'Medalist' Sequel Movie Announced for 2027
The pre-screening event for the Medalist 2nd Season (Medalist Season 2) at Marunouchi Piccadilly in Tokyo announced a sequel movie on Saturday, scheduled for a 2027 premiere. The event also revealed the key visual for the second season (pictured).The movie will depict the story following the events in the second season, which will begin airing on January 25 at 1:30 a.m. on TV Asahi's NUMAnimation programming block, followed by CS TV Asahi and BS Asahi.
Produced by animation studio ENGI, the first season adapting Tsurumaikada's figure skating manga aired in Winter 2025. Disney+ streamed the anime worldwide, with Hulu streaming it in the U.S. and later with an English dub.
Monthly Afternoon began serializing the manga in May 2020. Kodansha published the 13th volume last June, with the 14th volume releasing on January 22.
Kodansha USA licensed the manga in English in March 2021 and released the 13th volume digitally on January 13. The 12th physical volume went on sale the same day.
Source: Press Release
Medalist Movie on MAL