On the official site for the anime adaptation of the manga written and illustrated by Tsurumaikada, Medalist, a new promotional visual for the project was revealed. The press release also confirmed the voice cast and production team, but does not yet list a scheduled release date.
Tsurumaikada The publication of the manga began through the magazine Monthly Afternoon from the publisher Kodansha in May 2020, where it is still in publication. He previously published a doujinshi titled “Megami ni nante Narenai“, for all audiences.
voice cast
- Natsumi Haruse like Inori Yuitsuka.
- Takeo Otsuka like Tsukasa Akeuraji.
Production team
- Yasutaka Yamamoto (Ao no Exorcist, Mondaiji-tachi ga Isekai kara Kuru Sou Desu yo?, Aharen-san wa Hakarenai) is in charge of directing the anime at the studios ENGI.
- Jukki Hanada (Steins;Gate, No Game No Life, Chuunibyou demo Koi ga Shitai!) is in charge of writing and supervising the scripts.
- Chinatsu Kameyama (Isekai wa Smartphone to Tomo ni, Hataage! Kemono Michi) is in charge of character design and animation direction.
Synopsis of Medalist
Becoming an ice dancer was not Tsukasa Akeuraji’s goal when he decided to enter the world of figure skating. However, that was where he ended up, as he “started too late” to pursue his true solo skating dreams. For years, he was content to be a shell of his former ambitions, until he met a girl in whom he saw himself. Inori Yuitsuka, a fifth-grade girl so desperate to skate that she practiced in secret, had visited Tsukasa’s rink with her mother to ask for lessons.
Everyone around her called her useless, told her that it was “too late” to start and that it was impossible to catch up with the other skaters. With a new conviction and unwilling to let another passionate skater follow the same path as him, Tsukasa takes the responsibility of training her and promises to make Inori a medalist.
Fountain: Comic Natalie
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