Yuri on Ice
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| Genre | Sports (figure skating) |
| Anime television series | |
| Directed by | Sayo Yamamoto |
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| Studio | MAPPA |
| Licensed by | Crunchyroll |
| Original network | TV Asahi, BS Asahi, STS, NCC, Sun TV, AT-X |
| Original run | October 6, 2016 – December 22, 2016 |
| Episodes | 12 |
Yuri!!! on Ice (ユーリ!!! on ICE?) is a Japanese sports anime television series about figure skating. The anime was produced by MAPPA, directed by Sayo Yamamoto and written by Mitsurō Kubo. Character design was by Tadashi Hiramatsu, and its music was composed by Taro Umebayashi and Taku Matsushiba. The figure skating was choreographed by Kenji Miyamoto. The series premiered on October 6, 2016 and ended on December 22, with a total of 12 episodes. It revolves around the relationships between Japanese figure skater Yuri Katsuki; his idol (and later coach), Russian figure-skating champion Victor Nikiforov, and up-and-coming Russian skater Yuri Plisetsky.
Released to critical acclaim, Yuri on Ice has been well received in Japan, selling over 40,000 Blu-ray Disc volumes. It has also won three awards at the Tokyo Anime Award Festival including "Animation of the Year: Television category", and seven awards in the inaugural The Anime Awards including "Anime of the Year". The series has raised discussion concerning its depiction of a same-sex relationship between its protagonists and also raised a brief controversy concerning a similar figure skating-based title to be released in the United States in 2017.
After a crushing defeat in the Grand Prix Final and other competition losses, 23-year-old Japanese figure skater Yuri Katsuki develops mixed feelings about skating and puts his career on hold; he attends college in Detroit before returning to his hometown of Hasetsu in Kyushu. Yuri visits his childhood friend, Yuko, at an ice rink (Ice Castle Hasetsu) and perfectly mimics an advanced skating routine performed by his idol: Russian figure skating champion Victor Nikiforov. When secretly-recorded footage of Yuri's performance is uploaded to the Internet, it catches Victor's attention, and he travels to Kyushu with an offer to coach Yuri and revive his figure-skating career. Later, it is revealed that Victor was already familiar with Yuri, having met him before at a banquet where Yuri got drunk and asked Victor to be his coach.
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