Yep, there's been a bevy of ice skaters who love it, and I've seen articles along the lines of 'it's ridiculous, no one can humanly do that many quads in a routine, BUT they clearly *researched* the quads and the points system and the culture.' Etc. There's a great post about that here that breaks it down in a pretty fun way. If you don't have time to read, I'll just quote this part:
as a long-time figure skating fan, i’ve been really looking forward to yuri on ice, and i wanted to talk a little bit about the skating in episode 1. i worry that maybe people who aren’t as into skating don’t understand how RIDICULOUS that program viktor did was.
this is not in any way a complaint. the program was completely unrealistic, but not because anyone involved with the show neglected to do their research. it was clear they actually put a ton of research & work in, and then intentionally designed something that was the skating equivalent of your power level being over 9000. viktor (and yuri) went out there and threw down the skating version of a level 100 mewtwo. it was DELIGHTFUL.
(Which pretty much echoes my feelings as a fan of figure-skating, lol).
I believe they studied ice skaters and ice skating culture for a *long* time. It certainly feels like it, as an amateur ice-skating enthusiast. You can tell the ice skaters that each of them are based off (if you follow the games / Winter Olympics / performances etc.), and there are moves in there that were made famous by openly gay figure-skater Johnny Weir in America etc.
But yeah not the most feminist show ever. Just fun and pretty different for sports anime, heh.
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as a long-time figure skating fan, i’ve been really looking forward to yuri on ice, and i wanted to talk a little bit about the skating in episode 1. i worry that maybe people who aren’t as into skating don’t understand how RIDICULOUS that program viktor did was.
this is not in any way a complaint. the program was completely unrealistic, but not because anyone involved with the show neglected to do their research. it was clear they actually put a ton of research & work in, and then intentionally designed something that was the skating equivalent of your power level being over 9000. viktor (and yuri) went out there and threw down the skating version of a level 100 mewtwo. it was DELIGHTFUL.
(Which pretty much echoes my feelings as a fan of figure-skating, lol).
I believe they studied ice skaters and ice skating culture for a *long* time. It certainly feels like it, as an amateur ice-skating enthusiast. You can tell the ice skaters that each of them are based off (if you follow the games / Winter Olympics / performances etc.), and there are moves in there that were made famous by openly gay figure-skater Johnny Weir in America etc.
But yeah not the most feminist show ever. Just fun and pretty different for sports anime, heh.