There have been many sports manga in the manga and anime community. Oi! Tonbo is a golf sports manga that was written by Ken Kawasaki and illustrated by Yū Furusawa. To date, we have had several mangas revolving around sports, including the very popular ones like Haikyuu, Kuroko no Basket, Slam Dunk, and the less popular ones like Run With The Wind.
Oi! Tonbo is a manga that deals with gold, and its unique premise has got the attention of a lot of fans of the sports genre. Due to its popularity, it is set to have an anime adaptation in the upcoming year. This is good news for the anime community since the ratio of sports anime is very poor compared to the other genres.
The manga has been serialized in Golf Digest’s golfing magazine Weekly Golf Digest since August 2014. The series has been running for quite a long time and have been compiled into 43 volumes to date. It is amazing that anime production companies are looking for and adapting unique manga that does not always fit in the popular genre.
Oi! Tonbo Plot
Oi! Tonbo is, first and foremost, a story that revolves around golf. The sport is quite popular over the world, and people know about it. Although it might not be as popular as soccer or basketball, there is quite a number of people who partake in golfing activities. The story follows Igarashi, who was a professional golfer. He had an incident that caused harm to be disqualified, and he moved to a set of seemingly remote islands known as the Kagoshima Prefecture’s Tokara Islands.
He seems to be pretty sad about the turn of events in his career and is reluctantly moved to the desolate islands so that he can step out of the limelight for a while. Here on this island, he meets a naive girl named Tonbo. The girl might be naive, but she exhibits incredible skill at golf. Tonbo practices every day at a homemade golf course on the island, and her skills are recognized to be genius level by Igarashi. He finds that she can make any kind of shot with just one golf club, a 3-iron.
The story starts here and explores deeper into the characters that we meet across the journey. There is a sorrowful past that is hidden behind the everyday life of Tonbo, and the plot progresses as their relationship moves forward. The characters are not flat, and each individual is given their own set of values and story, which makes the plot so interesting. If you are a fan of sports, especially golf, then the story can blow your mind.
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Oi! Tonbo Anime Announced
The 44th Oi! Tonbo (Hey! Tonbo) manga volume announced the anime adaptation that is set to be aired in 2024. The fans of the series were extremely happy to get the news as the manga has been going on for quite some time, and no indication of an anime adaptation has been made previously.
The announcement was received with mixed emotions from the fans as some were happy to get an anime adaptation while others were skeptical about the quality. Many sports anime adaptations were known to be poorly animated due to the lack of funds, and they do not want that to happen to Oi! Tonbo. The issue is valid, and we are also hoping that it does not turn out to be so. Keeping our fingers crossed!
There has been no announcement about the release date or any further information about the cast. All those things are yet to be decided, and the production has not even started yet. However, the announcement was enough to get the fans of the series pumped. We are keeping our eyes open for any further announcements, which we are expecting to be made soon so that a bit more info about the production can be revealed to the readers of the long-running series.
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