#Iceado

[greetings-humans]

mappa: cancels iceado after 7 years of waiting

yoi fans:

#it's that good ol' yoi copium #don't be delulu guys s2 isn't coming #just find edits and fics to survive these trying times #yoi #yuri on ice #ice adolescence #iceado #is this post about me? #possibly #why do you ask

[dq9]

junichi suwabe's tweet on the iceado cancellation :(

#.txt #yuri on ice #iceado #junichi suwabe #hes right tho. he is right . we still have the og series.. the memories will never fade

[princesstrunkss]

mourning the loss of yoi…

#SEE YOU NEXT LEVEL???? LIARS!!!! #Victuuri I will always love you #victor x yuuri #victor nikiforov #yuri katsuki #yuri on ice ice adolescence #ice adolescence #iceado #yuri on ice #yoi

[ritsukageyamas]

i don't know how many people here on tumblr have seen this thread on twitter/x, where leaks from someone who claimed to be in a position to know about ice adolescence and what had happened to it several years ago were finally made public today, but since all we've been given from MAPPA is that the movie was cancelled due to "various circumstances" and no one else associated with it has given us any concrete info, i'm personally choosing to believe this leaker. their stated reasoning of the movie being left to die because of "LGBT issues" and concerns about chinese/russian distribution sadly lines up all too well with the fact that this always, always happens to queer media. whenever it seems like progress is being made, with creators fighting to get beautiful queer stories told, the people in power do everything they can to ruin it and the world just feels like it goes backwards. if what's being said in this thread is true (and really, even if it isn't and there's actually a completely different reason that iceado was canned) then i feel heartbroken for sayo yamamoto, mitsuro kubo, and everyone else who fought for viktor and yuuri's story to be told and who tried their hardest to get this movie made. they deserved so much better than for this to happen.

#posting this so late in the day idk if anyone will even see it but oh well #yuri on ice #yoi #yuri!!! on ice #ice adolescence #iceado

[snorkmaidxn]

Viktor Nikiforov will always be a gay, Russian, Olympic athlete, and he will always be a part of anime history, and dear to my heart

#personal #yuri on ice #iceado #yoi is the last thing i've been a ''fandom'' kind of fan for. i forgot how grim it can feel #loving something that's made by a corporation pretty inevitably leads to heartbreak

[helpimgayy]

Oh Vitya…

#yuri on ice #yoi #ice adolescence #victor nikiforov #viktor nikiforov #iceado #ice adolescence my beloved #I’m not over it #my art

[angel-withheart]

they will always be real to me

#victuuri #yuri on ice #yoi #ice adolescence #iceado

[altruistic-meme]

im taking the news well

#yoi #yuri on ice #iceado #ice adolescence #shh ac

[mykatsudon]

#I leave you with this #I’m going to bed #yoi #yuri on ice #iceado #ice adolescence

[xmentallydisturbedllamax]

I think we're all so devastated at the news of IceAdo's cancelation. It was an incredible anime not only because it was groundbreaking for the queer community in terms of quality, but also in terms of how intimately the relationship was depicted without being vulgar or explicit, which many other such anime depend on to gain an audience. The profound devotion Yuuri and Victor had towards each other and figure skating was palatable and it just sucked you in. A lot of times, it even felt like you were intruding on a private moment between them, especially as Yuuri got more comfortable around Victor and started being more open about his anxiety, which was also a focal point of the show, also masterfully depicted.

It was such a beautiful experience, that we wanted more of it, which is what we thought we were going to get. But for 8 years, we were strung along, our hope exploited, until finally, the cancelation, which we all realized, after a certain point, was coming.

The pain of not being able to sink in to the world of Yuuri!!! On Ice once more is very deep, because that kind of magic is something you just crave once it has entered your life, BUT!!!!

What I need us all to do is to keep reblogging, reposting, retweeting, signing petitions and just keep being loud about the impact Ice Adolescence could have had, as well as how YOI has affected us. As long as we don't loose speed, the relevant people WILL see that this fandom is very much still alive, still active AND STILL GROWING!

I know the movie has been scrapped, BUT I still think that the rights CAN be bought off MAPPA. If not for another attempt at Ice Adolescence, then a second season, which would also be incredible!

I don't know if this is even possible or if it's been done before in Japan, but I've seen it happen with the TV show "Lucifer", and I hope it can be accomplished here too. If not, LET'S SET A PRECEDENT TOGETHER! We have nothing to lose, but we could gain something beautiful!

So, please, everyone, don't stop liking, engaging with and reposting YOI-related content! We have to show that we are still dedicated and interested in this anime, and therefore PROFITABLE so they can potentially invest!

Also, because it's been 8 years, there are bound to be people who haven't heard of YOI, but would watch it, support it and talk about it if they knew about it's existence. Let's give this our all and do our best to get Victor, Yuuri and everyone else back on our screens!!! DON'T LOSE HOPE!

REBLOG THIS AND KEEP YURI ON ICE TRENDING SO WE CAN GET MORE PEOPLE INTERESTED AND AWARE!

#yuri on ice #yoi #victor nikiforov #viktor nikiforov #victuuri #katsuki yuuri #yuuri katsuki #yuri #yuuri #yuuri!!! on ice #iceado #ice Adolescence #yuri katsuki #victor x yuuri #yuri on ice: ice adolescence

[greetings-humans]

ice adolescence and russia

1 - Russia in today's world

okay look. I see you when you talk about how the political climate today means that iceado was doomed. I see you when you talk about the many many many doping scandals of Russian athletes, we saw it when the athletes didn't compete under the banner of Russia but as OAR or ROC, which I absolutely support. I see you when you rightfully mention Russia invading Ukraine. This is genuinely horrible, it's horrifying, it's inhuman, and the fact that many Russian athletes (including figure skaters) openly, unapologetically support their government's actions is disgusting.

2 - yuri on ice was just meant to be fun

now, let's also recognize that the core of yuri on ice to be silly and queer and accepting, to talk about anxiety and depression, about burnout and competition, about rediscovering your passion for your work and falling in love along the way. I see this, and these are some the reasons why I adore yuri on ice.

3 - yoi and russia

I would love to say that yoi is about escapism so we should ignore all real life events. But I'm not really that type of person, tbh.

We could all close our eyes and ignore thousands of people dying, ignore the doping scandals, ignore every bad thing Russia had done in modern history. But what about the people directly affected by this? do they deserve to see us comfortably having fun about a figure skating show ignoring the doping, and showing our main characters living and training in Russia, comfortably? with no mention of the inhumane actions of Russia, be they about the war or queer rights? really? is that something they deserve to see?

I see the people saying that maybe we can ignore the war, the way we ignored homophobia and eating disorders and bribing, but for the reasons above I really think we shouldn't.

I wish Russia had not done any of this, most of all because of all the deaths and destruction, but yes also bacause maybe that would have meant that maybe we could have had ice adolescence. However, we don't live in that world. And that still doesn't mean iceado had to be canceled.

4 - do not forgive or forget about MAPPA

I am not excusing mappa, okay? there is no way I will excuse or forgive mappa for ice adolescence. if they wanted to, they could have fixed this.

I've been thinking about this for maybe 20 minutes and I already have a solution, okay? and if I have a vague plan for how to handle this, then I am dead certain that a whole room full of people working for mappa could have figured it out. this is on the mappa execs, not the people doing the creative process. don't be fooled, the execs are probably just unwilling to try, if Russia's actions (and the actions of its athletes) are part of their reasoning.

5 - iceado could still exist even with everything russia has done

i think that the situation is rightfully delicate. but I also think that if a book like red white & royal blue (an openly gay book) could openly condemn US right wing politics and also portray the oppressive heteronormativity of the british royal family, without outright mentioning any real persons, then yoi s2 or ice ado could potray the figure skating scene in russia negatively and could have the characters leave the country.

they could show yakov as that one different coach in russian figure skating or maybe they could prove that he's your typical russian coach, which played a role in viktor's mental health getting worse and worse.

post-s1 scenes could be about viktor changing his mind and leaving russia, as a result of the doping scandal, or rising tensions internationally about Russia. the fact that we saw him and yuuri and yuri in st. petersburg didn't mean that decision was final. the pressures of a toxic environment could have made viktuuri leave, and whether or not yakov (or anyone) would follow them, or viktor would find another coach is something up for debate, yes, but there can be a debate. There can be a debate about yuri plisetsky about georgi and mila, about what this could mean for them.

iceado could condemn russian politics and the doping, the toxic community, and everything else really. in my opinion, the fact that this didn't happen speaks to mappa's unwillingness to try. im not educated in japan-russia relationships, to be frank, so I'm not sure how much backlash the show could possible face from the Japanese government for a decision like this one. Of course, this would insinuate that Japan is fine with the Ukraine invasion which is, well, not very good press to say the least (and naturally a violation of all sorts of human rights). I do however find it odd that we would never hear anything about talks debating this taking place, which means that once again mappa didn't try. And also, truthfully, just how plausible is it that Japan would go "no don't make more of that very lucrative anime because we don't want to condemn Russia's war / we don't want to condemn Russia's doping"? Because it doesn't sound that plausible to me.

6 - political yoi?

yes, this means that yoi would have become political, but when politics is about the right to live in your home without fear of death or invasion, why exactly shouldn't it get political?

and let's not forget that a world with no homophobia is already unfortunately political. because queer rights are not globally recognized, being pro or against queer rights (of which there are many so some are pro-same sex marriage but against trans rights which complicates things even more) is still a vital part of many many political parties' campaigns in a lot of countries.

yoi was already political in the sense that it showed a world of acceptance, because that's not a given.

what iceado had to do was show that acceptance does not mean ignoring inhumane, unethical actions.

this doesn't need to be the centric idea of iceado or yoi s2, either, by the way. simply showing something bad but realistic is enough. i wouldn't have needed 2 hours depicting the horrors of Russia ft. yuri on ice, but I would have loved to see 2 hours of teenage viktor trying to make it in this cutthroat world, with sporadic evidence of toxicity and too-much pressure, which are almost canon anyways. and any scenes taking place post-s1 could easily just show viktor make a number of realizations and choices that could lead to him leaving russia (to find a new coach or with yakov, with any of the russian skaters in yoi, or just with makkachin and yuuri, etc), which would show that yes they're not just ignoring russia's wrongdoings.

for being released in 2016-17, yoi was delightfully progressive in its queerness. but in 2024, asking the show to condemn doping and war on its way to show us viktor nikiforov's past is apparently too much to ask.

please give me your thoughts on this, yoi fandom, I'd love to see what everyone else thinks!

#yuri on ice #yuri!!! on ice #yoi #longpost #yoi adolescence #ice adolescence #iceado #viktor nikiforov #yakov feltsman #russia #russian figure skating #iceado rant #iceado essay #deelay words #a great many deal of words too

[dolotonglo]

while i think we all knew that this day was coming, i still chose, for seven years, not to give up hope. i put my faith in mappa and the yuri on ice team and while i'm not surprised by the cancellation, i'm still so dissapointed.

listen, i understand. there were a lot of factors that made production and release hard. it wasn't meant to be. i get it. but it still hurts. i still think we deserved clearer communication on this.

yuri on ice was a major part of my life for so long. that show opened my eyes to healthy queer relationships and made me realize that i was queer myself. watching the episodes as they came out and debriefing them with my friends was the highlight of my week. i have consumed fanworks from incredibly, astoundingly talented artists. i have created fanworks. i have talked to and connected with so many amazing people, all because of this show.

yuri on ice got me through the darkest points of my life. when shit hit the fan, i'd curl up in bed, wrapped in my blanket from hot topic, and loop the soundtrack to ground myself. yuri on ice has been there for every major turning point in my life, and comforted me through it.

although more recently i haven't been as involved in the fandom, it's still so, so dear to me. i'm sitting here, writing this, surrounded by yoi merch i've collected over the years. keychains, plushues, stickers. i'm blowing my nose with tissues from my makkachin tissue holder.

...it's just so surreal that the movie has finally been put to rest. but i'm happy to have known and loved this fandom, and i will carry these memories with me, always.

#this is my yoi heritage post #i owe these boys everything honestly #i was going through my docs recently and i have a mountain of yoi fics that never went anywhere haha #maybe i'll polish up some old wips and post them soon... #we'll see #also mutuals SORRY FOR THE YOI SPAM HAHA #ill b back 2 my regular ace attorney yapping soon ❤️ #just needed a minute to grieve #yoi #yuri on ice #yuri!!! on ice #ice adolescence #iceado #mappa #mannn fuck yall fr this #we deserved this news at least 4 yrs ago

[princesstrunkss]

I’m very upset.

#MAPPA… sleep with both eyes open #yuri on ice ice adolescence #yuri on ice #yoi #yuri katsuki #victor x yuuri #victor nikiforov #iceado #ice adolescence

[yurionicestolemyheart]

it's been a very long 7 years, yall. I'm honestly not even sure what to do with myself with this news.

I guess I'm just really glad we didn't get this news sooner, tbqh. 2017-2021 was an incredibly hard time for me and waiting for iceado to be released is genuinely the reason I'm still alive today. If we had gotten this news back in 2019 instead of the postponement, I honestly can't tell you if I'd still be here.

I have so many feelings about all of this. Hurt and anger are definitely the strongest. I don't think those feelings are ever going to go away entirely.

im gonna be real with you guys it's been a ROUGH April for me, and this is far from even being the worst thing to have happened to me in the last 3 weeks, but I'm letting myself breakdown over this so I can keep dealing with everything else with a brave face.

I wish the production team well. I wish the creators well.

I may have to make a decision on whether or not I'll keep this blog. Who knows right now. I haven't actually been in the yoi fandom for years and iceado was the one thing I was holding on to the blog for. But at least for now it'll stay up as a place to mourn.

#im fucking emotional #im alsl literally at work right now on break i can't have a real breakdown yet but oh man. oh man #SEVEN YEARS we've been waiting................. #yoi #yuri on ice #iceado #ice adolescence

[nitw]

i am the strongest and most patient person on planet earth .

#i hope every1 who sees this post knows how much i Do Not advocate for crunch time because the anime industry is a living nightmare #and i'm not actually disappointed in any way. TAKING TIME IS A GOOD THING #////BUT//// i still get to be a little bitch about it HJKDFGBSDFG #leo.txt #yoi #iceado #yuri on ice #ice adolescence

[mak0to]

Love may not fix me, but you know what could fix me? Yuuri!!! On Ice the Movie: Ice Adolescence.

#you guys have no idea how much i love victor and yuuri and i miss them #i have to watch like 1829492 online classes but all i want to do is rewatch yoi #and given because conni mentioned given and now i need all my blorbos #yoi #young victor my beloved #yuuri on ice #ice ado when #ice adolescence #iceado #yuri on ice #victor nikiforov #yuuri katsuki #yuri plisetsky #mak0to said something