Here's everything we know about Yuri On Ice Season 2, the Japanese sports anime that has taken the internet by storm.
Yuri On Ice Season 2 is hotly-anticipated by much of the international TV community after the first season of the Japanese anime set in the world of international male figure skating took the internet by storm.
The sports anime revolves around anxious Japanese figure skater Yuri Katsuki, who is taken under the wing of his role model Russian figure-skating champion Victor Nikiforov, alongside young Russian skating prodigy Yuri Plitsetsky. (Yes, there are two characters named Yuri on this show.) The first season follows both Yuris as they train to take part in the Figure Skating Grand Prix. Yuri On Ice is directed by Sayo Yamamoto and written by Mitsurō Kubo.
Yuri On Ice not only struck a chord with the English-speaking Tumblr demographic, but is watched by many real-life figure skaters, including Johnny Weir, Evgenia Medvedeva, Denis Ten, Evgeni Plushenko, and Masato Kimura.
Now that a Yuri On Ice movie has been announced, we're guessing we won't be getting a Yuri On Ice Season 2 anytime soon, as the creative team is hard at work on production of the feature film. That being said, it's not out of the question.
Here's everything we know so far about Yuri On Ice Season 2...
Yuri On Ice Season 2 Release Date
The first season of Yuri On Ice debuted on October 16th, 2016 and ended on December 22nd, 2016, so the sports anime hasn't been off the air all that long. According to 247 Techy, one of the members of the Yuri On Ice creative team has teased an October 2017 release for Season 2.
At the moment, this is unsubstantiated. Initially, it made some sense, given that the first season also dropped in October. Now that we know a feature film is in development, it seems less likely. That being said, October is a long way off. Could we possibly get a Yuri On Ice Season 2 and a feature film? Stranger things have happened.
Yuri On Ice Season 2 Trailer
We don't yet have an official trailer for Yuri On Ice Season 2, but we do have this promo for the Yuri On Ice Blu-Ray featuring an all-new routine from Russian Yuri, which is pretty hilarious...
Another cool video has Filipino skater Joel Minas performing Yuri's "In Regards to Love: Eros" performance in real life for a Yuri On Ice fan event. Check it out...
Yuri On Ice Season 2 Plot
Though we don't know the specifics of the Yuri On Ice Season 2 plot, we do know it will continue to focus around Yuri Katsuki. Fans have speculated that a second season might pit Yuri and Victor against each other on the ice, which would obviously complicate their relationship, but we'll have to wait and see!
Now that we know a feature film is in development, any Season 2 plot would no doubt be hugely affected by whatever goes done in the movie. It's hard to speculate about what a Season 2 plot might look like when we haven't seen the movie.
More news on Yuri On Ice Season 2 when we hear it.