Fans of blockbuster queer ice skating anime Yuri on Ice were enraged this week because they believed an upcoming Hallmark movie, Love on Ice, copied the anime’s premise and name.
Love on Ice is an upcoming Hallmark movie about a female skater who falls in love with her male coach.
On Twitter, fans called Love on Ice a “whitewashed” and “homophobic” Yuri on Ice rip-off.
Yuri on Ice, centered on a disgraced male skater’s intimate relationship with his male coach, started streaming in the West early October.