The fall 2016 original anime series Yuri!!! on Ice is underway and that means there’s a lot for fans to look forward to. Ahead of the fourth episode due out on October 26th, 2016, Avex Pictures has now revealed the preview for it and all its ice skating goodness. Crunchyroll is currently streaming the series to viewers worldwide outside of Japan and China, making for a very strong presence.
The project is one that will capture a lot of attention with those involved as it’s including director Sayo Yamamoto also handling the series composition with Tadashi Hiramatsu on as the character designer. It’s being animated by MAPPA. Yamamoto has some solid credits to her name with the Fujiko Mine TV series and Michiko & Hatchin and she’s listed as the original creator here along with Mitsurou Kubo.
The series will star Toshiyuki Toyonaga as Yuuri Katsuki, Junichi Suwabe as Viktor Nikiforov, Kouki Uchiyama as YuriPlistesky, Jun Fukuyama as Takeshi Nishigōri, Yoshimasa Hosoya as Otabek Altyn, Yuutaro Honjou as Ki Guanhong, Hiroki Yasumoto as Kristoff Giacometti, Mamoru Miyano as Jean Jack Leroy, Kensho Ono as Phichit Chulanont, Tomoaki Maeno as Michele Crispino, Ayumu Murase as Kenjirou Minami, Kenji Nojima as Lee Seung-gil, Satoshi Hino as Emil Nekola, Wataru Hatano as Georgi Popovich and Shunichi Toki as Leo de la Iglesia.
Dean Fujioka will be performing the opening theme song “History Maker” for the show while Wataru Hatano will be performing the ending theme song “You Only Live Once”.
Plot concept: Yuri Katsuki carried the hope of all Japan on his shoulders in the Figure Skating Grand Prix, but suffered a crushing defeat in the finals. He returned to his hometown in Kyushu and hid away in his family’s home, half wanting to continue skating and half wanting to retire. That was when the five-time consecutive world champion, Viktor Nikiforov, suddenly showed up with his teammate, Yuri Plisetsky, a young skater starting to surpass his seniors. And so the two Yuris and the Russian champion Viktor set out to compete in a Grand Prix like none the world has ever seen.
