Seven years after its publication, the book Yuri!!! on Ice anime, Yury!!! on Ice movie: Frozen Youth has been cancelled.
The title production committee is by MAPPA production said in an official statement, “We are deeply sorry for not meeting the expectations of everyone who has waited and continues to have supported us throughout the years.
「ユーリ!!! on ICE 劇場版: ICE AOLESCENCE」
製作中止のお知らせ“YURI!!! on ICE the movie: Notice of cancellation of ICE AOLESCENCE”#yurionice pic.twitter.com/3ykLBgsvoB
— TVアニメ 「ユーリ!!! on ICE」 (@yurionice_PR) April 19, 2024
“The production committee and staff have been in continuous discussion to produce and carry out the film, but due to various circumstances, we had to make the difficult decision to discontinue production.”
The “various situations” were not detailed, but the animators of the movie Yuuri!!! on the television series Ice, Fuuko Noda and Takahiro Ogawa, especially since they've been very busy with other projects over the past seven years. Noda is an animation producer for shows such as Dorohedoro, The Gymnastics Samurai, The Idaten Deities Know Only Peace and the 2023 film Maboroshi. Meanwhile, titles that Ogawa is involved in include the second season of Kakegurui, Listeners, Zombie Land Saga, Dance, Dance, Danseur, Kakegurui Twin, Campfire Cooking in Another World with My Ridiculous Skills and Winter 2024 Bucchigiri?!
Announcement about Yuri on Ice!!! filming began in April 2017. A delay announcement in 2019 and an update in 2020 indicated that production was continuing.
The Yuri on Ice!!! the series premiered in October 2016 and ran for one run. The film is directed and written by Sayo Yamamotodirector of Lupine the Third: The Woman Called Fujiko Mine, with Tadashi Hiramatsu (Jujutsu Kaisen, His and Her Circumstances) as character designer. The staff also includes cartoonists Mitsuro Kubo as original character sketcher and designer and Jun Shishido (Attack on Titan Final Season) as the episode's main director. Yamamoto, Hiramatsu and Kubo are also credited for the film.
Source: @yurionice_PR