Medalist (2025)

Original title

メダリスト

Directed by

Yasutaka Yamamoto

Genre

spokon

Country

Japan

Length

2 seasons, 22 episodes

Rated

TV-14

Rating

8.3 of 10 from 55 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A young girl and her coach work hard to achieve success in competitive figure skating. The story follows their journey of training, growth, and building a bond like family.

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What happens

Medalist (Japanese: メダリスト, Hepburn: Medarisuto) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Tsurumaikada. It has been serialized in Kodansha's seinen manga magazine Monthly Afternoon since May 2020, with its chapters collected in fourteen tankōbon volumes as of January 2026. In North America, the manga is licensed for English release by Kodansha USA. An anime television series adaptation produced by ENGI aired from January to March 2025. A second season aired from January to March 2026. An anime film is set to premiere in Japan in 2027. Medalist won the Next Manga Award in the print category in 2022, the 68th Shogakukan Manga Award in the general category in 2023, and the 48th Kodansha Manga Award in the same category in 2024. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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