Yuri on Ice
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Yuri on Ice is a Japanese sports anime television series about figure skating. The series was produced by MAPPA, directed and written by Sayo Yamamoto with original scripts by Mitsurō Kubo under the c
Cover of the first Blu-ray disc volume, featuring Yuri Katsuki (left) and Victor Nikiforov (right)
Kenji Miyamoto (right) provided the choreography for the series.
The "kiss" in episode 7 between Victor Nikiforov (left) and Yuri Katsuki (right); although critics and fans accept it as a kiss, its ambiguity leaves the decision up to the viewer. In the official fanbook, director Sayo Yamamoto stated that she faced censorship in regards to the kiss.
Odagiri effect
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The Odagiri effect is a television phenomenon in which a program attracts a larger than expected number of female viewers because the program stars attractive male actors or characters. It is named af
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…of origin". For Anime UK News, Ian Wolf called the exchange of rings "the best scene in the series". According to Wolf, the anime is an example of the Odagiri effect. Yuri on Ice has highlighted homophobia in figure skating and other areas; the seventh episode features a flashback in which a younger Victor performs…
Actor Joe Odagiri, after whom the "Odagiri effect" is named.