Yuricon

Infobox Anime convention
name = Yuricon


caption =
status = Active
venue = Hilton Newark Penn Station
location = Newark, New Jersey
country = United States
first = 2003
organizer = Erica Friedman
attendance = 200 in 2003
website = http://www.yuricon.org/

Yuricon is 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. [ [http://manga.about.com/od/mangaartistswriters/a/EFriedman_3.htm Erica Friedman Interview - Interview With Yuri Manga Publisher and Founder of YuriCon ] ] The event was organized by Yuricon, LLC., which continues to run Yuri-focused events of its own and to collaborate with other organizations to hold unique events. In 2005, 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. In 2007, Yuricon ran a small one-day event to recreate the feel of the Tokyo event from 2005. Admission to convention events is restricted to people over the age of 18.

Yuricon has a publishing arm, ALC Publishing, which is the only all-yuri publisher in the world.cite web|url=http://www.afterellen.com/people/2007/5/friedman |title=Yuricon Celebrates Lesbian Anime and Manga |last=Corson |first=Suzanne |publisher=AfterEllen.com|accessdate=2007-05-01 |year=2007] Publications include translations from the Japanese, such as "Rica 'tte Kanji!?" and "WORKS," and the original English-language anthology series "Yuri Monogatari".

Programming

Like other anime conventions, Yuricon hosts several panels, cosplay events, anime music video contests, and other competitions. Yuricon also maintains a library of yuri manga for attendees to read. [cite web | author = Lisa Z | url = http://magazine.anipike.com/index.php?article=68 | title = Convention Reports: Yuri Con 2003 | publisher = Anipike.com | accessdate = 2008-03-31]

History

Event history

Publications

*Yuri Monogatari (named for Nobuko Yoshiya's "Hana Monogatari") is an annual anthology of yuri-themed short comics. In 2007, Yuri Monogatari 3 was nominated for the Lambda Book Award. [ [http://okazu.blogspot.com/2007/09/yuri-monogatari-news_14.html Okazu: Yuri Monogatari News ] ] Five "Yuri Monogatari" anthologies have been published.
*Shoujoai ni Bouken
*Rica 'tte Kanji!
*Works [ [http://www.yuricon.org/shop/manga.html#ALC 100% Yuri Publications from ALC Publishing ] ]

References

External links

* [http://www.yuricon.org/ Yuricon official website]
* [http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.shoujoarts.org Shoujo Arts Society official website] at Archive.org