NO SPOILERS !!!
STORY ~ 10
To sum the story up...
" YURI ON ICE, focuses on a 23 year old gifted Japanese skater who has met his defeat in the final of a grand prix competition. Which forced Yuri to put his skating career on hiatus, still inspired by his idol victor Nikiforov, one day Yuri attempted to mimic victors routine in a ice skating rink, which he then was captured on video instantly becoming a internet sensation which caught the attention and interest's leading victor to be his coach thus helping him persevere with his dreams and aspirations...
This anime has a lot of concepts attached to it, if you are not paying attention and actually interested in the anime then you can find that there are certain psychological concepts that are not covered deliberately for instance the fact that Yuri has anxiety which tends to affect him while on the ice skating rink. Victor being depressed etc....A lot of people have a problem with the gay undertones that are in this anime which for me are quite enjoyable if very soft and its not forced however a person can watch this anime how ever they choose but its not sexual at all. If that's what your looking for this anime is NOT A YAOI!!!!
ART ~ 10
The art was so beautiful and pure that I had tears in my eyes, the art was very heart warming especially {Yuri and Yurio's} rehearsal's / solos were to die for, I looked forward to the opening and the closing as well the opening was just amazing and I say that very strongly because it was, I watched the opening like a hundred times on YouTube before actually watching the anime, the art to me was the most captivating thing that caught my attention.
SOUND ~ 10
The music was flawlessly done, I liked the different variety's that was chosen during each of the skaters performances. My favorite songs in this anime would be {Yuri on ice , History maker and You only Live Once} I even gone as far to downloading the songs onto my computer, they were just that good. I also loved the accents and the voice actors that portrayed the characters in this anime.
CHARACTER ~ 8
I'm actually surprised that there was a ton of character development which was incorporated in this anime over a short-timespan, which also revolved around the fact that it was a competition was well done. The Character development between the main characters and the supporting character and character's that weren't really apart of the anime at specific time frames. Was just amazing, being able to have this many characters in a anime and have so much character development is so surreal. Each character brings a unique persona to the anime which is really interesting... even the egoistical character {JJ & Yurio) where intriguing.
ENJOYMENT ~ 10
I really enjoyed this anime the different genres of music and each competitor having there own underlying issues that they overcame which is pretty amazing. I liked how the competitor's got together and had dinner before the finals was just so amazing. The different styles and art was just so captivating and just understanding this anime could actually be inscribed into real life events.
OVERALL ~ 9.5
I LOVED THIS ANIME AND I ENJOYED EVERY MOMENT!!!!! ...
The art the music the character's the gay undertones, I loved every single part of this anime and I really hope for a season 2, the ended was so beautiful and I will put this anime in my archives to rewatch... even the anime touched and moved me...
CAN WE ALL FANGIRL ABOUT THE DOOGY TISSUE BOX... I WAS FANGIRLING LIKE HELL!!!!!
