Fans have been waiting for the Yuri on Ice: Ice Adolescence anime movie for years, but is it canceled? What happened? Animation studio MAPPA now has an update. Here is a guide on the Yuri on Ice: Ice Adolescence movie.
Is Yuri on Ice: Ice Adolescence canceled?
As of April 19, 2024, the Yuri!!! on Ice the movie: Ice Adolescence has been canceled.
The official X (formerly Twitter) accounts of MAPPA and Yuri on Ice have announced that the production of Yuri on Ice: Ice Adolescence has been canceled. Check out the post below:
Unfortunately, this was bad news for many of the Yuri on Ice fans who had been patiently waiting for this movie to come out. Fans all over social media are mourning the film’s cancelation. Many also believe this is a fumble on MAPPA’s behalf since Yuri on Ice is an incredibly popular series with a large fanbase. The sales of the Yuri on Ice Blu-ray and DVDs were so high that the series was the top-selling anime TV series in 2017.
What happened to Yuri on Ice: Ice Adolescence movie?
On April 19, 2024, MAPPA issued a statement regarding the cancelation of the Yuri!!! on Ice the movie: Ice Adolescence, saying they had to stop the production “due to various circumstances.”
The movie was first announced in April 2017. During the Yuri!!! on Concert in 2018, they announced the movie’s title and presented a teaser visual. At the time, the expected release date was 2019. Eventually, there was an announcement about the movie getting delayed, following which, a teaser trailer was released in November 2020.
Due to the production’s continuous delays and lack of updates, some fans were already feeling that the movie wasn’t going to push through, or that it was going to take ages for it to come out. Unfortunately, the fans now have their answers.
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