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Yuri!!! on Ice Anime's Opening Theme Revealed, Previewed in New Video

The official website for the Yuri!!! on Ice television anime series began streaming a new video for the anime on Thursday. The video reveals and previews the anime's opening theme song "History Maker" by Dean Fujioka.

The series will premiere on October 6 at 2:21 a.m. on TV Asahi, and will also air on BS Asahi.

The previously announced cast includes:

Toshiyuki Toyonaga as Yūri Katsuki, a 23-year-old figure skater who is faint-hearted and gains weight easily. He's the "figure skater with the world's biggest glass heart." His favorite dish is a 900kcal breaded pork cutlet bowl. His greatest skating assets are his peculiar sense of rhythm and unique step. However, he is weak to pressure and messes up at crucial moments. He's at a crucial point in his career, and he bets everything on one last skating season.

Kōki Uchiyama as Yuri Plisetsky, a 15-year-old next-generation Russian figure skater who has won three consecutive junior world championships. Because of his looks, he is called the "Russian Fairy," but as soon as he steps off the ice he becomes vulgar and acts more like a delinquent. He is an ambitious person who believes without a doubt he will become the best in the world.

Junichi Suwabe as Victor Nikiforov, a 27-year-old "living legend" who has garnered the attention of the world. He is a skater who has won five consecutive world championships. He is popular with men and women of all ages, and he has a rock star-like charisma. Yūri has been chasing after him since he was a child. Victor begins to take an interest in Yūri for a strange reason.

Jun Fukuyama as Takeshi Nishigōri, a childhood friend and ex-rink mate of Yūri.

Satoshi Hino as Emil Nekola (from the Czech Republic)

Wataru Hatano as Georgi Popovich (from Russia)

Shun'ichi Toki as Leo De La Iglesia (from the United States)

Yoshimasa Hosoya as Otabek Altin (from Kazakhstan)

Yūtarō Honjō as Ji Guang-Hong (from China)

Hiroki Yasumoto as Christophe Giacometti (from Switzerland)

Mamoru Miyano Jean-Jacques Leroy (from Canada)

Kenshō Ono as Phichit Chulanont (from Thailand)

Tomoaki Maeno as Michele Crispino (from Italy)

Ayumu Murase as Kenjirō Minami (from Japan)

Kenji Nojima as Lee Seung Gil (from Korea)

Additionally, TV Asahi announcer Taihei Katō will play hot-blooded announcer and figure skating enthusiast Hisashi Morooka.

The show's story revolves around Yūri Katsuki, who carried all of Japan's hopes on his shoulders to win at the Grand Prix Finale ice skating competition, but suffered a crushing defeat. He returns home to Kyushu and half feels like he wants to retire, and half feels like he wants to continue ice skating. With those mixed feelings swirling inside him, he confines himself inside his parents house. Suddenly the five-time consecutive world championship ice skater Victor Nikiforov appears before him, and along with him is Yuri Plisetsky, a young Russian figure skater who is already defeating his seniors. Victor and both Yuris take up the challenge on an unprecedented Grand Prix series.

Manga creator Mitsurou Kubo (Moteki, 3.3.7 Byooshi) and director Sayo Yamamoto (Lupin III: The Woman Called Fujiko Mine, Michiko & Hatchin) are credited with the original work for the series. Yamamoto is also directing and overseeing the scripts for the series, and Kubo is designing the original characters and drawing the storyboards. Additionally, Tadashi Hiramatsu (Parasyte -the maxim-) is adapting the character designs for animation, Kenji Miyamoto is credited with the figure skating choreography, Taro Umebayashi (aka milk from PIANO) and Taku Matsushiba (PIANO) are composing the music, and Keisuke Tominaga (Kids on the Slope, Terror in Resonance music director) is the music producer. MAPPA is animating the series.

Wataru Hatano (Hamatora, Polar Bear's Café, The Highschool Life of a Fudanshi) will perform the ending theme song "You Only Live Once." Hatano is also playing Georgi Popovich in the anime.

Source: Dengeki Online (Takenoko)