Back on track, Yuri is probably a based on many skaters, just like Viktor seems a mix between Plushy and Yags XD
No-no-no, we don't need such a happiness for Yagudin, as I was saying. :giveup:
Now I'd say this Victor is not a skater at all.
Yagudin never would dare to say: "I'll make you win". I think it's impossible to find a skater or a coach, who could say these silly words. The authors of this anime don't even know, that the ice is slippery, that even the best skater never can be sure he will win. What they are going to tell, if they know nothing about the real work?..
I expected a good animation after the promo clip, in which the animation seemed to be good. Even though I know, that usually anime characters can't even walk like normal people. Now we see more, and I'd say it isn't beautiful.
His movements like Plushy's.
I agree. I have the same feeling. Yet I should say, that even Evgeni's choreography is more interesting than Nikiforov's "choreography". What did Nikiforov do besides his jumps? Some weak wavings of hands?..
Yet I don't remember Evgeni skating with such a face of a dying man. Nikiforov is nearly crying:
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CoqYqZgWYAEua6I.jpg
http://vignette3.wikia.nocookie.net...ViktorN.png/revision/latest?cb=20160420112456
It is not only about Nikiforov's face, his hands are crying too. That is what these animators are able to draw.
Well, Evgeni can show something like such emotion - for a short moment, sometimes. But "show" is a key word here.
A body in animation can be more musical and beautiful!
:clapper: A body in animation can move like this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FBnQK_DixPQ&t=4m09s
). But I didin't catch the name of a skater on the left of Viktor in press conference
I like the interractions between Japanese Team
And Russian Yuri is pricleess
the worst thing is, by the end of the anime, that 'vanishing drive' was one of the least outrageous things! 
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Anyway, the visual effects are stunning and you can tell a lot of work went into making this a legit production.
