GIRLFRIENDIN TEKIJÄ SAI IKÄVIÄ KOMMENTTEJA TWITTERISSÄ - ANN: Domestic Girlfriend Creator Comments on Backlash From Overseas Fans - Kei Sasugan twiittiketju - “Älä sitten tee mangaa jos et kerran halua kritiikkiä“ - Domestic Girlfriend - Petterin esittely Domestic Girlfriendistä Anime-lehdessä 2/2015 (kuva) 01:05:33 – MISTÄ MANGAA VOI OSTAA: YLEISESTI 01:11:18 – MISTÄ MANGAA VOI OSTAA: PRINTTIJULKAISUJA MYYVÄT KIVIJALKALIIKKEET - Fantasiapelit - Turun sarjakuvakauppa - Fennica Comics (oikea osoite on nykyään Hämeentie 30) 01:17:03 – MISTÄ MANGAA VOI OSTAA: PRINTTIJULKAISUJA MYYVÄT NETTIKAUPAT - Adlibris - Book Depository - Blackwell's - Werner & Jarlin nettikauppa - Decitre.fr 01:26:20 – MISTÄ MANGAA VOI OSTAA: ERILAISET DIGIJULKAISUTAVAT 01:33:44 – MISTÄ MANGAA VOI OSTAA: E-KIRJAKAUPAT - Kindle Store (Amazon) - ComiXology (Amazon) - BookWalker (Kadokawa) - Kobo (Rakuten) - eManga on edelleen olemassa, mutta siitä kannattaa pysyä kaukana 01:40:49 – MISTÄ MANGAA VOI OSTAA: VUOKRAUSPALVELUT JA DRM-VAPAAT VAIHTOEHDOT - Renta - Manga Club - SuBLime (Viz) - Fakku 01:48:47 – MISTÄ MANGAA VOI OSTAA: STRIIMIPALVELUT - Crunchyroll Manga, joka nykyään toimii yhä huonommin - Manga Plus - Mielenkiintoisia hypoteettisia kysymyksiä käyttäjäkyselyssä (kuva) - Mangamo - Jakso 25, jossa puhuimme Mangamosta - Manga Planet - Futekiya 01:58:48 – MISTÄ MANGAA VOI OSTAA: YHTEENVETO 02:02:05 – LUKUJONOSSA: THE TEIJO ACADEMY - Omegaversen konsepti (kuva) - The Teijo Academy - The Teijo Academy Manga Clubissa - Yarichin Bitch Club - Blondin kosto 02:17:13 – LUKUJONOSSA: A COUPLE OF CUCKOOS - A Couple of Cuckoos - Miki Yoshikawan kolme one-shottia - Yamada-kun and the Seven Witches - Yamada-kunin animesovitus, josta kaikki hauska hahmosisältö leikattiin pois, koska juoni piti saada mahtumaan 12 jaksoon - Joka kuvassa istutaan linnunpesässä munat sylissä (kuva) - Yankee-kun to Megane-chan 02:34:16 – LOPETUS

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!

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

What has a history over a hundred years-old, goes beyond genre, and gets its name from the Japanese word for 'lily'? If you guessed yuri, you and our guest would be in good company! This week, we had special guest Erica Friedman to help us wrap up the season and educate us on the fascinating world of yuri... for the revolution of the world?! Next week, it's season eight; what changes will we have in store?! One thing that won't change is that we'll have a new episode, this time with Justus R Stone talking about fans of light novels! ## Where can I learn more about Erica Friedman? If you want to learn more about Erica Friedman's fantastic work on yuri, you're in luck! - The Yuri New Network (now with podcast!): [okazu.yuricon.com](https://okazu.yuricon.com) - YuriCon: [yuricon.com](https://yuricon.com) - Facebook: [@yuriconalc](https://facebook.com/yuriconalc) - Twitter: [@okazuyuri](https://twitter.com/okazuyuri) And, you can help support the continuation of that work by becoming a patron of her work on Patreon: http://patreon.com/okazu ## Episode outline ### Fandom Facts **History and Origins:** Yuri, or Girls' Love, is a genre of manga, anime, and other Japanese works involving lesbian relationships. It can focus on the romantic or sexual aspects of the relationships (or both). The word itself literally means 'lily', a common Japanese feminine name, and may be derived in parallel to the pre-existing association between the word for rose ('bara') and gay men. ...And of course there's a lot of history, which is why we have Erica to help us out! **Search Data:** Interest in Yuri has been [relatively constant since 2004 with some slow growth](https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?date=all&q=%2Fm%2F0jb0t,%2Fm%2F0f9s9). Most spikes in interest appear to be erroneously associated with the genre: a spike in December 2016 most likely corresponds to the finale of _Yuri!!! on Ice_, for example, as does a spike in August 2011 referring to cosmonaut _Yuri Gagarin_. A quick comparison to Yaoi puts Yuri as just under half as popular but with similar trends. In terms of search data by country, the top ten are: Japan, Taiwan, China, Hong Kong, Thailand, South Korea, Cambodia, Phillipines, Malaysia, and El Salvador (Canada is 30th, and United States is 32nd). **Fan Demographics:** Based on a fan survey conducted by [Floating into Bliss in 2017](https://floatingintobliss.wordpress.com/2017/10/14/report-on-the-yuri-fandom-demographic-survey/), we do have some rough data from its almost 700 respondents. - Gender: A plurality identified as women (47.19%), but fairly equal representation of those identifying as men (44.31%) with the remainder identifying as non-binary / other. - Sexuality: Of the women who responded, 96.04% listed their sexuality as something _other_ than heterosexual (compared to 23.38% of men) - Age: The mode age group is 21-25 (though, 16-20 and 26-30 are also fairly represented) Other neat facts from this survey include: - Most responses came from Twitter (and there was a higher proportion of responses from women than men on Twitter; a higher proportion of men responded from Reddit) - Most respondents prefer to read Yuri manga (55.39%) vs watching anime (16.97%) or visual novels (4.46%). 18.56% don't care about which medium. - The vast majority (84.9%) read both original and fan works - Over 80% enjoy shipping, and over 50% enjoy shipping but don't see it as a key aspect of their enjoying Yuri. - Over 40% read both pornographic and non-pornographic content and have no preference for which The survey also lists favourite manga by groups... so I would highly recommend checking out the survey! A slightly different survey from the [International Anime Research Project](https://sites.google.com/site/animeresearch/past-results/2016-results) also happened to ask about interest levels in Yuri (and other genres). Of the 300+ respondents (~54% identifying as ma

What has a history over a hundred years-old, goes beyond genre, and gets its name from the Japanese word for 'lily'? If you guessed yuri, you and our guest would be in good company! This week, we had special guest Erica Friedman to help us wrap up the season and educate us on the fascinating world of yuri... for the revolution of the world?! Next week, it's season eight; what changes will we have in store?! One thing that won't change is that we'll have a new episode, this time with Justus R Stone talking about fans of light novels! Where can I learn more about Erica Friedman? If you want to learn more about Erica Friedman's fantastic work on yuri, you're in luck! The Yuri New Network (now with podcast!): okazu.yuricon.com YuriCon: yuricon.com Facebook: @yuriconalc Twitter: @okazuyuri And, you can help support the continuation of that work by becoming a patron of her work on Patreon: http://patreon.com/okazu Episode outline Fandom Facts History and Origins: Yuri, or Girls' Love, is a genre of manga, anime, and other Japanese works involving lesbian relationships. It can focus on the romantic or sexual aspects of the relationships (or both). The word itself literally means 'lily', a common Japanese feminine name, and may be derived in parallel to the pre-existing association between the word for rose ('bara') and gay men. ...And of course there's a lot of history, which is why we have Erica to help us out! Search Data: Interest in Yuri has been relatively constant since 2004 with some slow growth. Most spikes in interest appear to be erroneously associated with the genre: a spike in December 2016 most likely corresponds to the finale of Yuri!!! on Ice, for example, as does a spike in August 2011 referring to cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin. A quick comparison to Yaoi puts Yuri as just under half as popular but with similar trends. In terms of search data by country, the top ten are: Japan, Taiwan, China, Hong Kong, Thailand, South Korea, Cambodia, Phillipines, Malaysia, and El Salvador (Canada is 30th, and United States is 32nd). Fan Demographics: Based on a fan survey conducted by Floating into Bliss in 2017, we do have some rough data from its almost 700 respondents. Gender: A plurality identified as women (47.19%), but fairly equal representation of those identifying as men (44.31%) with the remainder identifying as non-binary / other. Sexuality: Of the women who responded, 96.04% listed their sexuality as something other than heterosexual (compared to 23.38% of men) Age: The mode age group is 21-25 (though, 16-20 and 26-30 are also fairly represented) Other neat facts from this survey include: Most responses came from Twitter (and there was a higher proportion of responses from women than men on Twitter; a higher proportion of men responded from Reddit) Most respondents prefer to read Yuri manga (55.39%) vs watching anime (16.97%) or visual novels (4.46%). 18.56% don't care about which medium. The vast majority (84.9%) read both original and fan works Over 80% enjoy shipping, and over 50% enjoy shipping but don't see it as a key aspect of their enjoying Yuri. Over 40% read both pornographic and non-pornographic content and have no preference for which The survey also lists favourite manga by groups... so I would highly recommend checking out the survey! A slightly different survey from the International Anime Research Project also happened to ask about interest levels in Yuri (and other genres). Of the 300+ respondents (~54% identifying as male), approximately 25% listed Yuri as "Do not like" with approximately 12% identifying as "Very much like" and another 12% as "I don't know" (the remainder being evenly divided between the 5 other rankings). Last Episode's Famous Last Words Z Is there a Japanese version of Tanya Chalkin's "the Kiss"? G Who is Yuri for? T What is the first canonical Yuri manga? Tyler What is the primary focus of Yuri (since Yaoi seems to be focussed on the seme / uke relationship)? This week's spotlight Yaoi / Yuri North > Yaoi / Yuri North is the annual LGBTQ-centric programming track that runs as part of Anime North. Programming features a variety of informative panels and events including fandom-specific discussions, queer lifestyle, and yaoi/yuri fandom topics as well as evening / overnight viewings and a multitude of contests. YuriCon > Yuricon was founded in 2000 by Erica Friedman as AniLesboCon, with the mission of bringing together fans of lesbian images in Japanese animation and comics. Initially, ALC was designed to be a “virtual” convention only, with real contests to foster community and creativity. This mission gathered people from all over the world; to discuss and create stories that represented an entire continuum of lesbian experience, from youthful crushes to adult relationships. Race Against Time IV > Now in its fourth year running, the Race Against Time is an annual charity marathon to raise money for the Alzheimer Society of Canada by beating the SNES classic, Chrono Trigger, as many times as possible in 24 hours. This year, the event is running every week until August 11 and 12 for the main event (see website for detailed schedule). > > Alzheimer's is a terrible disease that slowly robs those afflicted of their memories, and, eventually, their very sense of being. We are racing to help preserve those memories of loved ones and for a cure to stop it once and for all! > > All donations go directly to the Alzheimer Society of Canada. Famous Last Words This week's famous last words around next week's fandom, Light Novels! Erica What do you think are the qualities of light novels as a genre that makes them so interesting as reader and reviewer of light novels? (Thoughts about genre as a whole, and personal interpretation of why you like them) G Why light novel? Why are they called light novels? T Why have they become so popular in North America? Z Is there a magic ratio of pictures to text for it to be a light novel? Where can you find us online? We are everywhere! Most notably though, we like to hang out in a few places on social media: If you want to be part of our podcast (or just want to check us out), we record our podcast LIVE on twitch.tv every Monday at 20:00 Eastern Time! For all the latest updates, check us out on Facebook or Twitter To see the latest hijinx from our conventions or even our daily lives and adventures, check us out on Instagram For our latest convention updates, Let's Plays, and other in-real-life video, check out our YouTube channel We're also on iTunes, and Google Play, and would love it if you could leave a review and rating! if you want to reach us, and for some reason none of those work for you, try nick@thenickscast.com You can check out our website; that will mostly bring you back to this stuff. Everything is thenickscast, so if you can't find us, go on your social network and search for that! What is "Fanthropological"? How did you read this far without asking this question?! Fanthropological is an anthropological (ish) podcast where we bring the fan's-eye view to you! Each week, we take a look at a different fandom, dig up interesting background, trivia, and history, and try to get to why it is that people are a fan. We also try to highlight good causes related to that fandom, and find interesting things that fans have created to share those to the world. Each episode is about an hour. Ish. Who is "The Nickscast"? We are the Nickscast! Three products of late-80s / early-90s pop culture who love exploring fandom and everything geek ... who also happen to have been best buddies since high school, and all happen to be named Nick. Yes, we are super creative (dare we say, the most creative). Ahem We are Nick Green, Nick Terwoord, and Nick Zacharewicz: We started the Nickscast as a labour of love, and as a place to entertain and to discuss our love of fans and fandom, and all that is shiny and interesting in that realm. It's what lead us to start our first podcast, our satellite podcasts, Fanthropological, and so much more. We want to help others learn more about different fandoms, and to create empathy with other fans: We dream of a world where other fans aren't "those Weird-o's", but just folks with different tastes. A world where fandom is full of discourse and analysis, and there are plenty of tools and resources to help. Fans building communities to do good in the world. Because everyone's a fan. Thanks Special thanks to Erica Friedman, who despite losing her voice the day of recording managed to tough it out and help us learn a lot more about the world of yuri! Credits Sources Wikipedia - Yuri Google Trends - Yuri vs Yaoi International Anime Research Project - 2016 Preliminary Results Floating into Bliss - Report on the Yuri Fandom Demographic Survey Anime Feminist - [Feature] Consider the Lilies of the Field: The Case for Yuri Manga Behind the Nihon Review - The Structure of Yuri: the Shift from Female to Male Audiences Brobible - The 21 Most Cliche Dorm-Room Posters Complex - The Most Famous Kissing Photographs Of All Time Everyday Feminism - Am I a Queer Woman Looking Through the Male Gaze? Everyday Feminism - We’re Taking Lesbian Sexuality Back from the Male Gaze and the Result Is Awesome Fanlore - Yuri Floating into Bliss - Yuri isn’t Made for Men: An Analysis of the Demographics of Yuri Mangaka and Fans Japanese Studies - The Sexual and Textual Politics of Japanese Lesbian Comics: Reading Romantic and Erotic Yuri Narratives Momojob.net - Introduction to the Customs for Lesbians! Basic Knowledge for Lesbian Women to Work in Customs Quora - Why Isn’t Yuri as Popular as Yaoi Anime Stack Exchange - Anime - Who is the Main Target Audience of Yuri Titles? Vice i-D - Article Title YouTube - A Very Brief History of Yuri by Erica Friedman Music / Sound "Threshold of Insanity Super Bass Mode" by TeknoAxe used under CC BY 4.0 All other music and sound for this week's episode were provided by Nick Green! Artwork "Glasses" by Anton Anuchin used under CC BY 3.0

We apologize in advance that due to scheduling issues with darfox we have canceled our original plans of reviewing A Silent Voice movie this week. Instead, Seamus will be giving his impressions on current running manga in Shonen Jump!! Remember to send us emails! mangamachinations@gmail.com Follow us on Twitter! @mangamacpodcast Check out our tumblr! http://mangamachinations.tumblr.com Join our Discord server and come talk to us! http://discord.me/mangamac Timestamps: 00:00:00 - Intro Song: “Back Alley Space Boy” by The Cobra Twisters from Daiguard, Opening, Change in Schedule this week,  Social Media Rundown, Introductions 00:03:21 - BL, Yaoi and Yuri manga, Yuricon.com 00:08:55 - Whatchu Been Reading: Transition Song: Dragon Ball Z OST “Prologue”, Seamus reads more Ooku:The Inner Chambers and To Your Eternity 00:17:19 - Seamus checks out Land of Lustrous and Girls’ Last Tour anime, Translator Teatime podcast 00:21:53 - dakazu loves the premise of Gaka Bakka, Seamus wants to check out Putin and George W. Bush playing Mahjong in Mudazumo Naki Kaikaku 00:25:58 - News: Special editions of Knights of Sidonia, Next Episode Preview and Rundown: Manga in Motion where we will review the anime movie A Silent Voice. 00:39:18 - Main Segment Seamus on Shonen: Transition Song: “Far Future” by Kankaku Piero from Black Clover, Seamus gives his opinion on the following manga running on Shonen Jump!- One Piece, Black Clover, Dr. STONE, My Hero Academia, The Promised Neverland, Shokugeki no Soma, Yuragi-sou no Yuuna-san, Cross Account, Kimetsu no Yaiba 01:16:36 - House Keeping, Social Media Rundown, Next Week’s Topic: A Silent Voice movie, Sign Off 01:18:22 - Sign Off Song: “wish men” by sunbrain from Beet the Vandel Buster

What has a history over a hundred years-old, goes beyond genre, and gets its name from the Japanese word for 'lily'? If you guessed yuri, you and our guest would be in good company! This week, we had special guest Erica Friedman to help us wrap up the season and educate us on the fascinating world of yuri... for the revolution of the world?! Next week, it's season eight; what changes will we have in store?! One thing that won't change is that we'll have a new episode, this time with Justus R Stone talking about fans of light novels! ## Where can I learn more about Erica Friedman? If you want to learn more about Erica Friedman's fantastic work on yuri, you're in luck! - The Yuri New Network (now with podcast!): [okazu.yuricon.com](https://okazu.yuricon.com) - YuriCon: [yuricon.com](https://yuricon.com) - Facebook: [@yuriconalc](https://facebook.com/yuriconalc) - Twitter: [@okazuyuri](https://twitter.com/okazuyuri) And, you can help support the continuation of that work by becoming a patron of her work on Patreon: http://patreon.com/okazu ## Episode outline ### Fandom Facts **History and Origins:** Yuri, or Girls' Love, is a genre of manga, anime, and other Japanese works involving lesbian relationships. It can focus on the romantic or sexual aspects of the relationships (or both). The word itself literally means 'lily', a common Japanese feminine name, and may be derived in parallel to the pre-existing association between the word for rose ('bara') and gay men. ...And of course there's a lot of history, which is why we have Erica to help us out! **Search Data:** Interest in Yuri has been [relatively constant since 2004 with some slow growth](https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?date=all&q=%2Fm%2F0jb0t,%2Fm%2F0f9s9). Most spikes in interest appear to be erroneously associated with the genre: a spike in December 2016 most likely corresponds to the finale of _Yuri!!! on Ice_, for example, as does a spike in August 2011 referring to cosmonaut _Yuri Gagarin_. A quick comparison to Yaoi puts Yuri as just under half as popular but with similar trends. In terms of search data by country, the top ten are: Japan, Taiwan, China, Hong Kong, Thailand, South Korea, Cambodia, Phillipines, Malaysia, and El Salvador (Canada is 30th, and United States is 32nd). **Fan Demographics:** Based on a fan survey conducted by [Floating into Bliss in 2017](https://floatingintobliss.wordpress.com/2017/10/14/report-on-the-yuri-fandom-demographic-survey/), we do have some rough data from its almost 700 respondents. - Gender: A plurality identified as women (47.19%), but fairly equal representation of those identifying as men (44.31%) with the remainder identifying as non-binary / other. - Sexuality: Of the women who responded, 96.04% listed their sexuality as something _other_ than heterosexual (compared to 23.38% of men) - Age: The mode age group is 21-25 (though, 16-20 and 26-30 are also fairly represented) Other neat facts from this survey include: - Most responses came from Twitter (and there was a higher proportion of responses from women than men on Twitter; a higher proportion of men responded from Reddit) - Most respondents prefer to read Yuri manga (55.39%) vs watching anime (16.97%) or visual novels (4.46%). 18.56% don't care about which medium. - The vast majority (84.9%) read both original and fan works - Over 80% enjoy shipping, and over 50% enjoy shipping but don't see it as a key aspect of their enjoying Yuri. - Over 40% read both pornographic and non-pornographic content and have no preference for which The survey also lists favourite manga by groups... so I would highly recommend checking out the survey! A slightly different survey from the [International Anime Research Project](https://sites.google.com/site/animeresearch/past-results/2016-results) also happened to ask about interest levels in Yuri (and other genres). Of the 300+ respondents (~54% identifying as ma