A press release confirmed that the award-winning manga written and illustrated by tsurumaikada, MedalistsIt will have an anime adaptation. The press release revealed production details, but did not reveal a scheduled release date for this project.
tsurumaikada began publishing the manga through the magazine Monthly Afternoons from the publisher kodansha in May 2020, where it is still in publication. He previously posted a doujinshi titled “Megami ni nante Narenai“, for all public.
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.
Medalist Synopsis
Becoming an ice dancer was not Tsukasa Akeuraji’s goal when he decided to jump into the world of figure skating. However, that’s 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 old ambitions, until he met a girl in whom he saw himself. Inori Yuitsuka, a fifth grader so desperate to skate that she secretly practiced, had visited Tsukasa’s rink with her mother to ask for lessons.
Everyone around her branded her useless, told her it was “too late” to start and that it was impossible to catch up with the other skaters. With a new conviction and not wanting to let another passionate skater follow the same path as him, Tsukasa takes the responsibility of training her and vows to make Inori a medalist.
(c) つるまいかだ・講談社/メダリスト製作委員会
