Sanctuary: Volume 1

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Foreshadowing: In the first chapter, Kaidou complains how the zoo's old air conditioning units are old and in desperate need of repair. In the second chapter, he and Suzume find the zoo's male Troodon suffering some heat stroke because the exhibit's air conditioning failed. Dinosaur Sanctuary ( Japanese: ディノサン, Hepburn: Dinosan) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Itaru Kinoshita, with Shin-ichi Fujiwara serving as research consultant. It began serialization in Shinchosha's Monthly Comic Bunch magazine in March 2021; as of April 2023, four volumes have been released. Artistic License – Paleontology: Mostly averted. The dinosaurs are generally extremely accurate as to scientific thought in the 2020s regarding their appearance and behaviour, right down to the feathers on the ones you'd expect to have them. However, there are some minor things here and there.

I rated the OAV a 5 overall because I had to be fair. It is entertaining and watchable. It just isn't good. It is the equivalent of watching a bad soap opera that you know isn't very good, but you can't get your eyes away from the screen. Manga into Anime Two Approaches: 'Sanctuary' and 'Ghost in the Shell' ". Animation World Network. Archived from the original on February 15, 2019 . Retrieved February 14, 2019. Kyoko Ishihara - The new female deputy chief police inspector that looks into Hojo's criminal activities. Personally, this is (well, almost) the kind of manga I've been always searching for. In other words, a manga with:Alternate-History Dinosaur Survival: In this world, a population of non-avian dinosaurs managed to survive the K-Pg Extinction Event on an island, and in 1946, they were discovered by humans who helped their populations grow through breeding programs. The political issues at stake and focused on in this manga can also be of great interest to non-Japanese readers. Americans, for example, know all too well that unless you're a democrat or republican you have no chance at gaining power of the White House. More recently in the 21st century we've seen crusty old Japanese Prime Ministers resign one after another. The two main characters of Sanctuary seek to usurp the current system of Japan; that of politics being controlled by old men who oversee a system that will never allow anyone under 40 to gain any real power, and to even clean up the yakuza gangs constantly at war with each other, and their ambition is as great as everything else within these 105 chapters. News pg.13". j-pop.com. Viz Communications, Inc. Archived from the original on November 7, 1996 . Retrieved July 14, 2021. The series got off to a popular start, ranking first in Japan's "Today's Series TOP 10" for five days in a row, ranked 6th in Netflix's weekly global TOP 10 (non-English series), and was ranked #1 in "Today's Series" in more than 50 countries and regions around the world. [9] [10] The series is regularly compared to the film Sumo Do, Sumo Don't and the Disney+ series that rebooted it since these works are among the most popular adaptations of sumo on television and cinema. [11] [12] The reboot series itself was aired 7 months before Sanctuary. The series has also been compared to Heels or GLOW, in that it shows what goes on behind the scenes of an extremely opaque sport. [13] Suzuki Matsuo as Inushima- oyakata, a former ōzeki under the name Kenga. He's an ambitious toshiyori who seeks to take over the chairmanship of the Sumo Association at the next elections and a rival of Ensho within the Sumo Association. His relation with him is the illustration of the Japanese expression Ken'en no naka ( 犬猿の仲), meaning "being like dog ( ken/inu) and monkey ( en)". [4]

Note: While this was originally 12 volumes in Japanese, when translated into English by Viz it was printed three ways: first in comic book form (each issue had 2 chapters), second in a 5-part 14-vol compilation of the comic books, and finally in a 9 volume manga series. Because the translation is so early, the books were flipped to English left-to-right orientation. quite literally their job. If not that, then it's because the women were attracted to the man. Then there are the cases of rape by a gangster (ex. Tokai). These are barbaric primitive men who are portrayed as such, Tokai even calls himself stupid. The story does not glorify these actions, it's there as a part of the story as it would be in real life with these criminal organizations. Edutainment Show: There are notes from the manga's research consultant explaining some of the details in the story's portrayal of its dinosaurs, as are numerous placards in-universe showing real information about the dinosaurs. Shota Sometani as Shimizu, a fan of sumo who joined the same stable as Kiyoshi. Although he aspires to be a great wrestler, he fails to build weight by eating and shows his limitations as a wrestler during his matches.Characters [ edit ] Akira Hojo ( 北条彰, Hōjō Akira) Voiced by: Shō Hayami(Japanese); David Kaye (English) Portrayed by: Toshiya Nakasawa Don of the Sagara Alliance ( 相楽連合, Sagara Rengō). Asami's childhood friend, he is heading towards domination over Japan's Yakuza corporations. By the end of the story, Hojo runs for the Diet. Chiaki Asami ( 浅見千秋, Asami Chiaki ) Voiced by: Kazuhiro Nakata(Japanese); Paul Dobson (English) Portrayed by: Hiroshi Abe Ambitious and strong-willed politician. He lived in Cambodia with Hojo's family in the 1970s. Asami's personal nemesis is Isaoka. Norimoto Isaoka ( 伊佐岡紀元, Isaoka Norimoto) Voiced by: Takeshi Watabe An "old fox" with all the connections one can imagine at every economic, politic and illegal level possible. He served a prison sentence in Sugamo Prison after World War II. Tokai ( 渡海) Voiced by: Takaya Hashi(Japanese); Scott McNeil (English) Hojo's former mentor, a through-and-through Yakuza who serves his boss efficiently, with an unshakeable loyalty. Reiji Tashiro ( 田代怜二, Tashiro Reiji ) Voiced by: Tomokazu Seki(Japanese); Brian Drummond (English) Portrayed by: Toshihiko Sakakibara Young assistant of Hojo, who saved his new-born baby years ago. As with Tokai, he would give his life for his boss. Kyoko Ishihara ( 石原杏子, Ishihara Kyōko) Voiced by: Hiromi Tsuru(Japanese); Nicole Oliver (English) Portrayed by: Azusa Nakamura Deputy-chief in the district of Tokyo. Born in 1965 (vol.1 chap. 2) she is 27 at the time of the story. Went to Tokyo University. Kyoko later falls for Hojo and the feelings are mutual. Ozaki ( 尾崎) Voiced by: Unshō Ishizuka(Japanese); Ward Perry (English) Portrayed by: Naomasa Musaka Subaltern of Ishihara, he knows Tokai very well, but he's a good policeman nonetheless. Besitt ( ビセット, Bisetto) The Trade Minister of the U.S. who falls for Asami and becomes a loyal foreign ally. Yuki Asami's lover, a university student. Murata ( 村田) Hojo's advisor in the Yakuza. Wong Chi-Yeung ( 黄志陽, Kō Shiyō, Chinese Mandarin: Huáng Zhìyáng, Jyutping: wong4 zi3 joeng4) A Hong Kong Don who at first double crosses Hojo and Asami before later aiding them again. Masanobu Miyamura ( 宮村政信, Miyamura Masanobu) A Don who owes Hojo his life. Ibuki A Don from Kobe and ally of Hojo. Shinichiro Sengoku ( 仙石慎一郎, Sengoku Shin'ichirō) The son of an old school politician who is both a trouble maker and playboy. He does everything he can to avenge his father's death and joins forces with Asami. Kisuke Nakagusuku ( 中城規介, Nakagusuku Kisuke) Leader of the Okinawan mafia. Media [ edit ] Manga [ edit ] Enter Suma Suzume, the 24-year-old daughter of Dr. Suma Ichirou. She has just started working as a zookeeper at Enoshima Dinoland, 15 years after the terrible accident that occurred there. Determined, optimistic, and passionate, Suzume hopes to reinvigorate public interest in dinosaurs. But with Dinoland having been struggling for so long with insufficient staff and funding to take care of its 72 individual dinosaurs (plus pterosaurs and marine reptiles), Suzume will have a lot of work cut out for her. Sanctuary is a good manga that has some big flaws in presentation and characters but the plot is unique and ambitious, making it a must read. The art alone necessitates manga fans drool over it, even if it's just more zoomed in faces. Also, the art... I don't really like it. Although most the times I do like older drawing styles, but in this case, I don't. One chapter in and I realized, they can talk with their mouth closed and the seem to be able to jerk the edges of that tiny winy mouth up ridiculously high. Simply put, I don't feel like I'm reading a manga, much more like a mix between manga and those ancient chinese and japanese art which I have to admit I think is ugly. There's also some other parts that are simply too old styled and only look cheeky now... such as, the eyes = =;;

Unfortunately, from an objective point of view, I couldn't have been more wrong. It was childish idealism at the time. Angel Sanctuary the OAV is impossibly hard to review because it is based on what is in my opinion, one of the greatest and Goro Kishitani as Ryukoku- oyakata, a former yokozuna and an expecting and straight-laced master. Father of Ryuki. Two young men vow to transform the destiny of Japan, by any means. As children, they survived the horrors of the Cambodian killing fields together. Now, can they topple the leaders of both the Japanese Parliament and the yakuza crime syndicate?

Opening Theme

Gyaru Girl: Asami, the girl who takes a liking to Masaru the Triceratops, is of the yamanba fashion.