Following
the airing of today's episode, production on a second season of the
anime adaptation of "Medalist" was announced. Although the
statement didn't include a scheduled premiere date, it's assumed that, given
the timeliness of the announcement, the production team will remain in place
without significant changes.
It's
still a surprise, especially since it was considered "one of the most
underrated gems of Winter 2025." This anime, while still receiving low
ratings compared to other releases at the time, managed to garner a score of
8.29 on MyAnimeList, making it one of the season's highest-rated productions.
- The manga launched in Kodansha 's Monthly
Afternoon magazine in May 2020 and is still serialized. The
manga won Best General Manga at both the Shogakukan Manga Awards and the
48th Kodansha Annual Manga Awards .
- The anime adaptation features
the voices of Natsumi Haruse as Inori
Yuitsuka, Takeo Ootsuka as Tsukasa Akeuraji, Kana
Ichinose as Hikaru Kamisaki, Yuuma Uchida as Jun
Yodaka, Makoto Koichi as Riou Sonidori, Hina Kino as
Ryouka Miketa, Megumi Toda as Mirio Nachi, Kotori
Koiwai as Ema Yamato and Takahiro Miyake as
Yuudai. Jakuzure.
- The production team
includes Yasutaka Yamamoto (Noblesse) as director
at ENGI , Jukki Hanada (Love Live!
Sunshine!!) in charge of series composition and script, Chinatsu
Kameyama (In Another World With My Smartphone) as character
designer, and Yuki Hayashi as music composer.
- Akiko Suzuki , former Olympic figure
skater, is in charge of choreographing the skating routines, collaborating
with former figure skater Yuhana Yokoi and active figure
skater Hinano Isobe .
- The story centers on Tsukasa,
whose dreams were shattered, and Inori, who must fend for herself. Despite
the difficulties, they both share a dream, and their determination could
be the key to achieving it: performing on ice on the world stage!
