Tomorrow's Joe 2
Ashita no Joe 2 / Rocky Joe 2 / Champion Joe 2Summary
Yabuki Joe is left downhearted and hopeless after a certain tragic event. In attempt to put the past behind him, Joe leaves the gym behind and begins wandering. On his travels he comes across the likes of Wolf Kanagushi and Goromaki Gondo, men who unintentionally fan the dying embers inside him, leading him to putting his wanderings to an end. His return home puts Joe back on the path to boxing, but unknown to himself and his trainer, he now suffers deep-set issues holding him back from fighting. In attempt to quell those issues, Carlos Rivera, a world renowned boxer is invited from Venezuela to help Joe recover.
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Details
- Format
- TV series
- Number of Episodes
- 47
- Episode length
- 24 min
- Estimated total length
- ≈ 18 h 48 min (47 × 24 min)
- Season
- Fall 1980
- Start date
- October 13, 1980
- End date
- August 31, 1981
- Status
- Finished
- Source
- Manga
- Country of origin
- Japan
- Studios
- Tokyo Movie Shinsha
- Romaji title
- Ashita no Joe 2
- English title
- Tomorrow's Joe 2
- Native title
- あしたのジョー２
- Other titles
- Rocky Joe 2 · Champion Joe 2
Characters 25
Main characters
- Joe Yabuki矢吹丈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
- SachiサチSupporting
- Kanichi Nishi西寛一Supporting
- Wolf Kanagushiウルフ金串Supporting
- Noriko Hayashi林紀子Supporting
- Mikinosuke Shiraki白木幹之介Supporting
- Robert Harryハリー・ロバートSupporting
- José Mendozaホセ・メンドーサSupporting
- HarimaoハリマオSupporting
- Yong-Bi Kim김용비Supporting
- Leon SmileySupporting
- Teruaki Murakami村上輝明Supporting
- Tonkichiトン吉Supporting
- Tiger Ozakiタイガー尾崎Supporting
- Goromaki Gondouゴロマキ権藤Supporting
- Tooru Rikiishi力石徹Supporting
- KinokoキノコSupporting
- Hyoromatsuヒョロ松Supporting
- Kouji Nangou南郷浩二Supporting
- Tarou太郎Supporting
- Chelsy MendozaBackground
- GaikotsuガイコツBackground
Staff and studios
Studios
Key staff
- Osamu DezakiDirector
- Ikki KajiwaraOriginal creator
- Tetsuya ChibaOriginal creator
- Akio SuginoCharacter design
- Ichirou ArakiMusic
- Kazuo OgaArt director
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- Osamu DezakiStoryboard (eps 1-35, 37, 39, 40, 42-47)
- Mizuho NishikuboEpisode Director (eps 1, 3, 5, 7, 9 11)
- Akio SuginoAnimation Director
- Hirokata TakahashiDirector of Photography
- Shunji OogaEpisode Director (eps 1-4, 6, 8, 10, 12-47)
- Manabu OohashiKey Animation (eps 27, 30, 34, 36, 39, 42-47)
- Jean-Paul CesariTheme Song Performance (French)
- Graziano GaloforoADR Director (Italian)
- Massimo DoratiTheme Song Performance (Italian)
- Yukiko ItouIn-Between Animation (ep 1)
- Yoshi ShinozakiScript (eps 1, 2, 5, 6, 9, 10, 13, 14, 16, 17, 22, 23, 28, 29, 32, 33, 34, 37, 38, 39, 43, 44)
- Junko AoyamaKey Animation (eps 1, 6, 8, 12)
- Sachiko KanekoIn-Between Animation (ep 1)
- Ichirou ArakiTheme Song Composition (OP, ED)
- Hiromasa OguraBackground Art (eps 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
- Yumiko HayashiBackground Art (eps 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 13)
- Sachiko SuginoKey Animation (eps 1, 6, 10, 12, 15, 17, 19, 21, 23 ,25, 30, 32, 39, 40, 41, 44, 45, 46, 47)
- Kouji MorimotoIn-Between Animation (ep 1)
- Ayumi EndouIn-Between Animation (ep 1)