Yuri on Ice (ユーリ!!! on ICE) is a Japanese sports anime television series about figure skating. It was produced by MAPPA, directed by Sayo Yamamoto and written by Mitsurou Kubo. The character designs were by Tadashi Hiramatsu, and the music was composed by Taro Umebayashi and Taku Matsushiba. The figure skating choreography was by Kenji Miyamoto.[1] The series revolves around the relationships between Japanese figure skater Yuri Katsuki, also known as Yuri K., his idol, Russian figure-skating champion Victor Nikiforov, and up-and-coming Russian skater Yuri Plisetsky, also known as Yuri P.; as Yuri K. and Yuri P. take part in the Figure Skating Grand Prix, with Victor acting as coach to Yuri K.
The series first premiered on TV Asahi on October 6, 2016, and finished airing on December 22, 2016, with a total of 12 episodes.[2] The series was made available for streaming by Crunchyroll shortly after its broadcast in Japan,[2][3] and then Funimation provided an English dub of the series, starting on October 24, 2016.[4][5] In April 2017, it was announced that Yuri on Ice would return with a film featuring an original story.[6]
The opening theme is "History Maker" by Dean Fujioka.[7] The ending theme is "You Only Live Once" by Wataru Hatano.[8] The Japanese release of Yuri on Ice had six Blu-ray/DVD sets; the first set was released on December 30, 2016.[9] On February 6, 2018, Funimation released the series in the US on a combined DVD and Blu-Ray boxset.[10] This set was released in the UK by Sony Pictures Home Entertainment on October 8, 2018.[11]
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- ^ "Funimation Announces Fall English Dub Line-Up". Anime News Network. October 4, 2016. Archived from the original on October 21, 2021. Retrieved January 4, 2022.
- ^ "Yuri!!! On Ice Anime Ends With 'See You Next Level' Message". Anime News Network. December 21, 2016. Archived from the original on November 8, 2020. Retrieved January 6, 2021.
- ^ "Yuri!!! on Ice Anime Gets Brand-New Film". Anime News Network. April 29, 2017. Archived from the original on April 29, 2017. Retrieved April 29, 2017.
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- ^ "Yuri!!! on Ice Blu-ray & DVD". yurionice.com (in Japanese). October 31, 2016. Archived from the original on October 22, 2016. Retrieved December 23, 2016.
- ^ Ressler, Karen (February 6, 2018). "North American Anime, Manga Releases, February 4-10". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on June 30, 2021. Retrieved January 4, 2022.
- ^ Osmond, Andrew (October 7, 2018). "Yuri!!! on Ice and Drifters Released Monday". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on August 20, 2021. Retrieved August 19, 2021.