Dai Mugen once held an unmatched passion for playing the drums. However, after being defeated by rival drummer Rin Tanba in a competition, he is left questioning where his heart lies and quits as a result.

One day, Dai has a fateful encounter with a strange creature named Goutetsu, a self-proclaimed "god." Spotting the boy's hidden potential, Goutetsu quickly appoints Dai as his "oyakata"—a coach who can guide Goutetsu in the world of "kamizumo," the battles between gods through sumo wrestling. Within kamizumo matches, the gods are powered through the drumbeats struck by their oyakata, which forces Dai to pick up the mallets once more.

As the duo slowly racks up victories, Dai confronts his self-doubts and reignites his passion in the new endeavor to stand on kamizumo's topmost stage.

(Source: MAL Rewrite)

Note: Each episode originally streamed split into two parts and later as a full version.

Details

Genres

Studios

• Bandai Namco Pictures

Staff

• Mitsutoshi Satou — Director
• Toshifumi Kawase — Series Composition
• Tooru Nakano — Sound Director
• Kouki Nagayoshi — Art Director
• Naoto Tsushima — Character Design
• Yoshinori Iwanaga — Character Design
• Nobuyuki Murakami — Director of Photography
• Mayumi Hiraide — Color Design
• onetrap — Music
• Isao Minegishi — Producer
• Håvard Skjeggestad Dale — 2nd Key Animation (ep 16), In-Between Animation (ep 9)
• Mayuko Yamamoto — Animation Character Design