It’s so over, y’all. Yuri on Ice, the homosexual ice-skating anime that took the world by storm in 2016, gained’t be getting its long-anticipated follow-up movie, Yuri on Ice the Film: Ice Adolescence, because the film has been canceled. A second of silence for individuals who have been current for the homosexual cultural reset. We’re hurting.
The announcement got here from a put up through the official Yuri on Ice social media accounts, which was shared in each Japanese and English. Sadly, the assertion doesn’t say why the movie has been canceled, or why it was in improvement for therefore lengthy, simply that “numerous circumstances” prompted improvement studio MAPPA to shelve the venture.
The complete assertion reads as follows:
Thanks very a lot for at all times supporting “Yuri!!! on ICE”.
Relating to the postponed launch of “YURI!!! on Ice the film: ICE ADOLESCENCE”, now we have come to the choice to sadly cancel its manufacturing.
We deeply apologize for not with the ability to meet the expectations of all those that have been ready and have continued to help us all through the years.
The manufacturing committee and workers have been in fixed discussions to create and to ship the film, however as a consequence of numerous circumstances, now we have needed to make the troublesome resolution to cease the manufacturing.
We sincerely apologize to everybody who has been anticipating its launch and thanks as soon as once more to your continued help.
Ice Adolescence would have adopted a youthful Victor Nikiforov, one of many two leads from the unique collection who acted as a coach and lover to the titular Yuri as he labored his manner by means of ice skating competitions. MAPPA had been pretty quiet concerning the venture after its preliminary announcement in 2017, although it did launch a teaser trailer in 2020 displaying the teenage Victor in an ice skating rink. So, after 4 years of principally nothing, it’s not all that stunning to listen to the film wasn’t coming collectively.
However it’s a a disgrace. Regardless of solely having one season that ended almost a decade in the past, Yuri on Ice stays beloved to at the present time, and followers are understandably dissatisfied. Whereas some elements of the present have been divisive, similar to the primary couple’s kiss being considerably obscured (to the purpose that folks must do frame-by-frame breakdowns to show it was, actually, a lip lock), it stays a staple of the sports activities anime canon. What a bummer that all of it ended this fashion.
For extra on Yuri on Ice, take a look at Kotaku’s evaluation.