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Opens on a black screen, then flashes to red text reading…
“THERE’S A FIRST FOR EVERYTHING.
AGE 17, ENTERING THE OLYMPIC SEASON”
We see Victor, with long-hair, skating out onto an OLYMPIC RINK.
YOI & Mappa went and got the Olympic license for the film. The animation is bounds more gorgeous than the Welcome to the Madness clip, it’s beyond words. Victor in a forest green & sparkly costume with his ponytail and new music playing in the background. Just, wow
I have no idea how the costume really looks like, but at least I tried to draw it as I imagine it. I NEED THAT TEASER
Sketch of Víctor’s costume in “Ice Adolescence”
LIGHTBULB MOMENT: Apparently the Olympics in IceAdo takes place in Paris...And if I recall, Kubo did art with Victor wearing a beret and Yuuri with a drink in Paris! FORESHADOWING?!?
There is no official release date, however news and spoilers have been provided by those who attended the series screenings in Japan
- The movie is set in the Olympics. Viktor is performing (possibly even debuting)
- Viktor is wearing a green costume.
- “There’s a first time for everything..” this could be alluding to something. Maybe Viktor wins his first gold medal/first Olympic medal here/ first medal for Russia?
- The Olympics are set in Paris
- Yuuri will also be in the movie (possibly watching)
- The animation is better than Welcome to the Madness
Two years ago today, Yuri On Ice blessed its fanbase with this iconic scene that is still talked about to this day. It became a show that shot the word “queerbait” square and I am so happy to have lived through this moment.
Johnny Weir was at Crunchyroll Expo again this year, and again had his own panel (thread from the panel here), and probably the most important take away here is that the rumors from a few months ago were true and that he is indeed involved in the Yoi movie, Ice Adolescence, and he’s even met Kubo herself. Also, considering that he talked about “big people being involved”, I think we can assume that the rumors about Jeffrey Buttle creating something for the movie (most likely choreography) were also true.
That being said, keep in mind Johnny probably only did the choreo/voice work for the movie, he’s not closely involved with the project so his release date estimations are, well, just that - estimations. It’ll likely be the animation that will take the longest and it’s impossible to say how long that may take - the Stammi Vicino scene from episode 1 apparently took them 3 months to animate, and we can probably expect a similar level of quality here. The main questions is whether their time/resource management has improved since 2016, but again, that’s impossible to say for now. All we know is that the movie is supposed to come out in 2019, but the lack of a specific date is probably proof that they simply aren’t close enough to the finish line yet to commit and say “Yes, this will come out on this day in perfect cinematic quality that you would expect.” As we near closer to 2019, more news will come and I think the release date will soon become apparent. For now, all we have is patience and Johnny’s justified hype.