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US yuri anime convention

title: "Yuricon" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["defunct-anime-conventions", "recurring-events-established-in-2003", "recurring-events-disestablished-in-2007", "yuri-(genre)", "2003-establishments-in-new-jersey"] description: "US yuri anime convention" topic_path: "general/defunct-anime-conventions" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yuricon" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

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FieldValue
nameYuricon
statusDefunct
venueHilton Newark Penn Station
locationNewark, New Jersey
countryUnited States
first2003
last2007
organizerErica Friedman
attendance200 in 2003
websitehttp://www.yuricon.org/
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| name = Yuricon | image = | caption = | status = Defunct | venue = Hilton Newark Penn Station | location = Newark, New Jersey | country = United States | first = 2003 | last = 2007 | organizer = Erica Friedman | attendance = 200 in 2003 | website = http://www.yuricon.org/

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

History

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

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

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

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

Event history

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date = June 13–15, 2003venue = Gateway Hiltonlocation = Newark, New Jerseyattendance = 200
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Publishing and outreach

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

Friedman has run guest lectures about yuri at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, MIT, Kanagawa University, International Christian University, and University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.

Additionally, Friedman has run a blog titled Okazu since 2002, which she describes as the "world's oldest and most comprehensive blog" which focuses on lesbian themes in Japanese comics, cartoons, and other media. Yuricon also describes Okazu as their "official" blog. In 2022 essays written for Okazu, including those detailing the history of Yuricon and ALC Publishing, were published alongside Friedman's other works within By Your Side: The First 100 Years of Yuri Anime and Manga.

Publications

  • Yuri Monogatari (named for Nobuko Yoshiya's Hana Monogatari) is an annual anthology of yuri-themed short comics. In September 2007, Yuri Monogatari 3 was nominated for the Lambda Book Award. Five Yuri Monogatari anthologies have been published, with volumes 4 and 6 currently listed in the Yuricon store. Caroline Ryder of The Advocate called Yuri Monogatari a "must-have manga".
  • Shoujoai ni Bouken
  • Rica 'tte Kanji!?
  • WORKS

References

References

  1. Friedman, Erica. (March 2008). "Interview: Erica Friedman - Page 3 - Interview With Yuri Manga Publisher and Founder of YuriCon". [[Dotdash.
  2. (April 15, 2012). "Live Online Yuri Panel – April 29th, 2012".
  3. (May 15, 2013). "Yuricon Presents the Yuri Panel at Anime Next!".
  4. (August 20, 2016). ""The Secret History of Yaoi and Yuri" at Flamecon!".
  5. (April 13, 2011). "You Choose Which Will Be the First New Yuricon Contest".
  6. Friedman, Erica. (June 29, 2008). "Interview: Erica Friedman". Geeks Out.
  7. (April 30, 2007). "Yuricon Celebrates Lesbian Anime and Manga".
  8. (September 18, 2007). "US Premiere of "Simoun" anime at Yuricon's "Yurisai" Event".
  9. Friedman, Erica. (August 3, 2012). "Interview With Erica Friedman (Yuricon)". Anime Herald.
  10. (June 26, 2007). "Media Blasters and Yuricon Team Up for "Simoun" Cosplay at Yuricon 2007".
  11. Lisa Z. "Convention Reports: Yuri Con 2003". Anipike.com.
  12. (March 29, 2011). "Yuricon Under Construction".
  13. (March 11, 2011). "Kyoto International Manga Museum Adds U.S. Yuri Works".
  14. (August 4, 2011). "Italian Publisher Renbooks announced "Rica 'tte Kanji!?" Edition".
  15. (March 9, 2012). "ALC Publishing and JManga Announce POOR POOR LIPS Partnership!".
  16. (March 9, 2012). "ALC Publishing & JManga Partnering on Heian Period Yuri Manga "Kimi no Tamenara Shineru"".
  17. (June 21, 2012). "ALC Publishing and JManga announce a Yuri Summer with Three Comic Yuri Hime titles!".
  18. (March 3, 2012). "Welcome Okazu to the Yuricon Domain".
  19. (March 3, 2012). "What is Yuricon?".
  20. (January 15, 2015). "Yuricon Shop Update Project Report!".
  21. (August 1, 2015). "Yuricon Store Grand Opening!".
  22. (June 22, 2017). "Yuri Essays Page Renewal!".
  23. (May 28, 2018). "Yuricon at AnimeNEXT in Atlantic City, NJ!".
  24. (January 31, 2019). ""Celebrate 100 Years of Yuri" Tour of Japan from Yuricon and Pac-Set Travel!".
  25. (April 3, 2019). "TCAF Welcomes Yuri Manga Creator HIROMI TAKASHIMA".
  26. (June 16, 2019). "100 Years of Yuri Events Schedule".
  27. (May 1, 2020). "2020 Online Yuri Panel Schedule!".
  28. "Yuricon 2003 Information". AnimeCons.com.
  29. "Yuri Revolution 2005 Information". AnimeCons.com.
  30. "Yuricon 2007 Information". AnimeCons.com.
  31. Corson, Suzanne. (2007). "Yuricon Celebrates Lesbian Anime and Manga". [[AfterEllen.com]].
  32. (February 23, 2006). "Speaker at UI March 3 to discuss "Yuri" movement in Japan". [[University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign]].
  33. (2003). "MIT Reports to the President 2002–2003". [[MIT]].
  34. (September 28, 2013). "Yuricon Founder Erica Friedman to Lecture at Kanagawa University".
  35. (October 24, 2014). "Yuri Essays Page Updated!".
  36. (January 16, 2017). "Event: Yuri Lecture at University of Michigan, Ann Arbor on 1/19".
  37. Friedman, Erica. (2020). "About". [[WordPress]].
  38. (2020). "Links".
  39. Friedman, Erica. (September 14, 2007). "Yuri Monogatari News". [[WordPress]].
  40. (2020). "Yuri Monogatari 4". Yurikon LLC.
  41. (2020). "Yuri Monogatari 6". Yurikon LLC.
  42. (September 24, 2008). "Shoujoai Ni Bouken: The Adventures Of Yuriko, Volume 1 (EN)".
  43. (2020). "Shoujoai Ni Bouken: The Adventures Of Yuriko, Volume 1 (EN)". Yurikon LLC.
  44. (2020). "Tokyo Love ~Rica 'tte Kanji!? – Digital Edition". Yurikon LLC.
  45. (2020). "WORKS". Yurikon LLC.

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