Ashita no Joe
Ashita no Joe / Rocky Joe / Champion Joe / Tomorrow's JoeSummary
Joe, a teenage orphan in the slums of the Doya streets, meets Danpei, a homeless, alcoholic ex-boxing coach. Danpei, seeing Joe's boxing talent, decides to train him. When Joe is sent to a terrible juvenile home for petty crimes, he meets Rikiishi who becomes his boxing rival. Danpei arrives at the home to help Joe to train in order to defeat Rikiishi. When Joe decides to seriously pursue boxing, Danpei cannot get a coaching license because of his reputation as a drunk.
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Details
- Format
- TV series
- Number of Episodes
- 79
- Episode length
- 25 min
- Estimated total length
- ≈ 32 h 55 min (79 × 25 min)
- Season
- Spring 1970
- Start date
- April 1, 1970
- End date
- September 29, 1971
- Status
- Finished
- Source
- Manga
- Country of origin
- Japan
- Studios
- Mushi Production
- Romaji title
- Ashita no Joe
- English title
- Tomorrow's Joe
- Native title
- あしたのジョー
- Other titles
- Rocky Joe · Champion Joe · Tomorrow's Joe
Characters 25
Main characters
- Joe Yabuki矢吹丈Main
- Tooru Rikiishi力石徹Main
- Danpei Tange丹下段平Main
- Youko Shiraki白木葉子Main
Profile
- Gender
- Female
Yoko Shiraki is a young woman born to the Shirakis, a very wealthy family who is known for their activities in the boxing field. She is the main female protagonist in Ashita no Joe. She is very polite, graceful and kind to other people, always acting exactly as expected from a daughter born to a family with a higher rank, donating to charities from time to…
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- Carlos Riveraカーロス・リベラSupporting
- Kanichi Nishi西寛一Supporting
- SachiサチSupporting
- Wolf Kanagushiウルフ金串Supporting
- Noriko Hayashi林紀子Supporting
- KinokoキノコSupporting
- Tarou太郎Supporting
- Hyoromatsuヒョロ松Supporting
- Tonkichiトン吉Supporting
- Goromaki Gondouゴロマキ権藤Supporting
- Robert Harryハリー・ロバートSupporting
- Mikinosuke Shiraki白木幹之介Supporting
- Tiger Ozakiタイガー尾崎Supporting
- Mamoru Aoyama青山まもるSupporting
- ChibiチビSupporting
- Kouji Nangou南郷浩二Supporting
- GaikotsuガイコツSupporting
- GuerillaゲリラSupporting
- Kumetarou Inaba稲葉粂太郎Supporting
- Oigawa大井川Supporting
- Shouhei Inagaki稲垣正平Supporting
Staff and studios
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Key staff
- Osamu DezakiDirector
- Ikki KajiwaraOriginal creator
- Tetsuya ChibaOriginal creator
- Akio SuginoCharacter design
- Masao YagiMusic
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- Yoshiyuki TominoStoryboard (eps 44, 49, 50, 53, 60, 70-72, 78, 79)
- Yoshiyuki TominoEpisode Director (eps 23, 25, 29, 33, 35, 41, 47, 48, 54, 56, 63, 68, 71, 72)
- Osamu DezakiScript
- Shingo ArakiAnimation Director (eps 4, 6, 9, 13, 16, 18, 21, 23, 26, 30, 34, 40, 47, 50, 56, 62, 66, 71, 76)
- Masami HataEpisode Director (eps 5, 14, 31, 74)
- Takeshi WatanabeBackground Art
- Tsunehisa ItouScript (eps 41, 43, 48, 54, 61, 75)
- Masao YagiTheme Song Arrangement (OP, ED1, ED2)
- Masao YagiTheme Song Composition (OP, ED1, ED2)
- Tadaaki YamazakiScript (eps 2, 3, 6, 8, 10, 14, 17, 18, 23, 27, 29, 32, 33, 35, 40)
- Akihiro KanayamaAnimation Director (eps 2, 5, 8, 10, 12, 15, 19, 20, 24, 25, 27, 28, 31, 32, 35, 41, 43-46, 57, 59, 60, 73)
- Takamura MukuoBackground Art (eps 1, 3, 5, 7, 8, 10, 15, 19, 22, 24, 27, 32, 35, 37, 43, 57, 59, 63, 72, 74, 79)
- Masao MaruyamaSetting
- Osamu DezakiEpisode Director (eps 1, 22, 36-38, 42, 43, 46, 51, 53, 58, 65, 69, 70, 76, 78, 79)
- Osamu DezakiKey Animation (ep 14)
- Akio SuginoAnimation Director (eps 1, 3, 7, 11, 14, 17, 22, 29, 33, 36-39, 42, 48, 49, 51-55, 58, 61, 63-65, 67-70, 72, 74, 75, 77-
- Toshio HirataEpisode Director (eps 18, 21, 26, 40)
- Asao KoikeTheme Song Performance (ED1)
- Kiyoshi MiyataScript (eps 42, 46, 51, 55, 62, 65)
- Seiji MatsuokaScript (eps 45, 56, 57, 64, 67, 74, 77)