We learned at the end of 2017 that the 2014 manga series Hinomaru Zumō from Kawada was getting an anime adaptation and it was recently scheduled for an October 2018 debut as part of the fall season. A couple of new details have now come in with the latest installment of Weekly Shonen Jump as two more characters had their voice actors announced. They were also showcased with a look at their character designs with:
- Mikako Komatsu will play Reina Gojō
- Rui Tanabe will play Chizuko Hori
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The previously revealed cast includes:
- Atsushi Abe as Hinomaru Ushio
- Fukushi Ochiai as Shinya Ozeki
- Kentarō Kumagai as Yūma Gojō
- Takuya Satō as Chihiro Kunisaki
- Ayumu Murase as Kei Mitsuhashi
- Takuma Terashima as Kirihito Tsuji
Konosuke Uda is the chief director with Yasutaka Yamamoto directing it. Kii Tanaka is on board working the character designs with GONZO handling the animation production.
The property has twenty volumes out so far.
Check out the official site and Twitter.
Plot Concept: It is a divine ritual, a martial art, a combat sport—it’s sumo!!
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 any inch, but this guy goes and does what…!? Ushio and the small sumo club climbs its way to the top! The goal is Hinoshita Kaisan, the highest rank in professional sumo!
A fired up high school sumo tale—no retakes allowed!!
[Source: ANN]