Medalist
First tankōbon volume cover
メダリスト
(Medarisuto)
Genre
Manga
Written byTsurumaikada
Published byKodansha
English publisher
ImprintAfternoon KC
MagazineMonthly Afternoon
DemographicSeinen
Original runMay 25, 2020 – present
Volumes9
Anime television series
Directed byYasutaka Yamamoto
Written byJukki Hanada
StudioENGI
icon Anime and manga portal

Medalist (Japanese: メダリスト, Hepburn: Medarisuto) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Tsurumaikada. It has been serialized in Kodansha's seinen manga magazine Monthly Afternoon since May 2020, with its chapters collected in nine tankōbon volumes as of October 2023. In North America, the manga is licensed for English release by Kodansha USA. An anime television series adaptation produced by ENGI has been announced.

In 2023, Medalist won the 68th Shogakukan Manga Award for the general category.

Characters

Inori Yuitsuka (結束 いのり, Yuitsuka Inori)
Voiced by: Natsumi Haruse [ja][2]
Tsukasa Akeuraji (明浦路 司, Akeuraji Tsukasa)
Voiced by: Takeo Ōtsuka[2]

Production

The story takes place in Nagoya, Aichi. Tsurumaikada also comes from Aichi. While the manga is about figure skating, lacking the experience and knowledge of the sport, the author learnt the sport in a figure skating class held in Nagoya Sports Center in Ōsu for a month before the drawing the manga. Medalist is Tsurumaikada's first commercial work.[3]

Tsurumaikada is a big fan of Natsumi Haruse [ja],[4] a voice actress known for the role of Kaoru Ryūzaki in The Idolmaster Cinderella Girls U149. In 2018, Tsurumaikada tweeted: "I would also like to draw a figure skating manga that would someday be made into an anime, and have Natsumi Haruse playing the main role."[4] Haruse narrated the commercial for the release of the first volume of the manga series in 2020.[5]

Media

Manga

Written and illustrated by Tsurumaikada, Medalist started in Kodansha's seinen manga magazine Monthly Afternoon on May 25, 2020.[6][7] Kodansha has collected its chapters into individual tankōbon volumes. The first volume was released on September 23, 2020.[8] As of October 23, 2023, nine volumes have been released.[9]

In March 2021, Kodansha USA announced the digital English release of the manga in North America, starting on May 18, 2021.[10] At Anime Expo 2023, Kodansha USA announced that the series will be published in print starting in Q2 2024.[11]

Volumes

No. Original release date Original ISBN English release date English ISBN
1 September 23, 2020[8]978-4-06-520783-3May 18, 2021[12]978-1-63-699098-9
2 February 22, 2021[13]978-4-06-522253-9June 15, 2021[14]978-1-63-699157-3
3 June 23, 2021[15]978-4-06-523607-9November 16, 2021[16]978-1-63-699469-7
4 October 21, 2021[17]978-4-06-525162-1April 19, 2022[18]978-1-68-491132-5
5 March 23, 2022[19]978-4-06-527132-2October 18, 2022[20]978-1-68-491491-3
6 July 22, 2022[21]978-4-06-528515-2February 21, 2023[22]978-1-68-491710-5
7 December 22, 2022[23]978-4-06-529918-0July 18, 2023[24]979-8-88933039-4
8 May 23, 2023[25]978-4-06-531682-5September 19, 2023[26]979-8-88933148-3
9 October 23, 2023[9]978-4-06-533261-0——

Anime

An anime television series adaptation was announced on May 18, 2023. It will be produced by ENGI and directed by Yasutaka Yamamoto, with scripts written by Jukki Hanada, and character designs by Chinatsu Kameyama.[27][28]

Reception

The series ranked fifteenth on the "Nationwide Bookstore Employees' Recommended Comics of 2021" by the Honya Club website.[29][30] The series ranked sixteenth out of 50 nominees in the 2021 Next Manga Awards in the print category.[31] It was also nominated for and won the award in 2022.[32][33] The series ranked 30th on the 2021 "Book of the Year" list by Da Vinci magazine;[34] it ranked 23rd on the 2022 list;[35] and 27th on the 2023 list.[36] The series ranked twelfth on the Nationwide Bookstore Employees' Recommended Comics of 2022.[37]

The series won the 68th Shogakukan Manga Award in the general category in 2023.[38] It was nominated for the 47th Kodansha Manga Award in the general category in 2023.[39]

References

  1. ^ a b Medalist. Kodansha USA. Archived from the original on April 27, 2022. Retrieved June 16, 2022.
  2. ^ a b Cayanan, Joanna (October 19, 2023). "Medalist Anime Unveils Main Cast, New Visual". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on October 19, 2023. Retrieved October 19, 2023.
  3. ^ 漫画「メダリスト」作者、つるまいかださん　一問一答 (in Japanese). Chunichi Shimbun. November 22, 2022. Archived from the original on May 18, 2023. Retrieved January 12, 2024.
  4. ^ a b @2lm_ykd (November 29, 2018). 言えば叶うなら私もいつかアニメ化するようなフィギュアスケート漫画を描いて春瀬なつみさんに主役をやってもらいたい！！！！！！！！ーーー！ (Tweet) (in Japanese). Archived from the original on June 22, 2022. Retrieved January 11, 2024 – via Twitter.
  5. ^ @medalist_AFT (September 23, 2020). フィギュアスケート漫画『メダリスト』①巻の発売を記念したスペシャルCMを公開🏅ナレーションは声優の春瀬なつみさんです！ (Tweet) (in Japanese). Retrieved January 11, 2024 – via Twitter.
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  19. ^ メダリスト（５） (in Japanese). Kodansha. Archived from the original on February 26, 2023. Retrieved June 3, 2022.
  20. ^ "Medalist, Volume 5". Kodansha USA. Archived from the original on January 20, 2023. Retrieved January 20, 2023.
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  22. ^ "Medalist, Volume 6". Kodansha USA. Archived from the original on January 19, 2023. Retrieved January 20, 2023.
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  24. ^ "Medalist, Volume 7". Kodansha USA. Archived from the original on September 9, 2023. Retrieved June 25, 2023.
  25. ^ メダリスト（８） (in Japanese). Kodansha. Archived from the original on May 4, 2023. Retrieved May 1, 2023.
  26. ^ "Medalist, Volume 8". Kodansha USA. Archived from the original on September 9, 2023. Retrieved September 9, 2023.
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  29. ^ 全国書店員が選んだおすすめコミック2021. Honya Club (in Japanese). Archived from the original on April 15, 2021. Retrieved April 14, 2021.
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  34. ^ Mateo, Alex (December 6, 2021). "Demon Slayer Tops Da Vinci Manga Ranking for 2nd Consecutive Year". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on December 8, 2021. Retrieved December 7, 2021.
  35. ^ Pineda, Rafael Antonio (December 6, 2022). "Spy×Family Tops Da Vinci Manga Ranking". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on December 6, 2022. Retrieved December 6, 2022.
  36. ^ Tai, Anita (December 5, 2023). "Tomoko Yamashita's Ikoku Nikki Tops Da Vinci Manga Ranking". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on December 6, 2023. Retrieved December 6, 2023.
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External links

Monthly Afternoon series
Next Manga Award
Shogakukan Manga Award – General
ENGI
Animation works by screenwriter Jukki Hanada
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