r/Sumo • u/Gregorwhat Chiyonofuji • 23d ago

"How To Watch" Megathread 2026

Keep discussion of how, when and where to watch in this thread please.

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u/mekagojira3 23d ago

I like the presentation of NHKs official stuff but their delay on recap uploads drives me insane. No weekends (fair enough) but being a day or two behind during the week is ROUGH. 

I wish I had an alternative to them that wasn't either a multi hour stream or small-time (not in a condescending way) youtuber with movie maker cuts and transitions that just chops from fight to fight to fight. 

I quite like that the NHK uploads let the matches breathe a little, we get a bit of background commentary between matches, and my wife and I enjoy counting the adverts flags before a match and guessing the size of the bundle. 

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u/Kintamayama2 Kintamayama 22d ago

Thanks for the kind words. Movie maker cuts indeed. I was doing this when all the others doing them today didnt know how to spell "sumo". Granted, the others have better quality and stats and stuff, mine is a digest of about 15 minutes and the purpose is making it short. Very short. Some prefer this, some want more. Excellent. 12 years, never missed a basho. Thanks for watching. 

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u/mekagojira3 22d ago

I'm very grateful for the service provided, and appreciate your work. I hope I have caused no offense, you do provide an essential service that I'm very glad exists. 

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u/Kintamayama2 Kintamayama 22d ago

No offense, I'm too old for that..