when did the first episode of yuri on ice air
Yuri on Ice Yuri!!! on Ice (Japanese: ユーリ!!! on ICE) is a sports anime television series about figure skating. The anime was produced by MAPPA, directed by Sayo Yamamoto and written by Mitsurō Kubo. Character design was by Tadashi Hiramatsu, and its music was composed by Taro Umebayashi and Taku Matsushiba. The figure skating was choreographed by Kenji Miyamoto, who also performed routines himself which were recorded and used as skating sound effects. The series premiered on October 6, 2016 and ended on December 22, with a total of 12 episodes. A Yuri on Ice feature film is currently in production. The series revolves around the relationships between Japanese figure skater Yuri Katsuki; his idol, Russian figure-skating champion Victor Nikiforov, and up-and-coming Russian skater Yuri Plisetsky; as Yuri K. and Yuri P. take part in the Figure Skating Grand Prix, with Victor acting as coach to Yuri K.
Josh Grelle Joshua "Josh" Grelle (born November 2, 1985) is an American voice actor and ADR script writer in English language dubs of Japanese anime, working mostly with Funimation, ADV Films and Seraphim Digital. Some of his major roles are: Kenichi Shirahama in Kenichi: The Mightiest Disciple, Armin Arlert in Attack on Titan, Mao Sadou / Demon King Satan in The Devil Is a Part-Timer! and Yuri Katsuki in Yuri on Ice. He also voiced lead characters Kyohei Takano in The Wallflower, Komatsu in Toriko, Akihisa Yoshi in Baka and Test, Koichi Hayase in Linebarrels of Iron, Kazuya Aoi in Freezing, Shido Itsuka in the Date A Live series and Issei Hyodo in High School DxD: BorN. In video games, he voiced Ludger Kresnik in Tales of Xillia 2, Phog from Xenoblade Chronicles X and Xbalanque from Smite.