A second season of the skating TV anime series Medalist has been announced, shortly after the broadcast of the series’ 13th and final episode on March 30, 2025. It was not announced when the second season will debut. The first season began broadcasting in Japan on January 4, 2025.
A new key visual, featuring the main characters, and announcement trailer for season two were also released.
Yasutaka Yamamoto (The Tale of the Outcasts, Nekopara) is directed the first season, with Jukki Hanada (The Dangers in My Heart) as series screenwriter and Chinatsu Kameyama (In Another World With My Smartphone 2) as character designer and co-chief animation director. ENGI handled the animation production.
Meanwhile, the anime’s main voice cast includes:
- • Natsumi Haruse as Inori Yuitsuka
- • Takeo Otsuka as Tsukasa Akeuraji
- • Kana Ichinose as Hikaru Kamisaki
- • Yuma Uchida as Jun Yodaka
- • Makoto Koichi as Rioh Sonidori
- • Hina Kino as Ryoka Miketa
- • Megumi Toda as Mario Nachi
- • Kotori Koiwai as Ema Yamato
- • Takahiro Miyake as Yudai Jakuzure
The series was streamed on Hulu and Disney+ in select English-speaking territories, outside Japan.
The anime is based on the figure skating manga series by Tsurumaikada, which began serialization in Kodansha’s Monthly Afternoon on May 25, 2020 and has released 12 tankobon volumes as of January 2025. Kodansha USA releases the manga in English in print and digital format.
The manga won the Tsugi ni Kuru Manga Taisho 2022 award in the “Comics” category and was honored the 68th Shogakukan Manga Award in the “General” category.
Kodansha USA releases the Medalist manga in English, describing the main synopsis as:
Tsukasa, whose dreams were crushed. Inori, left to fend for herself. These two share a dream…and their tenacity may be the only thing that sees them through. Their destination? The ice…on the world’s stage!
Source: Medalist Official Anime Twitter
