The studio that did Free is KyoAni,who basically are the opposite in how they treat their staff, compared to MAPPA.
YOI is an original anime, so I don't know how realistic is for them to pass it on to other studio. It's different than when you are adapting a manga/visual novel. That being said, the rumor is that the movie was almost finished, so who knows if one day a miracle will happens and we will watch it!
oh my god thank you so much for your reply!!
i just used Free as an example mostly because of how emotionally charged their narration of the sport was, which i think YOI is too (and i couldnt remember if Free had a manga or if it was all light novel but yea!) thats kinda upsetting that despite the fact that YOI is an original anime, it wasnt given priority yk??? sorry im just rambling rn
but holy shit the way it was (allegedly) almost completed and they still cancelled it 😭 those poor animators’ work just got (allegedly) shelved my goddd. and the fact that mappas already under fire for just how bad theyre treating their animators?? yea thats just so ?????!!!