History Anime / YuriOnIce

* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: The authors didn't even try to hide that they've based their leads on Evgeny Plyuschenko and Yuzuru Hanyu, even hiring Plyuschenko's choreographer as an advisor. Subverted, though, that in RealLife Hanyu ''won'' most of those [=GPs=] [[RuleOfDrama that Katsuki's lost]]. Played straight in that Katsuki's career is based on Tatsuki Machida.

* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: The authors didn't even try to hide that they've based their leads on Evgeny Plyuschenko and Yuzuru Hanyu, even hiring Plyuschenko's choreographer as an advisor. Subverted, though, that in RealLife Hanyu ''won'' most of those [=GPs=] [[RuleOfDrama that Katsuki's lost]].

* InstantWebHit: Yuri's perfect imitation of Viktor's skating routine found its way onto the net thanks to Nishigori's mischievous little triplets, and became a sensation around the ice skating world. It's one of the reasons why Viktor came to train Yuri in the first place.

* WeNamedTheMonkeyJack: Yuri's deceased poodle is named Vicchan after Viktor. Which, by the way, he got because he saw that Viktor himself owned a poodle. In fact he learns that something is afoot when the suspiciously familiar pooch jumps him on his return from shoveling snow.[[note]]Even though he's from Kyushu, Japan was hit by a sudden cold spell, resulting in the uncharacteristic April snowfall.[[/note]]

* EvenTheGuysWantHim: Victor is an extremely popular figure skater and has both male and female fans.

* MeaningfulName: Nishigori triplets are named Axel, Lutz and Flip -- after the three most important skating jumps.

* WeNamedTheMonkeyJack: Yuri's deceased poodle is named Vicchan after Viktor. Which, by the way, he got because he saw that Viktor himself owned a poodle. In fact he learns that something is afoot when the suspiciously familiar pooch jumps him on his return from shoveling snow.[[note]]Even thought he's from Kyushu, Japan was hit by the sudden cold spell, resulting in the uncharacteristic April snowfall.[[/note]]

* OrdinaryHighSchoolStudent: Subverted — Katsuki hits most of the trope points, but he's 23 and has already graduated ''college''. It's Plisetsky who's actually in high school (he's 16), but he's more of a JerkJock.

* JerkJock: Reinforced by Plisetsky being the only one of the leads actually ''in'' the high school.

* WeNamedTheMonkeyJack: Yuri's deceased poodle is named Vicchan after Viktor. Which, by the way, he got because he saw that Viktor himself owned a poodle.

* {{Fanservice}}: In the first episode, we get a rather gratuitous shot of Victor's naked butt as he stands up while in the hot spring. The triplets are very aware of what [[FemaleGaze some of the audience]] came for, and even tease at a nipple slip for the ''second'' episode. A ''male'' nipple slip.

* {{Fanservice}}: In the first episode, we get a rather gratuitous shot of Victor's naked butt as he stands up while in the hot spring.

* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: The authors didn't even try to hide that they've based their leads on Evgeny Plyuschenko and Yuzuru Hanyu, even hiring Plyuschenko's choreographer as an advisor. Subverted, though, that in RelLife Hanyu ''won'' most of those [=GPs=] [[RuleOfDrama that Katsuki's lost]].

* CreativeClosingCredits: The ending credits are mainly shown as photos being scrolled through on Twitter.

* StepfordSmiler: It's quite telling how Yuri cheerfully explains how his skating season's gone down the drain in a cute, chibi artsyle. It's even worse when he's talking to family, since he puts on a nice face for his mother when he talked about getting fifth in the Sochi Grand Prix and then cried his poor heart out the minute he hangs up.

* WeNamedTheMonkeyJack: Yuri's deceased poodle is named Vicchan after Viktor. Which, by the way, he got because he saw that Viktor himself had one.

* WeightWoe: Yuri has always struggled with his weight. After a year of no figure skating, he's gained quite a bit.

* OneSteveLimit: There are two characters named Yuri: Japanese Yuri Katsuki, the main character, and Russian Yuri Plisetsky.

Yuri Katsuki has always idolized famous Russian figure skater Victor Nikiforov, and dreams of one day being able to skate on the same ice as him. Unfortunately, when he finally gets his chance to do so, he messes up his routine, and to add insult to injury, similarly-named Russian junior champion Yuri Plisetsky tells him to just give up already. A year later he returns to his hometown, unsure whether or not he really wants to quit figure skating altogether. When he goes to the local skating rink and perfectly imitates Victor's latest routine, a video of it is uploaded and it goes viral, catching Victor's attention. Victor then shows up at Yuri's family hot spring, declaring that he will now be Yuri's coach.

The show is animated by Studio MAPPA and is airing as part of the Fall 2016 anime season. It is currently streaming on Crunchyroll.

Yuri Katsuki has always idolized famous Russian figure skater Victor Nikiforov, and dreams of one day being able to skate on the same ice as him. Unfortunately, when he finally gets his chance to do so, he messes up his routine, and to add insult to injury, similarly-named Russian junior champion Plisetsky tells him to just give up already. A year later he returns to his hometown, unsure whether or not he really wants to quit figure skating altogether. When he goes to the local skating rink and perfectly imitates Victor's latest routine, a video of it is uploaded and it goes viral, catching Victor's attention. Victor then shows up at Yuri's family hot spring, declaring that he will now be Yuri's coach.