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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)
Rocky Joe (Italian)
Tomorrow's Joe
Завтрашний Джо (Russian)
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: 39 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: 5 votes (Ita.dub:2, sub:2, raw:1)
 Decent: 7 votes (sub:6, 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 120 users, rank: #2163
Median rating: Good
Arithmetic mean: 7.487 (Good+.48), std. dev.: 2.1824, rank: #950
Weighted mean: 7.310 (Good+.31), rank: #1044 (seen all: 8.11 / seen some: 6.82 / won't finish: 3.61)
Bayesian estimate: 7.350 (Good+.35), rank: #802
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

Script:
Osamu Dezaki
Shun-ichi Yukimuro
Tadaaki Yamazaki

Storyboard: Yoshiyuki Tomino

Episode Director: Yoshiyuki Tomino

Music: Masao Yagi

Original creator:
Asao Takamori
Tetsuya Chiba

Character Design: Akio Sugino

Art director: Teiichi Akashi

Animation director:
Akihiro Kanayama
Akio Sugino
Shingo Araki

Director of Photography: Akifumi Kumagai

Executive producer: Yasuo Ooda

Producer:
Atsushi Tomioka
Koji Bessho

Background Art: Tsuyoshi Watanabe

Editing: Noriyoshi Matsuura

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

Fuyumi Shiraishi as Sachi

Goro Naya as Shark

Hiroshi Masuoka as Taro

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

Kiyoshi Kobayashi as Inaba

Masako Ebisu as Youko Shiroki (2nd; eps 34-44)

Masako Nozawa as Yuri

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

Akira Shimada

Mikio Terashima

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

Deddy Savagnone Usuelli as Bambina

Isabella Pasanisi as Yoko Shiraki

Roberto Chevalier as Mine

Italian companies 

Broadcaster:
Italia 7 Gold
Italia Teen Television (from 1st October 2005)
JTV
Rete 4 (from April 1982)

Dubbing: CD Cooperativa Doppiatori

Sound: Intersound Video Recording

 
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