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Yuri Manga: Butterfly Kiss Blade, Volume 1

noreply@blogger.com (Erica Friedman) — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 12:00:02 PDT

In the beginning, there were the Inklings. From the Inklings were born Lord of the Rings and the Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe. These misbegot such things as the Sword of Shannara and the...

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Gin Tama Manga (English)

noreply@blogger.com (Erica Friedman) — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 12:00:00 PDT

Welcome to Wednesday on Okazu, the day I crash and burn and pass the baton to whomever is standing closest and doesn't think to run away. Today's victim Guest Reviewer is the much beloved, admired...

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New Anime Season Summer 2009: Yuri Anime: Kanamemo (English)

noreply@blogger.com (Erica Friedman) — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 18:20:07 PDT

We've talked about how similar 4-koma comics are to each other many times. They are usually slice of life, perhaps at a school, in a club, a bunch of friends, all hangingoutandbeingsilly. Life, you...

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Passion Art Show

noreply@blogger.com (Erica Friedman) — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 07:25:45 PDT

Friday night I was honored to be able to attend the opening of the "Passion" Lesbian group art show, which was part of the Fresh Fruit Festival at the Leslie/Lohman Gallery at 26 Wooster St., NYC. It...

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Yuri News This Week - July 11, 2009

noreply@blogger.com (Erica Friedman) — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 08:56:01 PDT

I was in NYC last night at "Passion Fruits," the Lesbian art show that is running as part of the Fresh Fuits Festival this month. Rica Takashima has some pieces in the show. It was a really, honestly...

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Yuri Manga: Miyuki-chan in Wonderland (English)

noreply@blogger.com (Erica Friedman) — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 12:00:01 PDT

Wow, it's only a few years ago, but reading Miyuki-chan in Wonderland feels like stepping back a million years into the past. To a time when Tokyopop was *the* name in manga, when they were cutting...

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Yuri News: Aoi Hana on Afterellen.com

noreply@blogger.com (Erica Friedman) — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 04:35:41 PDT

The largest online lesbian media source, Afterellen.com will be premiering this summer's Yuri anime hit, Aoi Hana: Sweet Blue Flowers via Crunchyroll. Afterellen covers lesbian media and...

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Yuri Manga: Itoshi wo Tome (Volume 1)

noreply@blogger.com (Erica Friedman) — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 19:20:27 PDT

Set in the Heian period, Itoshi wo Tome ~ Kimi ga Kokoro ha ~ (愛しをとめ~君がこころは~) is a story about noblewomen Tachibana and Sakura, whose older sister had been a lady of the Emperor's palace, but had...

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Yuri Manga: Red Garden, Volume 4

noreply@blogger.com (Erica Friedman) — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 16:00:15 PDT

Red Garden, Volume 4 is 272 pages of blood, weirdness, violence and undead girls who look very fetching in that frock. As you can see clearly from the cover, Kate steps forward to openly take her...

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Yuri News this Week - July 4, 2009

noreply@blogger.com (Erica Friedman) — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 07:50:16 PDT

What a week for Yuri fans! Yuri Anime The top story this week is, of course, that the Aoi Hana anime is not only available on, but is "simulcasting" an hour after its Japan TV debut on,...

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Alice on Deadlines Manga: Volume 3 (English)

noreply@blogger.com (Erica Friedman) — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 12:00:11 PDT

If you have read Volume 1 and/or Volume 2 of Alice on Deadlines, then you already know what's going to happen in Volume 3. There will be service, there will be lots of screaming, there will be lots...

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New Anime Season Summer 2009: Yuri Anime: Aoi Hana

noreply@blogger.com (Erica Friedman) — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 17:55:12 PDT

If you are not familiar with Aoi Hana check out my review of Volume 1 of the Aoi Hana manga (or if you want the story through Volume 3, check the Aoi Hana category on the sidebar. Today we're just...

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Yuri Manga: Ghost Talker's Daydream, Volume 3 (English)

noreply@blogger.com (Erica Friedman) — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 12:00:11 PDT

You know what I just love? I love when people who aren't lesbian or gay tell us what we feel and think. So, how convenient that "what lesbians feel" is described for me in Ghost Talker's Daydream,...

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Yuri News: Aoi Hana Anime on Crunchyroll

noreply@blogger.com (Erica Friedman) — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 09:06:25 PDT

Fans of Aoi Hana will be able to watch the new anime within an hour of it showing on Japanese TV on Cruchyroll! Check out the CR Aoi Hana listing for information. It will be made available at 3PM...

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Yuri Manga: Assistant Denki Keika, Volume 1

noreply@blogger.com (Erica Friedman) — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 17:48:19 PDT

Imagine, if you will, a reader of Sasamekikoto who finishes up a volume of that particular high school Yuri drama and thinks, "That was great. But you know, it would be so much cooler if they were...

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Press Release: Prism Comics Seeks Grant Submissions‏

noreply@blogger.com (Erica Friedman) — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 11:33:49 PDT

*FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE* Contact: David Stanley Co-President, Prism Comics San Diego, CA — Prism Comics is seeking submissions for its fifth annual Queer Press Grant, established to support and...

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Yuri News This Week - June 27, 2009

noreply@blogger.com (Erica Friedman) — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 05:58:01 PDT

Yuri Anime Katherine is once again jazzed to let you all know that there are not one, but *two* trailers for Aoi Hana on the website. She hopes you'll all pop over and watch. Good news, everyone!...

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My-Zhime (My Otome) Zwei Anime

noreply@blogger.com (Erica Friedman) — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 09:48:44 PDT

It is just after the end of the My Otome TV series, and Arika is a hero, but things aren't any easier for her. School is still tough, she and Mashiro have a fight and are separated and, just to make...

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Yuri Manga: Suzunari, Volume 2 (English)

noreply@blogger.com (Erica Friedman) — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 14:21:45 PDT

Let's be blunt. Suzunari was not written for me, W.C. Fields or anyone like us. It was written for a particular kind of reader - primarily male, adult, who likes cats and kids, not quite...

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Yuri Manga: High School Girls, Volume 9 (English)

noreply@blogger.com (Erica Friedman) — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 13:43:20 PDT

Behind the premise of High School Girls, Volume 9 runs a strong feeling of nostalgia for the bygone days of youth. "Time Stopped at Age Seventeen" screams one header prominently, which immediately...

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Events: LGBT Comic Signing, Girls Read Comics Project

noreply@blogger.com (Erica Friedman) — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 13:45:57 PDT

This Saturday, June 27, at Jim Hanley's Universe I, Rica Takashima, Abby Denson, Ariel Schrag, JD Glass and a bunch more LGBTQ comics artists, writers, publishers and distributors will be doing a...

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Sunshine Sketch, Volume 3 (English)

noreply@blogger.com (Erica Friedman) — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 14:43:11 PDT

4-koma comics, the Japanese analogy to the western comic strip, tend to follow a pattern. Like comic strips, they focus on talking heads, doing rather formulaic things. Think of any mainstream comic...

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Yuri This Week - June 20, 2009

noreply@blogger.com (Erica Friedman) — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 06:00:09 PDT

I'm out on the road today, so keeping it short. Next week I'll be at Jim Hanley's Universe on Gay Pride Saturday with a number of LGBTQ artists and writers for a Prism Comics book signing....

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Yuri Manga: Burst Angel, Volume 3 (English)

noreply@blogger.com (Erica Friedman) — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 14:15:30 PDT

Answer: Love Question: What is the one thing that defines something as being not a "monster?" In Volume 3 of Burst Angel, the revelation that Jo was actually created to be a monster comes too late...

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Maria Watches Over Us Anime: Season 3, Volume 3 (English)

noreply@blogger.com (Erica Friedman) — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 13:18:22 PDT

There I was, surveying my domain, which is to say I was staring at my pile of things to review, and I saw the Season 3 boxset of Maria Watches Over Us. It came into my mind to review "Ciao,...

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