Hinomaru Zumou has always been less about surprises than executing the familiar well, and so it is here. Read more

The hard truth is, 20 seconds is a lot longer than most sumo matches last anyway. Read more

The apple didn’t fall far from the tree with these two. Read more

We’re still at the stage of Hinomaru Zumou where its drama was going to have to be mined from something other than suspense. Read more

“Be the Naked” is definitely the most popular anime OP on supermarket PA systems that I’ve ever known. Read more

There’s no cliffhanger like a sports anime cliffhanger. Read more

When the protagonist is anything but a kyoujin in a sport full of them, that lends the events of this episode an interesting sort of irony. Read more

Kimono what now? Read more

Hinomaru Zumou is offering a lesson on how to rush through a source material the right way. Read more