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The Ice 2015

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Normally I don’t make separate posts for shows, but The Ice has an exceptionally long tour this year and there’s so much information to organize, so I figured it merited its own post this time.

WHAT’S THE ICE?

For the newbies, The Ice is Mao Asada’s skating show, held annually during the off season since 2007. It features skaters from around the world and is known for its interesting group programs and various on-ice and off-ice shenanigans. One of the highlights of the show in recent years is the dance battle, hosted by Jeffrey Buttle, which is exactly what it sounds like.

Chukyo TV’s official Youtube channel for The Ice uploads videos of the show every year (usually from the Aichi stop of the tour). Unfortunately, they make the previous year’s videos private once they upload new ones, which is why that channel looks so empty right now. The Youtube channel seems to have been deleted; it’s possible that they won’t be uploading videos anymore.

To get a feel for what The Ice is like, I recommend watching the ShibSibs’ music videos and vlogs from the last few years: 2012, 2013, 2014.

2015 TOUR DATES AND CAST

The tour:

Full-time cast: (exceptions noted)

  • Mao Asada

  • Akiko Suzuki

  • Satoko Miyahara (except 7/26 and 29)

  • Kanako Murakami (except 7/26 and 29)

  • Takahiko Kozuka (except 7/26 and 29)

  • Takahito Mura (except 7/26 and 29)

  • Joannie Rochette

  • Carolina Kostner

  • Ashley Wagner

  • Jeffrey Buttle

  • Patrick Chan

  • Jeremy Abbott

  • Misha Ge

  • Adam Rippon

  • Qing Pang/Jian Tong

  • Kaitlyn Weaver/Andrew Poje

Part-time cast:

  • Nobunari Oda - Osaka and Sendai shows only

  • Adelina Sotnikova - 7/26 in Osaka, 7/29 in Aichi only

  • Maxim Kovtun - 7/26 in Osaka, 7/29 in Aichi only

  • Miyu Nakashio - 7/25 in Osaka at 5PM show

  • Koshiro Shimada - 7/26 in Osaka at 12PM show

  • Rin Nitaya - 7/29 in Aichi at 1PM show

  • Hiroaki Sato - 8/1 in Sendai

A few other local novice and junior skaters are also invited. See the website for more details.

BROADCAST SCHEDULE

All times are in Japan Standard Time. I’ll edit this if/when I find out more info.

  • 7/25: 09:55-10:55, Fuji TV - Sapporo show, short broadcast with fluffs (Part 1, Part 2)

  • 8/2: 12:55, UHB Hokkaido - Sapporo show

  • 8/2: 15:00-16:25, Chukyo TV - Aichi show, short broadcast with fluffs (Videos)

  • 8/8: 15:30-16:55, Miyagi TV - Sendai show

  • 8/16: 02:00-04:00, Chukyo TV - Aichi show, long broadcast

  • 8/16: 16:00-17:25, BS Nittele

  • 8/30: 21:30-23:30, Nittele Plus - Aichi show, full broadcast

  • 9/13: 17:50-20:20, Nittele Plus - Aichi show, full broadcast

  • 10/3: 20:30, Nittele Plus - Sendai show, full broadcast

So how do we watch these?

Well, we can’t really watch the broadcasts as they happen, unless you live in Japan/get Japanese TV channels. Online streams are very hard to find, especially for regional TV stations. But it is pretty much a certainty that fans will upload videos from the broadcasts onto the internet.

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