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“Strong, carefree Matsutarou becomes peerless sumo wrestler despite lacking typical shounen protagonist traits.”
Rowdy Sumo Wrestler Matsutaro!!
暴れん坊力士！！松太郎
6.11
10,054 rank · 10,305 viewers · 13 favorites
Combat Sports
Seinen
Sports
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Synopsis
Strong, carefree Matsutarou becomes peerless sumo wrestler despite lacking typical shounen protagonist traits.
Matsutarou Sakaguchi is 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)
What people say
Community consensus
Derived from 3 sampled reviews
5.7
/10
What 3 viewers settled on.
33%
recommend
Score distribution
median 5
mode 4
σ 1.70
Agreement
Mostly aligned
σ 1.70 · some divergence
The polarity gap
3.5 pts
Recommenders 8.0 · others 4.5
Yes
No
Score over time
↓ 2.33
Running avg · Aug 2014 → Feb 2026
Snap verdicts
· shortest highly-rated reviews
- 8 “DOSUKOI! Ok, so far nobody hasn't made a review of this retro type of anime, well, we all know that its manga version "Notari Matsutarou" was started in the 70's and ended in the late 90's and I...”
- 4 “Abarenbou Rikishi!! Matsutarou brings a stubborn high schooler that really have personality issues but it's super strong. The anime it's enjoyable but in a strange way. You root against Matsutarou,...”
- 5 “Matsutarou might be one of the most frustrating protagonists of all time. Now of course, I wouldn’t say anime is bad just because the protagonist has a bad personality, just the opposite as it can...”
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Short · 33%
Medium · 0%
Long · 67%
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A Tv Production · Spring 2014
Toei Animation.- Format 23 × 22′ eps × min
- Total runtime 8h 26m all episodes
- Aired Apr 2014 – Sep 2014 Spring 2014
- Source Tv media type
- Rated PG 13 - Teens 13 or older
- Ref. BS-8750 catalog