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Yuricon Celebrates Lesbian Anime and Manga
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Suzanne Corson
 on April 30, 2007 | Comments (20)
Erica Friedman brings Japanese-style animated films, cartoons and comics with lesbian themes to fans all over the world.
Aoi Hana: Episode 4 "Youth is a Lovely Thing"
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Sarah Warn, Founder and Former Editor in Chief
 on August 1, 2009 | Comments (20)
Fumi comes out to Akira, and tells her about her relationship with Yasuko.
Aoi Hana: Episode 3 "Rise and Shine"
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Karman Kregloe, Editor
on July 24, 2009 | Comments (25)
In this episode, Fumi tells Yasuko that she wants to leave the Basketball Club, but Yasuko uses the opportunity to confess her feelings and ask her on a date.
Aoi Hana: Episode 2 "Spring Storm"
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Trish Bendix, Managing Editor
 on July 17, 2009 | Comments (40)
Akira and Fumi start going to school together and find their friendship is beginning to get more intimate. Fumi decides to join the literary club and thinks
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Review of "Aoi Hana" ("Sweet Blue Flowers")
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Erica Friedman
 on July 10, 2009 | Comments (13)
A beautiful, character-driven new anime series about a young woman who comes to terms with her sexual orientation in high school.
"Aoi Hana" ("Sweet Blue Flowers") Episode 1
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Sarah Warn, Founder and Former Editor in Chief
 on July 10, 2009 | Comments (53)
The U.S. distributor of the new anime series Aoi Hana (Sweet Blue Flowers), Crunchyroll, has offered to let us run the episodes on AfterEllen.com a week after
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A Guide to "Strawberry Panic!"
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Erica Friedman
 on June 23, 2009 | Comments (89)
An introduction to the popular Japanese anime and manga series about same-sex romantic entanglements at a trio of high schools.
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Ask AfterEllen.com (March 24, 2009)
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Karman Kregloe, Editor
on March 24, 2009 | Comments (28)
Gabrielle Union, Malinda Lo's debut novel, new yuri anime, Chef Elizabeth Falkner, and an update on the 2009 AfterEllen.com Hot 100.
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Erica Friedman's Guide to Yuri
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Karman Kregloe, Editor
on July 24, 2007 | Comments (69)
A guide to lesbian anime and manga, from the founder of Yuricon.
Paprika: Not your average spice girl
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scribegrrrl, Contributing Writer
 on May 25, 2007 | Comments (4)
The anime film Paprika opens today in New York (it opens June 1 in Los Angeles and has screened at various film festivals worldwide). It tells the story