Yuri on Ice Anime Previewed

Joseph Luster August 21, 2016

Directed by Sayo Yamamoto (Michiko & Hatchin, Lupin III: The Woman Called Fujiko Mine), with character designs and storyboards by manga author Mitsurou Kubo, the Yuri!!! on Ice anime is scheduled to premiere this October. Now a new promo is here along with the reveal of more cast members.

The story follows ice skater Yūri Katsuki, who returned home crushed after losing in the Gran Prix Finale competition. Now he has mixed feelings about his future on the ice, but the appearance of five-time world championship skater Victor Nikiforov and another Yuri, the young Russian Yuri Plisetsky, drives him back toward Gran Prix competition.

Here’s the new promo, followed by cast info:

The newly announced cast members include:

CHARACTER – ACTOR

Atabek Altyn – Yoshimasa Hosoya
Chi Guanhong – Yūtarō Honjō
Kristoff Giacometti – Hiroki Yasumoto
Jean-Jacques Leroy – Mamoru Miyano
Phichit Chulanont – Kensho Ono
Michele Crispino – Tomoaki Maeno
Kenjirō Minami – Ayumu Murase
Lee Seung-gil – Kenji Nojima

They join the previously-revealed Jun Fukuyama as Takeshi Nishigōri, Toshiyuki Toyonaga as Yūri Katsuki, Kouki Uchiyama as Yuri Plisetsky, and Junichi Suwabe as Victor Nikiforov.

Source: Mantan Web via Anime News Network