Medalist

[doomrider7]

There is a dream worth putting two lives on the line for.

Tsukasa, a young man with shattered dreams, and Inori, a girl no one believed in. However, in the face of adversity, those two possessed a tenacity towards the rink greater than anyone had ever known. Together, they meet on the ice, and aim for the world with their figure skating!

The manga is absolutely AMAZING and you all should read it. It's also getting an anime as well!


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Related Threads
-Season 1 Talkback
-Season 2 Talkback

 

[doomrider7]

It's that time again where I post something Medalist related!



I legit do not care that it's fanmade. This NEEDS to be intro and I will be heartbroken and soulcrushed when it's not.

 

[doomrider7]

New details for the anime!

Link to VA info

https://x.com/medalist_PR/status/1714931555184132241?s=20

https://x.com/medalist_PR/status/1714930515080544513?s=20

https://x.com/medalist_PR/status/1714930005481050204?s=20

 

[doomrider7]

It's almost over but,

Happy Halloween!

 

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Happy Birthday Inori!

 

[Yojimbo]

Premieres January 4 on Disney+

 

[doomrider7]

The Medalist Twitter page is on FIRE right now with posts about the first episode getting a theater release, artworks by other manganka, and the releases of a novelization and data book with character info and images.

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[Yojimbo]

It is being planned to be a simuldub. Jonathon Ha and Madeline Dorroh will voice Tsukasa Akeuraji and Inori Yuitsuka, respectively.

 

[doomrider7]

It is being planned to be a simuldub. Jonathon Ha and Madeline Dorroh will voice Tsukasa Akeuraji and Inori Yuitsuka, respectively.

I saw that and that's great to hear. Also, here's another trailer.

 

[doomrider7]

Forgot to add this, but Kodansha has the first chapter of the manga up for free.

Medalist

Tsukasa, whose dreams were crushed. Inori, left to fend for herself. These two share a dream…and their tenacity may be the only thing that sees them through. Their destination? The ice…on the world’s stage!

kodansha.us

 

[doomrider7]

Official Art celebrating the anime at Anime 2025 at Tokyo Big Sight

 

[Frontier]

Official Art celebrating the anime at Anime 2025 at Tokyo Big Sight

Inori looks so cute .

 

[doomrider7]

Natsumi Haruse celebrates the release of the Medalist novelization

As in yes, there's a book version of the series.

 

[doomrider7]

Kenshi Yonezu drawing of Inori


Also,
Medalist Fanbook is out. Has a TON of research notes about figure skating and unreleased character bios stuff.

Spoiler

We already know that Inori's sister was a figure skater, but she was apparently REALLY good and made is far as Badge Lvl. 6 and racked up some championships.

Edit: Inori's character stats sheet is so hilariously "Battle Shonen Protagonist"

Spoiler

with stuff like "Good Sense" being low, "Training Attitude" being high, and both "Courage" and "Tenacity" being so high they break the scale.

It's great.

Spoiler

 

[Frontier]

Also,
Medalist Fanbook is out. Has a TON of research notes about figure skating and unreleased character bios stuff.

Spoiler

We already know that Inori's sister was a figure skater, but she was apparently REALLY good and made is far as Badge Lvl. 6 and racked up some championships.

Edit: Inori's character stats sheet is so hilariously "Battle Shonen Protagonist"

Spoiler

with stuff like "Good Sense" being low, "Training Attitude" being high, and both "Courage" and "Tenacity" being so high they break the scale.

It's great.

Spoiler

That's a really cute illustration for the fanbook cover .

 

[doomrider7]

That's a really cute illustration for the fanbook cover .

There's a lot of really great info there, but a lot of it is spoilers like...the entire cour so about the first 15 chapters. As the episodes roll on I'll contribute as it goes.

Edit: A really nice post in Korean about the series.

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It talks about the psychologically uplifting effects of meeting a child at eye level and how a lot of the coaches do it to make their kids feel safe, secure, and listened to.

 

[doomrider7]

Dunno about the west, but it's DOMINATING in Japan something fierce.

Medalist hit #1 most views among Winter Anime in Japan per NicoNico

Medalist is dominating the Japanese Kindle ranking for seinen manga

Medalist ranked #1 on Oricon's Top 10 Manga Sales this week!

I'll legitimately be shocked if we don't get an S2 or movie announcement either soonish or as the season ends.

 

[Yojimbo]

Season 2 set for January 2026.

 

[Frontier]

Season 2 set for January 2026.

Can't wait to see more of Inori and Tsukasa's journey !