While the WWE may be choking out its raspy death knell, wrestling as a form of entertainment is still a rather popular sport around the world even if it isn’t as popular on television anymore. Certainly people have flocked to the lower pageantry, less staged nature of MMA fighting, but the old school style of […]
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Shibata Genzo is both a professional wrestler and an animal lover. One day, he is summoned to another world by a princess. She makes the mistake of asking him to rid her kingdom of these evil beasts. Instead of doing that, Genzo suplexes her and heads off to start a monster pet shop. This series
Ushio Hinomaru is a new student, small of stature and body. However, he appears before the sumo club of his school and wishes to join. Although all the other members are big men, the sumo club is hardly renowned. However, this little sumo wrestler has a goal – the Hinoshita Kaisan, the pinnacle of sumo
Punch, Kick, Tackle, and Grapple! – Martial arts are utilized in some of the most exciting fight scenes in anime. However, while swords and other weapons still count as a martial art, there is nothing quite like watching someone use just their fists and body to take down an opponent. So if you like epic
Baseball, Basketball, soccer, boxing – heck – even volleyball. They are all pretty popular throughout the world, so it is only natural that Japan might make an anime series featuring it. However, sometimes you see those really obscure sports get an entry into the sports genre of anime that makes you question the sanity. And
