It has been four years since the release of The Yuri!!! on ICE anime series—which, while still underrated, garnered a sizeable and adoring fandom. And today, a trailer for the Yuri!!! on Ice the Movie: Ice Adolescence (Yuri!!! on Ice Gekijō-ban: Ice Adolescence), the movie for the franchise, was posted on its website. The trailer was first screened at a viewing of the TV series in January 2019 but had never been posted online.
The movie was initially supposed to be released in 2019, and this recent update has come as a welcome surprise to its fans. MAPPA, the animation studio behind the series, had announced this movie in April 2017.
The trailer shows a young Victor, who is just 17 years old, gearing up for his Olympic debut. Unfortunately, nothing else has been revealed, but fans are excited despite the short duration of the clip.
昨年行われた「ユーリ!!! on ICE TVシリーズ一挙劇場上映」にて限定先行解禁を行った特報映像を公開しました。https://t.co/fgwcWo6R6p
We’ve added a teaser PV, which was exclusively released at last year’s theatrical screening of Yuri!!! on ICE TV series, to YouTube. pic.twitter.com/tblADLgQBG
— TVアニメ「ユーリ!!! on ICE」 (@yurionice_PR) November 26, 2020
The official Twitter account for the show also posted about the production status of the movie in English, Japanese, and Spanish; production is ongoing, but no release date can be finalized yet. The film’s production committee also apologized for the delay but promised that their team would continue to work diligently on the future release.
【Regarding the Production Status of “YURI!!! on ICE the movie: ICE ADOLESCENCE”】 pic.twitter.com/i5GiLeTLdO
— TVアニメ「ユーリ!!! on ICE」 (@yurionice_PR) November 26, 2020
For now, fans can only be sure of a probable 2021 release.
The staff working on the movie have also been revealed:
- Sayo Yamamoto as the director and writer (Yuri on Ice, Attack on Titan and Redline)
- Screenplay and original character design by Mitsurou Kubo(Yuri on Ice and Again!!)
- Character design by Tadashi Hiramatsu (Yuri on Ice and Jujutsu Kaisen)
- Music producer by Keisuke Tominaga (Yuri on Ice, It Comes and Carole & Tuesday)
- Music composing by Taku Matsushiba and Taro Umebayashi (Yuri on Ice)
Since the release of the trailer, Yuri!!! on ICE has been trending on sites like Twitter and Tumblr:
reasons to live: yuri on ice ice adolescence pic.twitter.com/CiZaM5NMxn
— ice adolescence !! (@viktorandyuuri) November 26, 2020
YALL CAN WE APPRECIATE THE DETAIL THE YURI ON ICE ADOLESCENCE CREATORS PUT INTO VICTORS COSTUME LIKE ?!?!?!!??!??! S T U N N I N G IM DECEASED ???????????????????????????????????????? pic.twitter.com/k1JDGYOBSb
— ? ????? ? (@strxberrymilkuh) November 26, 2020
yuri on ice coming back after years of hiatus could only be explained by the domino affect of the november 5th destiel renaissance
— mitski (@mitskiIeaks) November 26, 2020
The 16-episode first season of the series is available to watch online.
