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Ashita no Joe (TV)

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[ adapted from Ashita no Joe (manga) ]

Related anime:
    Ashita no Joe (movie) (remake)
    Ashita no Joe 2 (TV) (sequel)
      Ashita no Joe 2 (movie) (remake)

Alternative title:
Joe (French)
La vida de Rocky Joe (Spanish)
O Campeão (Portuguese)
Rocky Joe (Italian)
Tomorrow's Joe
Завтрашний Джо (Russian)
ئه‌شیتا نۆ جۆی (Arabic)
البطل (Arabic)
あしたのジョー (Japanese)
Genres: drama, tournament
Themes: boxing, sports
Age rating: Older Children (May contain mild bad language, bloodless violence)
Plot Summary: Ashita no Joe tells the tale of a wandering orphan named Joe Yabuki. He falls into one of Tokyo's slums and gets into a fight with a local gang and his street fighting skills gets him the attention of a washed up alcoholic boxing trainer. Until he sticks up for Joe when the gang comes back to finish Joe, Joe decides to live with the trainer. Despite the trainer's generosity, Joe is still committing money making scams and lands him in prison. While serving time, he meets another boxer named Rikiishi Tooru who gets Joe interested in boxing. Upon release, Joe then pursues a boxing career.
User Ratings: 42 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 10 votes (sub:8, raw:1, Ita.sub:1)
 Excellent: 7 votes (sub:6, Ita.dub:1)
 Very good: 3 votes (sub:2, Ita.dub:1)
 Good: 7 votes (sub:3, Ita.dub:2, Spa.dub:1, raw:1)
 Decent: 8 votes (sub:7, dub:1)
 So-so: 2 votes (Ita.dub:1, sub:1)
 Not really good: 3 votes (sub:2, Spa.sub:1)
 Weak: 2 votes (sub:2)
 Bad: -
 Awful: -
 Worst ever: -
Seen in part or in whole by 125 users, rank: #2183
Median rating: Good
Arithmetic mean: 7.429 (Good+.42), std. dev.: 2.1173, rank: #1078
Weighted mean: 7.270 (Good+.26), rank: #1156 (seen all: 8.11 / seen some: 7.04 / won't finish: 3.34)
Bayesian estimate: 7.316 (Good+.31), rank: #860
Running time: half hour per episode
Number of episodes: 79
Episode titles: We have 79
Vintage: 1970-04-01 to 1971-09-29
Releases: We have 1
Opening Theme:
"Ashita no Joe" by Isao Bitou
Ending Theme:
#1: "Joe no Komoriuta (ジョーの子守唄)" by Asao Koike (eps 1-40)
#2: "Rikiishi Toru no Theme (力石徹のテーマ)" by Hide Yuki (eps 41-79)
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Japanese staff 
Japanese cast 
Director: Osamu Dezaki
Storyboard: Yoshiyuki Tomino
Episode Director: Yoshiyuki Tomino
Music: Masao Yagi
Character Design: Akio Sugino
Art Director: Teiichi Akashi
Director of Photography: Akifumi Kumagai
Executive producer: Yasuo Ooda
Background Art: Tsuyoshi Watanabe
Project Initiation: Masao Maruyama
Theme Song Lyrics:
Asao Takamori (ED1)
Shuji Terayama (OP,ED2)
Theme Song Performance:
Asao Koike (ED1)
Isao Bitou (OP)
 
Teruhiko Aoi as Joe Yabuki

Chikao Ohtsuka as Goromaki Gondou
Goro Naya as Shark
Hisako Kyouda as Okamisan
Ichirô Nagai as Household Judge
Isamu Tanonaka as Miss Okama
Jouji Yanami as Tonkichi
Jukei Fujioka as Tanpei Nishita
Kaneta Kimotsuki as Hiyoro Matsu
Kazuko Nishizawa as Youko Shiroki
Kazuya Tatekabe as Pancho Leo
Kei Wada as Mikinosuke Shiroki
Keiko Ushizaki as Kinoko
Masako Ebisu as Youko Shiroki (2nd; eps 34-44)
Osamu Kato as Wolf Kinken
Osamu Saka as Bear
Shinji Nakae as Hurricane
Shozo Iizuka as Tiger Ozaki
Shuusei Nakamura as Tohru Rikiishi
Taichirou Hirokawa as Carlos Libera
Takeshi Kuwabara as Harry Robert
Takeshi Watabe as Hirata
Toku Nishio as Kanichi NIshi/Mammoth Nishi

Japanese companies 

Broadcaster: Fuji TV
Production: Mushi Productions
Italian staff 
(none)
Italian cast 
Mauro Gravina as Rocky Joe

Angelo Nicotra as Toro Riki
Arturo Dominici as
Dampei Tange
Mishi
Isabella Pasanisi as Yoko Shiraki
Italian companies 
Broadcaster:
Italia 7 Gold
Italia Teen Television (from 1st October 2005)
JTV
Rete 4 (from April 1982)
Arabic staff 
Arabic companies 
(none)
 
Broadcaster: AnimeKurd (2005)
Dubbing: Grik
Arabic cast 
(none)
 
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