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Watch Yuri!!! on Ice Character Designer Draw Phichit
posted on by Lynzee Loveridge
Much of the of the Yuri!!! on Ice fandom centers around Victor and Yūri, followed by Yuri and Otabek, but fans also have a special place in their heart for Yūri's former skating club member and fountain of purity Phichit Chulanont. Series character designer Mitsurou Kubo showed the Thai skater some love earlier this month when she drew the character at Paris' Japan Expo. She then uploaded a video of the drawing on Twitter on Monday.
"Phichit_kun Drawing" was shown at JapanExpo2017. I'm sorry for the late upload. pic.twitter.com/fMTsz5EqqC
— KUBO!!! (@kubo_3260_yuri) July 17, 2017
Even though the video is only 16 seconds, the image itself took Kubo hours to complete.
誕生日祝うのが遅くなってる順でピチット君のドローイング動画作りました。フランス行きの飛行機の中で描いててなかなか顔が決まらず実際は何時間かかかってます。最後あたり「これだ!!」という瞬間が来て決着がつきました。魂を注入するのに時間かかったけど入ると突然輝くものです…。 pic.twitter.com/1LQ9AqERkf
— KUBO!!! (@kubo_3260_yuri) July 17, 2017
She also recently shared drawings of Emil and Seung. Both characters had birthdays within the last two months.
エミルさん、7月が誕生日でしたね…エクストリーム型抜きのとき輝いてましたね… pic.twitter.com/xEMvquiaG8
— KUBO!!! (@kubo_3260_yuri) July 18, 2017
スンギルさん、6月が誕生日でしたよね…お元気でしょうか… pic.twitter.com/wy31ijntMY
— KUBO!!! (@kubo_3260_yuri) July 18, 2017
Yuri!!! on Ice has become a best-selling phenomenon since the series first aired last October. Its Blu-ray and DVD sales are top-sellers for the first half of 2017, as is its related CDs and the franchise as a whole. The series has a new anime film greenlit.
[Via Nijimen]