It’s so over, y’all. Yuri on Ice, the homosexual ice-skating anime that took the world by storm in 2016, received’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 many who have been current for the homosexual cultural reset. We’re hurting.
The announcement got here from a put up by way of 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 growth for thus lengthy, simply that “varied circumstances” prompted growth studio MAPPA to shelve the challenge.
The complete assertion reads as follows:
Thanks very a lot for all the time supporting “Yuri!!! on ICE”.
Relating to the postponed launch of “YURI!!! on Ice the film: ICE ADOLESCENCE”, we have now 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 varied circumstances, we have now needed to make the tough choice to cease the manufacturing.
We sincerely apologize to everybody who has been anticipating its launch and thanks as soon as once more in 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 approach by ice skating competitions. MAPPA had been pretty quiet concerning the challenge after its preliminary announcement in 2017, although it did launch a teaser trailer in 2020 exhibiting the teenage Victor in an ice skating rink. So, after 4 years of largely nothing, it’s not all that shocking 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 facets of the present have been divisive, comparable to the primary couple’s kiss being considerably obscured (to the purpose that individuals must do frame-by-frame breakdowns to show it was, in actual fact, 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 assessment.