I am now caught up and agonizing of the Grand Prix Final free skate with the rest of Yuri’s fans.ĮMILY: Director Sayo Yamamoto credited you for capturing their interest in figure skating with your performance of Poker Face, and you’ve clearly been an inspiration to the story itself. There are so many details about the show that I can relate to, even small things like spending time in onsen, Japanese train stations and so on, that the show is visually filled with happy memories. I love figure skating, its funny little world, and Japan, so even watching the first episode made me feel so at home and happy. I broke my rule about one episode per day because I physically couldn’t stop watching. However, when Evgenia Medvedeva tweeted that she thought Yuri’s Eros was similar to me, and the photos of Viktor’s rose crown, I had to watch.

In general I don’t have a lot of time for entertainment so I am usually years behind the rest of the world when it comes to “new” things. JOHNNY: I became familiar with Yuri on Ice after I started to see people tweeting about the show. What brought you into Yuri on Ice, and what about this show made you break your own rule and marathon it so quickly? We’re honored that he took the time to speak with us!ĪNGEL: You originally said you’d limit yourself to one episode per day, but then watched the first ten episodes over 4 days. Beyond that, Emily has been a fan since Johnny exploded onto the figure skating scene in the early 2000s, and Angel is a recent convert to Johnny’s fandom, brought in by Yuri on Ice. To say we’re excited about his involvement in the fandom would be an understatement: the show has paid tribute directly to Johnny, and his interactions with the showrunners and live-tweeted impressions on Twitter have been delightful so far. We had the opportunity to speak to three-time US champion, two-time Olympian, and World bronze medalist Johnny Weir about the show, after he caught up on episodes while on the road commentating on the ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating. While the show has all the right elements to hook an online fandom, it’s been a surprise hit among professional figure skaters as well.

Yuri on Ice has become the unexpected smash hit online a sports anime that delves into the high-pressure world of competitive figure skating, offers multifaceted characters with believable motivations and flaws, and delicately wove throughout the first season a respectfully handled, beautifully portrayed LGBTQ+ love story.

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