Yuri!!! On Ice: Welcome to the Madness Side Story

Yuri!!! On Ice: Welcome to the Madness Side Story by Kubo Mitsuro

My rating: 4 of 5 stars


This came out with one of the DVD releases and is beautiful. It goes behind the scenes to how Welcome to the Madness came to be as well as Yuri's reaction to the Victuuri EX skate and how Otabek got dragged in to the show. It's not original in the sense that it doesn't expand beyond the current official story line at all, but it provides enough new content to the EX and events between the end of the Final and the EX that it's a wonderful piece all the fans seem to be enjoying.

Yuri!!! on Ice

Yuri!!! on Ice (2016)

My rating: 5 of 5 stars


I was pleasantly surprised how much I enjoyed this series. The the animation style shows typical to many others (exaggerated long limbs in dancing/skating moves for example), the overall choreography and references used are based on actual routines and skating abilities, giving the story a bit of realism in all the animation. On top of that is the hilarious array of characters. Each one brings something new to the line up, and the combination is hard to resist. Considering I haven't been able to get the music out of my head for a week, I'd say it definitely is catchy.