The fall 2018 anime adaptation of the 2014 manga series Hinomaru Zumō from Kawada is getting its Japanese home video releases scheduled. The series is getting a six-volume release that began on January 16th, 2019 but recently hit a rare snag. The fifth and sixth volumes got bumped a bit. The fifth volume is moving from May 15th to June 19th while the sixth and final volume is moving from June 5th to July 3rd. The fifth volume cover artwork is now out as well as the full packaging spread! Both formats are listed as limited edition releases and are priced at 9,200 yen each. Check out the full schedule below!
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 Japanese 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, Mikako Komatsu will play Reina Gojō, Rui Tanabe will play Chizuko Hori, Justin Tomimori as Daniel Stefanov, Shunsuke Takeuchi as Sōsuke Kuze, Noriaki Sugiyama as Jin Yomoda, Takuto Yoshinaga as Shun Kariya, Daisuke Namikawa as Gennosuke Araki, Kaito Ishikawa as Mizuki Sada, Yoshito as Yūki Sanada, Subaru Kimura as Tsuyoshi Kanamori, Hiroki Matsukawa as Keiichi Mamiya, and Taku Yashiro as Rion Sawai.
Official HIGE DANdism is set to perform the opening song for the series while Omedetai Atama de Nani Yori will handle the ending theme song.
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!
| Volume | Date | Extras |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 01/16/19 | Booklet, Clean Opening, Commercials, Audio Commentary |
| 2 | 02/20/19 | |
| 3 | 03/20/19 | |
| 4 | 04/17/19 | |
| 5 | 06/19/19 | |
| 6 | 07/03/19 |
[Source: Hinomaruzumou]
