Sanctuary: Volume 1

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is very dark. It's a gothic drama dealing with the supernatural. It's gory and mature, so younger viewers may not like it. Oricon News (in Japanese). 7 December 2020. Archived from the original on 5 May 2023 . Retrieved 3 May 2023.

Deputy Police Chief Ishihara sets out to expose their ingenious machinations, but instead falls helplessly in love with Hojo... HIDE While the employees are discussing an upcoming shuffling of different exhibits, Suzume learns the guests will have access to interact with the Psittacosaurus roaming free through the park, and thinks about " Walking with Psittacos". Another thing: I really liked that the main characters were no supermen, had their (almost undistinguished, but still) flaws and not everything always went as they planned.What I appreciated even more was that the rivals weren't just rotten, evil idiots that had to be completely destroyed for the sake of humanity. What I didn't like though, was that throughout most of the series, Hojo mostly overshadowed Asami. Not good. They were suposed to be equal.

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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. 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 ]

The first few chapters have already been released as volumes, and they've been published in English too, thanks to Seven Seas Entertainment. 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.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.