It has been announced that all 12 episodes of the popular anime "Yuri on Ice," which is themed around figure skating, will be broadcast in a marathon on CS channel TV Asahi Channel 2 starting at 4 PM on October 3rd. The marathon broadcast is being held to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the anime's broadcast this year.
TV Asahi Channel 2 will broadcast a marathon of "Yuri on Ice," as well as other figure skating-related programs. The first event of the "Figure Skating Junior Grand Prix Series 2026," the China competition, will be broadcast on September 21st at 7am, and the second event, the Latvia competition, will be broadcast on September 28th at 7am. A special program, "THE NEW ERA ~The Breath of a New Era in Japanese Figure Skating~," focusing on Olympic medalist Ami Nakai and new generation skaters such as Mao Shimada and Satoshi Nakata, who are making their senior debut this season, will be broadcast on October 10th at 7pm.
"Yuri on Ice" tells the story of Yuri Katsuki, who, after suffering a crushing defeat at the Grand Prix Final with the hopes of all Japan on his shoulders, returns to his hometown in Kyushu. There, he enlists the help of the "living legend" Victor Nikiforov as his coach and takes on the Grand Prix Series. It aired on TV Asahi and other channels from October to December 2016.
Manga artist Mitsurou Kubo and Sayo Yamamoto, known for works such as "LUPIN the Third -The Woman Called Fujiko Mine-," created the original concept, with Yamamoto directing and handling the series composition. Kubo was in charge of the storyboards (script draft) and character designs, while Tadashi Hiramatsu handled the character designs. MAPPA produced the animation.
