New 'Notari Matsutaro' TV Adaptation to Replace 'Saint Seiya Omega' in Spring 2014
Saint Seiya Omega will complete with the Omega Awakening arc at 97 episodes. Although a number of movies and OVAs were released between, this series broadcast in 2012 as the first Saint Seiya TV anime since the original anime which aired 23 years prior.
Notari Matsutaro began serialization in Big Comic magazine 41 years ago in August 1973 and completed in March 1998. The sumo manga was created by mangaka Testuya Chiba, who is most known for his series Ashita no Joe. The manga previously received a 10-episode OVA series adaptation with the same title in November 1990.
The new TV adaptation will be titled Abarenbou Kishi!! Matsutarou (Roughneck Sumo Wrestler!! Matsutarou) and will premiere on April 5th.
Synopsis
The story follows Matsutarou Sakaguchi, a giant roughneck man with strength far beyond ordinary people. He never uttered words like "work hard," "strive," and "dream" like the typical shounen manga protagonist. However, he is stronger than anyone and peerless in sumo wrestling. His greatest weakness is his own carefree personality. He grows into a full-fledged sumo wrestler. (Source: ANN)
Studio: Toei Animation
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Source: ANN 1, ANN 2
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Abarenbou Kishi!! Matsutarou on MAL
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Feb 27, 2014 12:26 PM by silversaint
Feb 26, 2014 11:07 PM by DateYutaka
Feb 26, 2014 6:03 AM by ZetaZaku
Feb 26, 2014 5:16 AM by Tengai
Might as well drop it now before they make him beat the champion in the first season, get a job, lose some weight and become handsome.
Feb 24, 2014 4:32 PM by ichii_1
Feb 24, 2014 3:42 PM by Mr_Gutts
Feb 24, 2014 3:30 PM by Mayuka
Feb 24, 2014 12:33 PM by Laciie
I hope it gets subs though.
Feb 24, 2014 11:36 AM by Alcoholicide
Feb 24, 2014 10:24 AM by Ahmer
Feb 24, 2014 9:45 AM by Hoppy
Feb 24, 2014 9:36 AM by stand
Feb 24, 2014 7:09 AM by JizzyHitler
Feb 24, 2014 7:06 AM by rederoin
I'm glad that once Omega over, theres' other long runner candidate to replace it and by Ashita no Joe's mangaka to boot, which means more grounded, down to earth approach to sport genre (since awful lot of sport anime nowadays make their characters look like superhuman and such) and high emphasize on morals, something that i'll definitely be enjoying
Feb 24, 2014 4:22 AM by Amiluhur
Feb 24, 2014 4:00 AM by Skyclad-Observer
Feb 24, 2014 3:54 AM by ainky
Now this is great. Ashita no Joe is almost completely subbed and Ashita no Joe 2 just recently got finished being subbed and now we get THIS. 2014 is a great year for anime fans.
I will surely watch Notari Matsutaro.
About Seint Seiya Omega, it looks really fun but I still have a lot to catch up on with that franchise. At least I'll be able to marathon it in the future.
you know the original franchise of saint seiya is better then omega.
but still i'm kinda bumbed that there gonna end it. another long running anime i can't follow anymore.
and the anime there gonna replace it with doesn't sound so appealing to me
Feb 24, 2014 3:38 AM by oerlemansje
I will surely watch Notari Matsutaro.
About Seint Seiya Omega, it looks really fun but I still have a lot to catch up on with that franchise. At least I'll be able to marathon it in the future.
Feb 24, 2014 2:50 AM by morshuwarrior
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Anime: | Saint Seiya Omega, Abarenbou Rikishi!! Matsutarou |
Manga: | Notari Matsutarou |
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http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2014/03/12/60-year-old-actor-ken-matsudaira-to-lead-matsutaro-sumo-tv-anime
Mar 12, 2014 12:18 AM by Stark700