The Medalist anime adaptation has received another promotional video in the form of a main trailer, which reveals the opening theme song “BOW AND ARROW” by Kenshi Yonezu. A new visual was also released.
Additionally, it was announced that the anime will have a presence at Sapporo Snow Festival 2025, which will take place from February 4, 2025 JST to February 11, 2025 JST. The event will feature a snow sculpture of main heroine Inori Yuitsuka.
Medalist is based on the Kodansha-published manga by Tsurumaikada, which began serialization in Monthly Afternoon in 2020 and has 11 tankoubon volumes as of August 2024. The manga was the winner of the Tsugi ni Kuru Manga Taisho 2022 award in the comics category and the 68th Shogakukan Manga Award in the general category.
Kodansha USA describes the source material 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!
Staff
• Director: Yasutaka Yamamoto (The Tale of the Outcasts, Nekopara)
• Series composer: Jukki Hanada (The Dangers in My Heart)
• Character designer and co-chief animation director: Chinatsu Kameyama (In Another World With My Smartphone 2)
• Animation production company: ENGI
Cast
• Natsumi Haruse as Inori Yuitsuka
• Takeo Ootsuka 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
Source: @medalist_PR
