Synopsis
Medalist (2025) is a Japanese figure-skating anime you can watch online on iFILM. Tsukasa once dreamed of standing on the podium, but he came to singles skating far too late. In a sport where champions take the ice at five, he never really had a chance.
By twenty-six, his life is a string of part-time jobs and abandoned plans. Then he meets Inori, a quiet fifth-grader who is clumsy, friendless and brushed off by everyone around her, including her own family. The moment she steps onto the rink, though, the awkward girl comes alive. Tsukasa recognizes his younger self in her stubborn hunger and starts coaching her, becoming the kind of support he never had.
Adapted from the manga, the show cares less about jumps and scores than about second chances and an adult who grows up alongside the kid he's teaching. It's warm, sincere and quietly gripping — easy to recommend to anyone who fell for Yuri on Ice or sports drama that skips the melodrama. Stream every episode of Medalist online on iFILM.
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