Notari Matsutarō

Notari Matsutarō
のたり松太郎
Genre Sports
Manga
Written by Tetsuya Chiba
Published by Shogakukan
Demographic Seinen
Magazine Big Comic
Original run August 1973March 1998
Volumes 36
Original video animation
Released November 22, 1990 April 25, 1991
Episodes 10
Anime television series
Rowdy Sumo Wrestler Matsutaro!!
Produced by Tomohiro Tsuji (TV Asahi)
Gyarmath Bogdan (Toei Animation)
Written by Akatsuki Yamatoya
Music by Tatsumi Yano
Studio Toei Animation
Network TV Asahi
Original run April 6, 2014 September 28, 2014
Episodes 23

Notari Matsutarō (のたり松太郎) is a Japanese sports manga series written and illustrated by Tetsuya Chiba about sumo wrestling. It was serialized by Shogakukan in Big Comic from August 1973 to June 1993, then after a hiatus it returned from October 1995 to March 1998. Notari Matsutaro received the 1978 Shogakukan Manga Award for seinen/general manga.[1]

It was adapted as a series of ten Original Video Animations (OVAs) released between November 22, 1990 and April 25, 1991.

A television series titled Rowdy Sumo Wrestler Matsutaro!! (暴れん坊力士!!松太郎 Abarenbō Rikishi!! Matsutarō), with lead character Matsutarō Sakuguchi voiced by Ken Matsudaira, began broadcast on TV Asahi affiliates on April 6, 2014.[2] It is also streaming on Crunchyroll.

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