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Hinomaru Sumo (TV)

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Alternative title:
Hinomaru Zumō (Japanese)
火ノ丸相撲 (Japanese)
Genres: tournament
Themes: sumo
Plot Summary: A "small" new student, Ushio Hinomaru, appears before the weak little sumo club of Oodachi High School. The words "big" and "heavy" are the rules to this sport, which does not fit this newbie one bit, but Ushio surprises everyone. Ushio and the small sumo club climbs its way to the top with a goal to reach the highest rank, Hinoshita Kaisan. (from manga)
User Ratings: 61 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 1 vote (dub:1)
 Excellent: 6 votes (sub:6)
 Very good: 23 votes (sub:16, dub:5, others:2
1 Hungarian subtitled
1 Polish subtitled
)
 Good: 19 votes (sub:15, dub:3, others:1
1 Russian subtitled
)
 Decent: 8 votes (sub:7, dub:1)
 So-so: 2 votes (dub:1, sub:1)
 Not really good: 1 vote (dub:1)
 Weak: 1 vote (sub:1)
 Bad: -
 Awful: -
 Worst ever: -
Seen in part or in whole by 101 users, rank: #5169 (of 9535)
Median rating: Good
Arithmetic mean: 7.312 (Good+), std. dev.: 1.2219, rank: #2523 (of 9642)
Weighted mean: 7.314 (Good+), rank: #2314 (of 9642) (seen all: 7.46 / seen some: 5.09 / won't finish: 6.00)
Bayesian estimate: 7.345 (Good+), rank: #1941 (of 7244)
Episode titles: We have 24
Vintage: 2018-10-05
Opening Theme:
#1: "FIRE GROUND" by Official HIGE DANdism
#2: "Be The NAKED" by Lead
Ending Theme:
#1: "Hiizuru Basho" by Omedetai Atama de Naniyori
#2: "Sakura Sake" by Yoshida Yamada
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Blu-ray (Region A)
    Hinomaru Sumo - Part One (Blu-ray) 2020-01-07 (from $41.00)
    Hinomaru Sumo - Part Two (Blu-ray) 2020-04-07 (from $39.99)

Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Chief Director: Kōnosuke Uda
Director: Yasutaka Yamamoto
Series Composition: Kōnosuke Uda
Script:
Shingo Irie (8 episodes
eps 1, 4, 7, 10, 13, 16, 19, 22
)

Yasutaka Yamamoto (5 episodes
eps 2, 5, 8, 11, 14
)

Yoshimi Narita (eps 17, 20, 23)
Yuka Yamada (8 episodes
eps 3, 6, 9, 12, 15, 18, 21, 24
)

Storyboard:
Arata Nishizuki (ED2)
Hideaki Oba (ep 19)
Hiroyuki Oshima (eps 7, 20)
Keiya Saitō (eps 5, 10)
Kenichi Kawamura (ep 22)
Kōnosuke Uda (eps 1, 24)
Masayoshi Nishida (5 episodes
eps 6, 8, 11, 14-15
)

Ryouki Kamitsubo (ep 4)
Shigetaka Ikeda (4 episodes
eps 13, 17, 21, 23
)

Tetsuya Wakano (ep 9)
Toshio Suzukida (eps 12, 18)
Yamato Ban (ep 3)
Yasutaka Yamamoto (ep 2)
Yoshihiro Takamoto (ep 16)
Episode Director:
Fumio Maezono (eps 12, 19)
Hideaki Oba (ep 3)
Hiroyuki Okuno (ep 15)
Keiya Saitō (eps 5, 10)
Kiyoshi Murayama (eps 4, 11)
Kōnosuke Uda (ep 1)
Mamiko Sekiya (ep 24)
Oyunam (ep 20)
Satoshi Saga (eps 2, 6)
Shigatsu Yoshikawa (ep 18)
Shigetaka Ikeda (5 episodes
eps 8, 13, 17, 21, 23
)

Tadao Ōkubo (ep 14)
Tetsuya Wakano (ep 9)
Yasuro Tsuchiya (eps 16, 22)
Unit Director: Arata Nishizuki (ED2)
Original creator: Kawada
Character Design: Kii Tanaka
Animation Director: Hyung Joon Mubon (ep 6)

2nd Key Animation:
Akira Matsunaga (Nakamura Production; eps 8, 21)
Asami Gouda (Line Farm; ep 9)
Haruka Itou (eps 4, 11)
Kaoru Kikuta (Nakamura Production; 4 episodes
eps 4, 8, 17, 21
)

Mitsuru Nakata (Nakamura Production; ep 21)
Naoki Motoyama (Nakamura Production; ep 8)
Shihomi Nara (Nakamura Production; eps 4, 8, 21)
Sō Ikuyama (Nakamura Production; ep 21)
Takeo Tominaga (Nakamura Production; ep 21)
Tsuguru Fukuda (Nakamura Production; ep 21)
In-Between Check: Hyung Joon Mubon (ep 6)
Key Animation:
Akane Imada (ep 6)
Daisuke Agata (ep 4)
Fumio Matsumoto (ep 4)
Hideo Amemiya (eps 1, 5)
Hiroki Saitō (eps 5, 7)
Hiroko Shigekuni (ep 5)
Hironori Sawada (ep 4)
Hirotaka Nii (ep 4)
Hiroyoshi Iida (eps 18, 23)
Hisashi Mitsui (ep 3)
Ichiro Hattori (ep 4)
Junko Asano (ep 5)
Junko Matsushita (ep 7)
Kazuya Izumi (ep 5)
Kenichi Umemoto (ep 3)
Kumiko Kakoi (ep 7)
Masaharu Morinaka (eps 5, 18)
Masahiro Sasaki (5 episodes
eps 5-6, 10, 18-19
)

Masahiro Yufune (ep 5)
Masato Ikeda (ep 4)
Masumi Kōketsu (ep 3)
Miyuki Hanawa (ep 3)
Naoko Yamamoto (ep 15)
Norifumi Okuno (ep 3)
Norihiko Tamaki (ep 5)
Noriko Hatta (ep 5)
Rumi Abe (ep 3)
Sachiko Iwata (ep 5)
Saori Kasai (ep 4)
Saori Yamamoto (ep 5)
Setsuko Unno (ep 7)
Shinichi Iimura (eps 4, 7, 11)
Shinya Kameyama (ep 7)
Shōichi Funaki (ep 5)
Shunsuke Matsuo (ep 3)
Takahiro Ninagawa (ep 7)
Takanori Suzuki (ep 4)
Takashi Hayashi (ep 4)
Takashi Irie (ep 7)
Tetsuro Niregi (eps 6, 16)
Tetsuya Satō (ep 7)
Toshiharu Sugie (eps 10, 18)
Yoshiyuki Kikuchi (ep 7)
Yūji Wada (ep 3)
Yuya Kishi (ep 3)
Yuzu Hori (OP; 5 episodes
eps 1, 9-10, 13-14
)

Photography: Shinichi Igarashi (Studio Twinkle; eps 1-6, 8-11)
Production Advancement: Mamoru Inayoshi (ep 23)
Theme Song Performance:
Lead (OP2)
Official HiGE DANdism (OP1)
Omedetai Atama de NANIYORI (ED1)
Yoshida Yamada (ED2)
Atsushi Abe as Hinomaru Ushio

Atsushi Tamaru as Shintaro Enoki
Ayumu Murase as Kei Mitsuhashi
Daisuke Namikawa as Gennosuke Araki
Daisuke Ono as Masato Hyōdō
Fukushi Ochiai as Shinya Ozeki
Hiroki Matsukawa as Keiichi Mamiya
Hozumi Gōda as Oyakata Shibakiyama
Justin Tomimori as Daniel Stefanov
Kaito Ishikawa as Mizuki Sada
Kazuhiko Inoue as Shunkai
Kentarō Kumagai as Yūma Gojō
Mikako Komatsu as Reina Gojō
Noriaki Sugiyama as Jin Yomoda
Rui Tanabe as Chizuko Hori
Ryōta Takeuchi as Shidō Tennōji
Shunsuke Takeuchi as Sōsuke Kuze
Subaru Kimura as Tsuyoshi Kanamori
Taku Yashiro as Rion Sawai
Takuma Terashima as Kirihito Tsuji
Takuto Yoshinaga as Shun Kariya
Takuya Satō as Chihiro Kunisaki
Tarusuke Shingaki as Norihiro Saenoyama
Tetsuya Kakihara as Takuya Terahara
Toshiki Masuda as Akihira Kanō
Yoshimasa Hosoya as Tenma Hikage
Yoshito as Yūki Sanada

Akane Odagiri as Girl (ep 5)
Akeno Watanabe as Keiko Ushio (ep 1)
Anna Yamaki as Saki Tennōji
Atsushi Tamaru as
Speaker (ep 2)
Student (ep 1)
Demon Kakka as Dr. Kanie
Genki Okawa as Batomf Batmayer
Hiroki Matsukawa as Funaki
Joichiro Yoshida as
Hashi
Referee (eps 15-24)
Student (ep 3)
Student Council Officer (ep 11)
Junichi Yanagita as
Announcer (eps 15-24)
Man (ep 7)
Master (ep 12)
Principal (ep 11)
Reporter (ep 4)
Student (ep 3)
Wrestler (ep 12)
Kenji Matsuda as Seiichi Yamatokuni
Makoto Furukawa as Wrestler (ep 6)
Manabu Sakamaki as Mionishiki
Mari Kawano as
Girl (ep 9)
Mamiya’s Mother
Staff (ep 11)
Student (ep 8)
Woman (eps 14, 23)
Mayu Yoshioka as
Girl (ep 5)
Young Sada (ep 9)
Mayumi Tanaka as Hinomaru's grandmother (ep 24)
Megumi Koyama as Miwako Kuze
Nao Fujita as Hyodo (young; ep 21)
Natsumi Fujiwara as Reporter (ep 19)
Oolongta Yoshida as Jiro Atsugi
Ryōko Yui as Shiho Takani
Ryōta Suzuki as Saigo
Ryūnosuke Watanuki as
Announcer (eps 7-8, 10)
Assistant Referee (ep 18)
Student (eps 1-3)
Wrestler (ep 6)
Ryunosuke Yamaguchi as
Ishi High Wrestler (ep 5)
Man (ep 8)
Reporter (ep 4)
Student (eps 1-2)
Wrestler (ep 12)
Shinnosuke Ogami as
Advisor (ep 3)
Keiji Maeda (ep 12)
Man (ep 7)
Reporter (ep 4)
Student (ep 2)
Wrestler (eps 6, 12)
Shōya Ishige as Ryoji Yonemura
Takahiro Fujiwara as Ganryu
Taku Yashiro as Takumi Sera
Tarō Kiuchi as Ryo Aizawa
Yoshihito Sasaki as
Master Suzugatake (ep 16)
Student (ep 5)
Japanese companies
Animation Direction: K-Production (4 episodes
eps 8, 15, 17, 21
)

Animation Production: GONZO
Backgrounds: Chiptune
Editing: Graphinica
Key Animation:
Art Base Bam (eps 3, 9)
Giga Production (eps 8, 19)
Graphinica Asagaya Studio (ep 9)
K-Production (4 episodes
eps 8, 15, 17, 22
)

Studio Cj (ep 3)
Studio μ (ep 3)
YABES (ep 7)
Photography: Studio Twinkle
Production: NAS
Production Cooperation:
A-Line (eps 4, 11)
Anihouse Sun (eps 16, 22)
Creators in Pack (eps 14, 20)
Dangun Pictures (ep 3)
Magic Bus (ep 7)
Mito Animation (eps 12, 19)
Seven (ep 13)
Studio Lings (4 episodes
eps 8, 15, 17, 21
)

Video Editing: Q-Tec
English staff
English cast
ADR Director: Cris George
Translation:
David Saylor (subtitles)
Jo-Ann Lieu (home video)
ADR Engineer:
Afshar Kharat (7 episodes
eps 4-5, 7, 12, 15-17
)

Austin Sisk (eps 4, 10)
Benjamin Tehrani (ep 23)
Manuel Aragon (ep 21)
Matt Grounds (ep 18)
Rickey Watkins (eps 15-16)
Ryan Urbanovsky (ep 9)
William Dewell (eps 4-5, 14)
Xavier Earl (ep 18)
Zachary Davis (ep 12)
ADR Script Supervisor: Bonny Clinkenbeard
ADR Supervisor: Peter Hawkinson
Assistant ADR Director:
Anthony Bowling (eps 5, 8-9)
Dallas Reid (eps 12, 20-21)
Felecia Angelle (eps 10-11, 14)
Assistant ADR Script Supervisor: Emily Neves (ep 22)
Assistant producer:
Samantha Herek
Zach Bolton
Editing: Sebastian Rigler (Subtitles)
Lead ADR Engineer: Jeremy Woods
Materials Coordinator: Trenton Jons
Mix Engineer:
Gino Palencia (eps 3-5)
Neal Malley
William Dewell (eps 13-24)
Senior Video Editor:
Daniel Mancilla
Jeremy Jimenez
Special Thanks To: Gregory Lanson
Subtitle Coordination: Sriram Gurunathan (Crunchyroll)
Subtitle Timing: Ricardo Munoz
Talent Coordination: Tara A. Williams
Video Engineer: Brittany Smith
Video Post-Production Manager: Susie Nixon
Ricco Fajardo as Ushio Hinomaru

Adam Gibbs as Kirihito Tsuji
Alejandro Saab as Mizuki Sada
Anthony Bowling as Yuki Sanada
Brandon Potter as Yuma Gojou
Bryan Massey as Masato Hyodo
Chris Gardner as Rion Sawai
Dallas Reid as Enoki Shintarou
Daman Mills as Tennōji Shidō
Dave Trosko as Daniel Stefanov
David Matranga as Takuya Terehara
David Wald as Tsuyoshi Kanamori
Felecia Angelle as Chizuko Hori
Gabe Kunda as Tenma Hikage
Howard Wang as Jin Yomoda
Ian Sinclair as Sosuke Kuze
J. Michael Tatum as Norihiro Saenoyama
Jad Saxton as Reina Gojo
Jarrod Greene as Gennosuke Araki
Jeremy Inman as Oyakada Shibakiyama
Justin Briner as Shun Kariya
Kyle Phillips as Kano Akihara
Marcus D. Stimac as Chihiro Kunisaki
Mark Stoddard as Shunkai/Ogawa Tokio
Ray Hurd as Keiichi Mamiya
Stephen Fu as Kei Mitsuhashi
Tyson Rinehart as Shinya Ozeki

Alexis Tipton as Takani's Son
Chad Halbrook as Funaki
Charlie Campbell as Principal (eps 11, 24)
Chris Rager as Hayashi (ep 15)
Chris Ryan as Mionishiki
Clifford Chapin as Fuche
Coby Lewin as Chihiro Kunisaki (young)
Cris George as Shutou Masaomi
Derick Snow as Ryou Aizawa
Emi Lo as Kirihito Tsuji (Young)
Emily Neves as Shiho Takani
Eric Vale as Keiji (ep 12)
Felecia Angelle as Chanko (Cat 1A)
Garret Storms as Ryouji Yonemura
Greg Dulcie as Suzu (ep 16)
Gregory Lush as Ganryu/Oosawa Masayuki
Jad Saxton as Kuze (young)
Jamie Marchi as Hinomaru’s Mom (ep 1)
Jill Harris as Saki Tennoji
Jim Foronda as Jiro Atsugi
Jordan Dash Cruz as Hashi
Josh Bangle as Nishizato
Katelyn Barr as Mamiya’s Mom
Kent Williams as Yamatokuni
Kyle Phillips as Mohawk
Luci Christian as Hinomaru's Grandma (ep 24)
Macy Anne Johnson as Hinomaru (young)
Mallorie Rodak as Kuze’s Mom
Mark Stoddard as Narrator
Megan Shipman as Hyodo Masato (Young; ep 21)
Seth Magill as Takumi Sera
Shawn Gann as
Bato/Batomf Batbayar
Ito
Sonny Strait as Kanie Tetsuharu

English companies
Internet Streaming:
AnimeLab (Australia and New Zealand)
Crunchyroll
FUNimation Entertainment (Simuldub)
Wakanim (Nordic countries and the Netherlands)
Licensed by: Crunchyroll

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