Medalist Manga Goes on Hiatus
The manga pauses while the franchise is mid-release, with the second anime season finished and a film opening in February, and the creator has tied her return to reaching the Junior Grand Prix finals.
Reporting from 1 source: Anime News Network.
Tsurumaikada's Olympic ice-skating manga Medalist is going on hiatus due to production circumstances, the official X/Twitter account announced on Friday. No return date was given. The creator apologized and said that when the manga resumes, she would ideally like to carry the story to the Junior Grand Prix finals without any breaks.
The pause lands while the Medalist franchise is at its busiest. The second anime season ran nine episodes on TV Asahi's NUMAnimation block, and a film set after that season opens in Japan on February 19. The manga reached its 15th compiled volume on July 22, and it has won Best General Manga at both the Shogakukan Manga Awards and Kodansha's Manga Awards. Kodansha USA publishes the English edition. The announcement gave no indication of when the manga will return.
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