Is Yuri!!! on Ice anime shounen ai? Is the Yuri on Ice anime shounen ai? I want to watch the anime but it gives me yaoi vibes. I'm not a big fan of yaoi, so I want to know if it is a yaoi.
This answer was written when the show was first airing, in Fall 2016.  I don't claim to have watched it; I've only gleaned information about this particular show from Wikipedia.



The description for it on Wikipedia gives a pretty good summary of the story.


  Yuri!!! on Ice follows a Japanese figure skater named Yuri Katsuki following a crushing defeat during the final of a Grand Prix competition. As Yuri becomes mixed over his feelings about ice skating, among the other troubles in his life, he goes to an ice rink and perfectly mimics an advanced skating routine performed by the famous Russian figure skater Victor Nikiforov. When footage of Yuri's performance is uploaded to the internet, it catches the attention of Victor, who decides to become Yuri's coach and train him alongside another skater, Yuri Plisetsky.


From this, I can surmise:


The main demographic are fans of [male] ice skating
The main character is male
The story appears to be about this person's struggle to get back to prominence in a sport in which he thrived in


Not sure I see any yaoi or shounen ai vibes that are explicit in there, since this is predominately an anime about figure skating with a cast of male characters.  There may be some degree of fanservice to that direction, but you really won't know much about the show until you watch the first couple of episodes.

Then again, if this genuinely makes you feel uncomfortable, share a moment of sympathy for every late-teen/early 20s woman who sees an all-girls anime and plenty of shojo ai overtones...