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Medalist Anime Reveals 2nd Promo Video, New Visual, More Cast

Kadokawa revealed the second promotional video on Friday for the television anime adaptation of Tsurumaikada's Medalist Olympic ice-skating manga. The company also revealed five more cast members and a new visual.

The new visual below features the coach and skater pair of Mirio Nachi and Ryōka Miketa.

The new cast includes:

The anime stars:

• Natsumi Haruse as Inori Yuitsuka
• Takeo Ōtsuka as Tsukasa Akeuraji
• Kana Ichinose as Hikaru Kamisaki
• Yūma Uchida as Jun Yodaka

Yasutaka Yamamoto (Noblesse) is directing the anime at ENGI. Jukki Hanada (Love Live! Sunshine!!) is in charge of the series composition and screenplay. Chinatsu Kameyama (In Another World With My Smartphone) is designing the characters. Yuki Hayashi is composing the music.

Additional staff includes:

• Chief Animation Directors: Chinatsu Kameyama, Yōsuke Itō
• Figure Skating Director, 3DCG Director: Kouji
• 3DCG Visual Director: Takayuki Toda
• 3DCG Animation Supervisor: Shōtarō Hori
• 3DCG Producer: Tetsu Iijima
• Color Design: Aiko Yamagami
• Art Director: Yōko Nakao
• Background Art: Takashi Hiruma, Rie Onodera
• Director of Photography: Shin'ichi Komeya
• Editing: Tomoki Nagasaka
• Sound Director: Yūichi Imaizumi
• Sound Effects: Kenji Koyama

Kodansha USA Publishing licensed the manga, and it describes the story:

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!

Tsurumaikada launched the manga in Kodansha's Afternoon magazine in May 2020. Kodansha published the 10th volume on March 22. The 11th volume will ship on August 22.

The manga won in the Best General Manga category in last year's Shogakukan Manga Awards. The manga won Best General Manga at Kodansha's 48th annual Manga Awards in May.

Source: Press release