After 7 years of no updates, fans of a beloved anime are devastated after the film adaptation is canceled
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The film version of the beloved sports anime Yuri on Ice (or, Yuri!!! On Ice, to give it its stylized title) has been canceled, seven years after it was first announced.
Yuri on Ice: The Movie: Ice Adolescence has been put on ice permanently due to “various circumstances” (H/TAnime News Network).
“Yeah, we kinda figured at this point, just sucks it took so long to get an official announcement,” onetweeted.
Anotheradded: “Wow. 7 years of development and it’s just gone? That’s a little sad. Also weird how the movie had been in development hell for 7 years but it only just got cancelled now.”
Oneremarkedthat they were “immensely disappointed” by the news and hoped that “another studio picks it up.”
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It’s unknown why MAPPA, the studio once tasked with making the Yuri on Ice movie, dropped the project – but it’s certainly got a lot on its plate right now.
As of writing, it’s making theChainsaw Man movie,Jujutsu Kaisen season 3, and new series Zenshu.
For more news fromnew anime series, check out our guides toDemon Slayer season 4andOne-Punch Man season 3.
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