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Of course I watched our brilliant and precious Yuzuru's GIFT again last night and somehow it was more meaningful to me than when I watched it many times in February. Perhaps it was because now since it is streaming on Disney+ millions of other people not only fanyus will come to know Yuzuru. Today as I have been reading people's comments I cannot stop crying. In my 73 years on this earth I never known anyone who's heart is so pure and whose talents are so enormous. He is so selfless, generous, compassionate and kind. His skating is exquisite. I am so grateful to be alive to see him skate as a child and now to watch what he is creating for the world. Thank you planet hanyu for this platform to communicate with each other ♥️

I like the way you have referred to Yuzuru treating his old programs as his children. He puts so much time into choosing his music and working with his choreographers to express every note with his body. We have seen this most recently with POTO which he performed magnificently and with so much love.

I am very glad to hear that blu rays do not have region specificity because I bought a multi region DVD player last year and it only plays some of my imported DVDs properly. I was disappointed of course. Thank you for the information. So blu rays please 😊 I couldn't agree with you more with regard to Yuzuru winning some kind of cultural award or accolade for GIFT. He has been and is a National Treasure not only because of his brilliant skating but because of his personal qualities such as kindness, humility and the respect that he constantly shows to everyone. If he isn't Japan's favourite son he should be!

I already have a subscription to Disney+ as I said in an earlier comment but as we know Disney+ like other streaming platforms does not keep its films etc online forever. If there is a DVD/blu ray released I will buy it. I certainly want to keep it forever. The issue with worldwide distribution of a DVD/blu ray is that the disc must be "playable" in all zones. I am optimistic though. I think the message that professional Hanyu Yuzuru is even more popular with his fans than previously is becoming more and more evident to many huge companies. They are beginning to understand Yuzuru's charisma and that we his fans will buy anything related to him no matter how many hoops we have to jump through - especially for international fanyus!

I'm so glad to know that making a comment here counts toward the necessary 10 to access the videos. I honestly don't know how many comments I've made at this point. I made 2 "real" comments earlier today re GIFT'S global distribution on Disney+ and my hope that Yuzuru will skate Hope and Legacy today for Max A.

I really really hope that Yuzuru skates Hope and Legacy at SOI today because it's Max A's favourite program and Max has always been and still is so supportive of Yuzuru. And of course it would make sense for Yuzuru to skate it today because of its historic anniversary. As we all know Hanyu Yuzuru san keeps all of these dates in his memory and close to his heart.

This is wonderful news for all of us except of course for those on mainland China. They miss out on so much and I feel very sad for them. It is also wonderful news for Yuzuru. His GIFT was brilliant and the first of its kind in so many ways. Hanyu Yuzuru san deserves every accolade. He is so extraordinary and we love and admire him so much. I hope he will gain more fans because of his Disney+ exposure and I'm really glad that I took the time to get in touch with Disney+ to ask for world wide distribution. I'm already one of their subscribers.

I would like to make some comments on Max A's interview regarding GIFT and the idea of Yuzuru performing the show elsewhere. Max pointed out that if GIFT were to be performed in China where Yuzuru has so many fans a billion people would enter a lottery for a ticket! Then there was a brief discussion of the possibility of the show being performed in Europe. Ultimately Max said what I believe we are all feeling which is that Yuzuru would not perform GIFT again. For Yuzuru it was his GIFT to us and it was so personal that to repeat it would obviously detract from its unique quality. I was fortunate to be able to watch GIFT 5 times after I paid $50.00. It was the best purchase I have ever made. I would have watched it many more times if it was possible. Of course Yuzuru's skating was magnificent and his stamina incredible but now after more than a month since GIFT it is Yuzuru's words that have effected me more than anything else. He had the courage to bare his soul to the world and it was heartbreaking. He has sacrificed so much to bring so many others great happiness. I hope that now as a professional athlete who chooses his own path he is finding happiness for himself.

Initially I too wondered why Yuzuru would participate in SOI but then I remembered that he is always many steps ahead of the rest of us. He is a visionary. Also I admire him greatly and will support him in anything he chooses to do. I know he will skate beautifully and inspire the other skaters.

I also would love to see the full Notte Stellata show. I have only seen some clips on YouTube. Of course what I have seen is brilliant. Yuzuru is so talented. More than that he is so kind and compassionate. My youngest granddaughter who is 5 years old was looking through my phone and saw many photos of Yuzuru. She said "you love him". I simply said "yes" ♥️

I have been sitting alone crying more and more because I have been trying to sign up as a member of planet hanyu since yesterday. Any information I try to put in is rejected. For example when put in my email address I am told that someone else is using that email address already. I'm 73 years old and don't understand how all of this works. I didn't even know that there was a video section. I l love Yuzuru so much as if he was one of my family. If anyone can help me I would be really grateful 🙏 😭

I would like to thank all of my fellow fanyus for answering my question about Yuzuru's participation in SOI. I understand that the issues are complex. We all want to support Yuzu but how to best do this in this situation is a question for each person to decide. That is of course if you live in Japan and have a choice. I was surprised when I first heard that Yuzuru would be participating in some of these shows - I believe that initially I read that he would be skating in 3 of the 10 shows. I wondered why he would want to be involved in any of these shows particularly after the huge success of Prologue and GIFT. When I heard that Yuzu was leaving his amateur career behind to launch his professional career I cried for 3 days even though I knew that he had made the right decision. At that time back in July I took comfort in the fact that he would never have to share the ice with those who do not have the same values as Yuzuru. I hope that somehow the SOI experience will be a good one for him and that there will be many of his fans to cheer loudly for him. I really am grateful for having discovered planet hanyu and of course for having come to "know" the extraordinary Hanyu Yuzuru (I use his preferred professional title here out of deference to him).

HELP PLEASE I hope bought a ticket but don't know how to access it and Yuzuru is skating now 😭

Yes I feel the same. I didn't sleep well last night and I knew I wouldn't! Hopefully Yuzuru was able to get some sleep. I know that he will skate beautifully tonight and be even more charismatic than ever. I hope that he will feel the love and admiration not only from the audience in TD but from all of his fans around the world.

There must be a broadcast of Gift for overseas fans. Millions of us are waiting to see what Yuzuru will perform!