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The article examines how the series deliberately crosses boundaries of nationality, sexuality, and virtuality, producing an in-between space that resists fixed categories such as real/virtual, Japanese/foreign, or BL/gay. 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It even attracted the world’s top figure skaters, such as Evgenia Medvedeva, Johnny Weir, and Stéphane Lambiel, who not only recommended the anime on their Twitter accounts but also were involved in various promotional events. The anime’s huge success lies in the production team’s intentional effort in crossing the boundaries of nationality, sexuality, and virtual reality. In this article, I analyse the ways in which the anime creates something in-between and hardly to be categorised—something that is neither real nor virtual, neither Japanese nor foreign, and neither BL nor gay. The anime serves as a tribute to both real-world competitive figure skating and an ideal Utopia in which all competitors and lovers, whether gay or straight, are treated equally with respect. It also demonstrates a brave and bold attempt to challenge established cultural and social norms by means of hybridsation and boundary crossing/blurring.  \nKeywords: boys love (BL), Japanese anime, globalisation, Cool Japan, hybridity  \n© Tien-Yi Chao  \nThis work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.  \n[http://interface.org.tw/](http://interface.org.tw/ and http://interface.ntu.edu.tw/)[ and](http://interface.org.tw/ and http://interface.ntu.edu.tw/)[ ](http://interface.org.tw/ and http://interface.ntu.edu.tw/)[http://interface.ntu.edu.tw/](http://interface.org.tw/ and http://interface.ntu.edu.tw/)  \nBorder Crossings in the Japanese Anime Yuri!! on ICE  \ntien-yi chao  \nNational Taiwan University  \nAired on 5 October 2016 in Japan (IMDb, n.d.), YURI!!! on ICE is a Japanese anime featuring male figure skaters from around the world competing for the International Skating Union (ISU) Grand Prix of Figure Skating Championship. The main story line is about Japanese skater Yuri Katsuki’s revival from a low career towards the Grand Prix Final, assisted by the coaching and affectionate friendship of Russian five-time World Champion Victor Nikiforov. An exceptional case in the Japanese industry of anime, comics, games, and novel (ACGN), the anime is an original production rather than an adaptation of any existing works. It achieved great popularity in Japan during its broadcasting period, as its official Twitter site has attracted around 465,000 followers worldwide since its launch in 2016 (@yurionice_PR on twitter, n.d.).  \nThese fans come from both ACGN and non-ACGN audiences, including quite a few professional figure skaters such as Evgenia Medvedeva, a gold medallist in the ladies’ singles at the 2017 World Figure Skating Championships and holder of ‘new scoring world records on 13 occasions’ (International Skating Union, 2021; Olympic Channel, 2021). Medvedeva, who is both a skating champion and self-professed otaku,‘has expressed her appreciation for the show—especially its more erotic scenes—on her Twitter feed’ (Stimson, 2016). As reported by Honey’s Anime (2016), Medvedeva promoted YURI!!! on ICE via her own Twitter account with extreme enthusiasm and even cosplayed Yuri Katsuki, one of the anime’s most popular protagonists.  \nSince the last episode (ep. 12) released on 21 December 2016, there has been no sign of a second-season production of TV anime series (Troup, 2020). Yet fans may still have a semblance of hope from the scene of the ending song featuring the two main characters Victor and Yuri Kat-  \nCHAO  \nsuki performing pair skating and a snapshot of their life in St. Petersburg, in addition to the message ‘See You Next Level’ at the very end (Mirar, 2016b). After a yea","cbCaigD7Sk8mgul4","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaigD7Sk8mgul4","pdf",745509,27,"English","# Abstract\n# Background and global reception\n# Boundary crossing and hybridity\n# Fan culture and industry impact\n# Awards and recognition","[{\"question\":\"What boundaries does the article say YURI!!! on ICE intentionally crosses?\",\"answer\":\"The article highlights crossings of nationality, sexuality, and virtual reality, creating something difficult to categorize.\"},{\"question\":\"How does the article describe the anime’s key thematic function?\",\"answer\":\"It is presented as both a tribute to real-world competitive figure skating and an ideal utopia where gay and straight lovers and competitors are treated equally.\"},{\"question\":\"What kinds of recognition and awards does the anime receive according to the text?\",\"answer\":\"The article reports multiple wins, including Tokyo Anime Awards and Crunchyroll Anime Awards, noting strong results across several categories.\"}]","Border Crossings in the Japanese Anime YURI!!! on ICE - Issue 15 - analysis | PDF",68]