Sanctuary (2023)
Grade: Aa
Format: Series
Genre: Drama
Studio: SLOWTIDE
Source: original
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A debt-ridden delinquent from Fukuoka is scouted into professional sumo purely for money and fame, bringing trash-talk, showmanship, and zero respect for tradition into a 1,500-year-old sacred sport — and the establishment pushes back hard; the tone is gritty, darkly comedic, and unapologetically raw, blending anime-style exaggeration with real human drama. The central collision is modern individualism vs. ancient hierarchy — Enno's brazen rise forces every character around him (stablemasters nursing old grudges, a journalist barred from the inner world, a scarred rival hiding a dark past) to
Cast
- Wataru Ichinose
- Shota Sometani
- Shioli Kutsuna
- Tomorowo Taguchi
- Kitarou