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CONTRIBUTOR APPS for Love, life and Beauty: a #YuriOnIce #yurikatsuki pin up zine are now open!!

Writer application📷: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeGOfQUvogUDMABFoMOZtvTJQVLaFJBReCr7ABgR_PPqVsUDQ/viewform?usp=sf_link…

Artist application📷: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSco3BLH-lkbb4rPtw5R2eGBWPr3qfVUWz4sy0PkjaNAvf9nkw/viewform?usp=sf_link…

The time is finally here: Pre-orders are HERE!

Pre-orders for Yuri!!! Down Under will be open from March 1st until June 1st!

With thirty-one pages full of tales of Aussie wildlife educator Yuri and prodigy veterinarian Viktor — along with personal journal entries by the beloved couple and information on some of Austalia’s amazing wildlife—Yuri!!! Down Under will not disappoint! It is a story of love and healing that will leave you feeling light! There are three merch bundles and a full twenty-three page companion booklet, Bi Gay-Do Crime: Tales of Illegal Ferrets.

To top it all off, there is a giveaway! All orders during the pre-order period will be automatically entered into the raffle! The winners will be announced on our blog and our Twitter at noon EDT on June 5th!

As for our other merch ...

You’ll have the opportunity to choose up to five different merch products within our three bundles! A large vinyl koala Makkachin sticker, five Aussie slang postcards, a baby crocodile bookmark (complete with a little green ribbon and an adorable silver charm), a Yuri!!! Down Under themed necklace, and two buttons, featuring the tale’s protagonists—Yuri and Viktor!

All merch bundles come with a PDF and physical copy of the main book, Yuri!!! Down Under, as well as the vinyl sticker, postcards, and necklace! If the adorable bookmark and buttons suit your fancy too, you can get them in our Kangaroo Bundle. And if you want more tales of our lovely wildlife Vikturi duo, you can pick up our Crocodile Bundle, which will include a PDF and physical copy of Bi Gay-Do Crime: Tales of Illegal ferrets—there are even appearances from some of your other favourite YOI characters!

All proceeds will go to Wildlife Warriors and Wildlife Victoria to help the victims of the recent fires and floods, which have decimated territories and destroyed millions of lives. So if you like ferrets, wildlife, or Vikturi, please consider ordering Yuri!!! Down Under: every order makes a difference!

Please help us help others by pre-ordering your copy today, and help us spread the love by sharing our store!

Aren't Chris and Phichit the most adorable couple? Well @twiglightdragonsartblog has captured the cuteness in sticker form!

One of the pics i did in collaboration with the lovely @dreaming-fireflies for the @yoiscifizine!

You can find everything I drew for the collab here. Including an extra pic that’s pretty high on the citrus scale ^_~

💌Send Your Love to Kyouto Animation

Hello dear Yuri on Ice friends. It’s Mod Dancing.

As you may have heard, Kyouto Animation suffered a horrific arson attack that devastated the studio family and ended the lives of many beautiful, creative and giving people. Here’s a touching piece on a selection of KyoAni’s works.

This is a heartbreaking time for everyone in the Japanese animation industry, and a deep wound for a country where mass murder and terror attacks are fortunately extremely rare. Directors and animators from many other studios are sharing their grief today, and I can’t imagine the pain felt at the home of Yuri on Ice -- our dear Studio MAPPA -- to know what their peers have gone through.

I wanted to share an important signal boost for two meaningful projects. First, there is a fundraiser you can contribute to that’s well on its way to breaking $1 million. Second:

Crunchyroll is collecting messages of support for KyoAni. Please send a message HERE to show your appreciation for the dedicated staff and families who have helped elevate the storytelling form we love.

The image shared above is from @crunchyroll. So grateful they’re doing this.

Like many of you, I grew up on anime. The amazing people who power this art form have had a deep influence on the entire course of my life. Through anime, I fell in love with the Japanese language, leading me to live in Japan, work in the Japanese entertainment industry, and infuse my own personal passions with anime aesthetics.

After a long time where anime had taken a backseat in my life, Free! Iwatobi High School became my gateway drug back to this amazing medium. Haru, Makoto, Rin, Nagisa, and Rei delighted me not just because I adored their saga, but because of the incredible care and thought put into every frame. Getting back into anime led me to Yuri on Ice, which led me to my wonderful partner Queen who I met in the fandom -- and to all of you amazing people who supported our zine project last year.

A little over a year ago, Queen and I got the crazy idea to create a zine for the Yuri On Ice movie -- after it had only just been announced. We’re proud of the work our 70+ creators made together, and so grateful to the original visionaries who gave us Viktor and Yuuri’s story.

It hits especially hard to think of how at KyoAni right before this tragedy, the staff was getting ready for this week’s big announcement on the 2020 Free! movie. Getting ready for that fulfilling moment when they would release the latest of their vision and enjoy all the love and excitement that came their way. Just getting ready for joy.

So please --- even if you have never spent time with the wonderful works of KyoAni and their breathtaking visual talent, please take a moment to write to KyoAni today with love, and share what anime has meant in your life.

May you all be safe and well, and hug your loved ones extra tight.

Here’s a sneak peek at the piece I did for @yoimusicalzine ! Keep an eye on their tumblr as they will be opening preorders and posting merch previews really soon~ (pssst - I also did a little something to contribute to the merch!) this is a charity zine, which will be supporting the Trevor Project. It’s going to be full of gorgeous art and fic, so please check it out~

My piece for @yoisoulmatezine <3 It’s a soulmate tattoo themed piece!!

Aaahhh~ really, reading soulmate themed fics are the best!! Thank you so much for having me in this wonderful zine. The artworks, the fics and the merch are really cute and amazing and really, I’m so, so happy to have been part of this yoi zine :D 

Looking for a preview of my piece in the @phichimettizine?

Well here it is! It starts friendly, and things quickly get spicy.