Yuri!!! on ICE interviews (alphabetical)

Since the Masterpost has gotten a bit unwieldy, despite my best efforts, I decided to collect all the key interviews/publicity events in a slightly different format: Staff and Cast (and others!) in alphabetical order.

STAFF

KUBO Mitsurō (original story, original character design, script)

NB: Do remember that Kubo has the most publicity engagements because she is ON the publicity team. Yamamoto, as the DIRECTOR, is still the most important voice on this project, and we are all hoping that she’ll do at least one commentary and a few interviews once she has a bit more time. Until then, however, Kubo does speak for her as her fellow writer, and as a representative for the entire creative team.

2016-03-27 Anime Japan Presentation with Sayo Yamamoto (JPN)
2016-03~04 Tweets about the Choreography Shoot, Mar-Apr
2016-08-21 Yuri!!! Talk event (written up by Laeza based on several JPN event reports)
2016-09-10 Interview from Newtype Oct
2016-09-10 Interview from Pash! Oct
2016-09-30 Interview from Spoon.2Di vol.18
2016-10-01 A conversation with figure skater Takahito Mura, 2016-17 FS Season Guidebook (partial: JPN, ENG)
2016-10-10 Interview from Pash! Nov
2016-11-10 Commentary on episodes 1-6, from Pash! Dec (p.14)
2016-11-10 A general Q&A, from Pash! Dec 2016 (p.15) (Pash!+ extra: JPN, ENG)
2016-12-10 Interview from “Miracle on ICE” special in Animage Jan
2016-12-12 Chacott collaboration café talk event: with Kenji Miyamoto
2016-12-26 On Yuri!!! on RADIO
2016-12-28 Interview from Spoon2Di vol.21
2016-12-28 Interview from BD vol.1
2017-02-07 Interview, episode commentary from CREA Mar (notes 1, 2, 3, 4, 5)
2016-02-10 Commentary on episodes 7-12 and Q&A, from Pash! Mar(p.10-11)
2016-02-11 All Night Event Talk Reports: toraonice, or Pash! PLUS
2016-02-13 Interview from Febri vol.40
2017-03-03 “An Intensive Course that will help you enjoy Figure Skating 100x more!”

Episode commentaries
     Ep. 1 audio commentary, with Toshiyuki Toyonaga
     Ep. 3 audio commentary, with Kōki Uchiyama
     Ep. 6 audio commentary, with Jun’ichi Suwabe
     Ep. 7 audio commentary, with Kenshō Ono, Yūtarō Honjō and Shunichi Toki

Choreography Footage commentary (with Kenji Miyamoto) (BD vol.: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6)

MIYAMOTO Kenji (figure skating choreography)

2016-10-31 Interview from KISS&CRY special Dance! Dance!! Dance!!!
2016-11-10 Interview from Pash! Dec (p.15)
2016-12-10 Interview from “Miracle on ICE” special in Animage Jan
2016-12-12 Chacott collaboration café talk event: with Mitsurō Kubo
2017-02-07 Interview from CREA Mar
2017-01-28 Interview from BD vol.2
2017-03-03 “An Intensive Course that will help you enjoy Figure Skating 100x more!”

Choreography Footage commentary (with Mitsurō Kubo) (BD vol.: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6)

ŌTSUKA Manabu (producer, MAPPA)

2016-10-31 Interview from Spoon2Di vol.19
2016-11-02 Interview from Mantan-web, Nov 2, 2016
2016-11-10 Interview from Otomedia December
2017-01-10 Interview from Otomedia February

NB: On the “partners” vs. “buddies” controversy — I personally would have used “partners.” However, the ‘translation’ that Tora was probably reacting to was this (screenshot in case the link is ever broken).

SAGIRI Yūko (original costume design, Chacott)

2016-11-10 Interview from Pash! Dec (p.16-17)
2016-02-07 Interview from CREA Mar 2017

From the Chacott website (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
Translated by Good Haro on Sakuga Blog (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)

SAKAGUCHI Yoshihiro (sound effects editor)

2016-11-10 Interview from Newtype Dec
2017-11-10 Interview from Pash! Dec (p.9)

SHIMIZU Yōji (sound director)

2016-11-10 Interview from Newtype Dec

SHISHIDO Jun (chief technical director)

2017-03-31 Interview with Yūsuke Tannawa from BD vol.4

TANNAWA Yūsuke (layout design*)

2017-03-31 Interview with Jun Shishido from BD vol.4

NB: The credit is 画面設計. Based on other research I’ve been doing recently, I believe it has something to do with designing the backgrounds that the key animation will be composited with. But it’s something I have to read up on in greater detail.

TATENAKA Junpei (figure skating animation)

2017-02-07 Interview with Eiji Abiko from CREA Mar
2016-02-24 Interview with Eiji Abiko from BD vol.3

TOMINAGA Keisuke (music producer)

2016-12-10 Interview from Pash! Jan (Pash!+ extra: JPN, ENG)
2017-02-07 Interview from CREA Mar

YAMAMOTO Sayo (director)

2016-03-27 Anime Japan Presentation with Mitsurō Kubo (JPN)
2017-04-10 Interview from Pash! May (Pash!+ extra: JPN, ENG)

2017-06-29 Sayo Yamamoto, interviewed by Dai Satō for Otaquest (Part 1, Part 2)

NB: There is at least one detail in the Otaquest interview that does not match what Yamamoto and Kubo have said in their Japanese interviews. They talked about meeting the cosplayers in the Czech Republic in their Fanbook roundtable, but said that it was the cosplayers who asked “Do you know of Yuri!!! on ICE,” and they just replied “We do,” without revealing their identities. Yamamoto said pretty much the same thing in her Guidebook solo interview.

CAST

2016-08-21 Yuri!!! Talk event (written up by Laeza based on several JPN event reports)
2017-10-?? Cast Comments on the official website (translated by Justin Luster for CR).
2016-11-10 Cast Comments from Pash! Dec (p.12-13)
2017-01-10 Comments by Mamoru Miyano, Yasumasa Hosoya, Kenshō Ono and Hiroki Yasumoto

HATANO Wataru (Georgi)

2016-12-10 Interview from “Miracle on ICE” special in Animage Jan

SUWABE Jun’ichi (Victor)

2016-12-10 Interview from “Miracle on ICE” special in Animage Jan
2016-12-10 Interview with Toshiyuki Toyonaga and Kōki Uchiyama from Otomedia Jan

Episode commentaries
Ep. 6 audio commentary, with Mitsurō Kubo (some extra notes)

TOYONAGA Toshiyuki (Yūri)

2016-10-31 Interview from Spoon2Di vol.19
2016-11-10 Interview with Kōki Uchiyama from Animage Dec
2017-11-10 Interview with Kōki Uchiyama from Girl’s Style Dec
2017-11-10 Interview with Kōki Uchiyama from Pash! Dec (p.10-11)
2016-12-10 Interview from “Miracle on ICE” special in Animage Jan
2016-12-10Interview with Suwabe Jun’ichi and Kōki Uchiyama from Otomedia Jan
2017-03-03 “An Intensive Course that will help you enjoy Figure Skating 100x more!”

Episode commentaries
Ep. 1 audio commentary, with Mitsurō Kubo

UCHIYAMA Kōki (Yuri)

2016-11-10 Interview with Toshiyuki Toyonaga from Animage Dec
2016-11-10 Interview with Toshiyuki Toyonaga from Girl’s Style Dec 2017
2016-11-10 Interview with Toshiyuki Toyonaga from Pash! Dec 2016 (p.10-11)
2016-12-10 Interview from “Miracle on ICE” special in Animage Jan 2017
2016-12-10 Interview with Suwabe Jun’ichi and Toshiyuki Toyonaga from Otomedia Jan 2017
2017-03-03 “An Intensive Course that will help you enjoy Figure Skating 100x more!”

Episode commentaries
Ep. 3 audio commentary, with Mitsurō Kubo

Other episode commentaries (with Mitsurō Kubo)

Ep. 7 audio commentary, with Kenshō Ono, Yūtarō Honjō and Shunichi Toki

FIGURE SKATERS

LAMBIEL, Stéphane (Switzerland; world champion, coach, choreographer)

Thoughts on participating in Yuri!!! on ICE

MURA Takahito (Japan; figure skater)

2016-10-01 A Conversation with Mitsurō Kubo, from the 2016-17 FS Season Guidebook (partial: JPN, ENG)

OTHER

KATŌ Taihei (TV Asahi Sports Announcer/Commentator)

2016-12-10 Interview from Newtype Jan