{{short description|Japanese media franchise}} {{expand Japanese|topic=manga|ああ播磨灘|date=April 2013}} {{Infobox animanga/Header | name = Aah! Harimanada | image= Aah! Harimanada manga.jpg | caption = Cover art of the first manga volume | ja_kanji = ああ播磨灘 | ja_romaji = Ā Harimanada | genre = Sports<!-- Genres should be based on what reliable sources list them as and not on personal interpretations. Limit of the three most relevant genres in accordance with MOS:A&M. --> }} {{Infobox animanga/Print | type = manga | title = | author = Kei Sadayasu | illustrator = | publisher = Kodansha | imprint = | magazine = Weekly Morning | published = | first = 1991 | last = 1996 | volumes = 28 | volume_list = }} {{Infobox animanga/Video | type = tv series | title = | director = Yukio Okazaki<br>Norio Nagata | producer = | writer = | music = Masamichi Amano | studio = | licensee = | network = TXN (TV Tokyo) | network_en = | first = 23 April 1992 | last = 1 October 1992 | episodes = 23 | episode_list = }} {{Infobox animanga/Game | title = |developer=Sega |publisher=Sega |music=Hirofumi Murasaki<br>Morihiko Akiyama<br>Masayuki Nagao |genre=Fighting |platforms=Game Gear, Game Boy, Sega Mega Drive |released='''Game Gear'''{{vgrelease|JP|July 2, 1993}}'''Game Boy'''{{vgrelease|JP|July 23, 1993}}'''Mega Drive'''{{vgrelease|JP|September 3, 1993}} }} {{Infobox animanga/Footer}}
{{Nihongo|'''''Aah! Harimanada'''''|ああ播磨灘}} is a Japanese media franchise that began with a 1991 manga by Kei Sadayasu published in Kodansha's ''Weekly Morning''. An anime television series was broadcast in 1992. The series was later adapted to a video game developed and published by Sega for the Game Gear and Mega Drive. A port was also released on the Game Boy, released by ASK.
==Premise== On the first day of the September Professional Sumo Tournament, the new ''yokozuna'' Harimanada enters the ring wearing an eerie mask, surprising the audience. He then declares that he will break Futabayama's streak of 69 consecutive wins, and that he would retire on the spot if he loses even once. This invokes the wrath of the Japan Sumo Association and makes an enemy of all ''makuuchi'' wrestlers.
===Characters=== ;Isao Harimanada (播磨灘勲 (はりまなだ いさお)) / Isao Yamagata (山形勲 (やまがた いさお) :Voiced by Akio Ōtsuka :The protagonist. Stands at 6'0" and weighs 335 pounds.
;Raikō (雷光 (らいこう) :Voiced by Kenichi Ogata :Harimanada's master.
;Atagoyama (愛宕山 (あたごやま) :Voiced by Yuzuru Fujimoto :The Chairman of the Sumo Association. He is modeled after Wakanohana, the then-incumbent head of the real-life Sumo Association.
;Yasokichi Fugaku (富嶽八十吉 (ふがく やそきち) / Iote Iyaokea :Voiced by Masahiro Anzai :A mountainous 550-pound Hawaiian ''ozeki''. He is modeled after Konishiki.
==Media== E&G Film produced an anime television series based on the manga, titled {{nihongo|'''''It Makes Me Feel Strong When I Watch It! Yokozuna Anime: Aah! Harimanada'''''|見ると強くなる 痛快!横綱アニメ ああ播磨灘|Miru to Tsuyoku Naru Tsūkai! Yokozuna Anime: Ā Harimanada}}. It was directed by Norio Osada. The series premiered in Japan on TV Tokyo on April 23, 1992, and ran for 23 episodes until its conclusion on October 1, 1992. ''Aah! Harimanada'' is notable as an animated series based on the rare theme of sumo wrestling; following the end of the series' broadcast, no other such series would be produced until the premiere of ''Rowdy Wrestler!! Matsutaro'' in 2014.
''Aah! Harimanada'' was adapted into three video games of the same name in 1993. A Game Gear title was developed by Sega and released on July 2. A Game Boy title by Ask Kodansha was released on July 23. Sega also developed a title for the Mega Drive that was released on September 3.<ref name="Sega titles - Sega JP">{{cite web |title=Software List (Sega Release) |url=https://www.sega.jp/history/hard/megadrive/software.html |website=Sega Hardware Encyclopedia |publisher=Sega Corporation |access-date=May 15, 2023 |language=ja}}</ref> The Mega Drive game was criticized for its "poor responsiveness" and "boring gameplay".<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/sumo/sumo3.htm |title=HardcoreGaming |access-date=2013-01-19 |archive-date=2016-01-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160106213307/http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/sumo/sumo3.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref> British gaming magazine Sega Pro rated the Mega Drive version 59 out of 100.<ref>{{cite journal|title=none|date=February 1994|journal=Sega Pro|publisher=Paragon Publishing|issue=28|page=54}}</ref>
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==External links== *{{anime News Network|anime|1048}} *[http://www.allcinema.net/prog/show_c.php?num_c=89073 Anime info page at AllCinema.net] {{in lang|ja}} *{{MobyGames|id=/aa-harimanada|name=''Aah! Harimanada''}}
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