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Ashita no Joe 2 (TV)

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© Asao Takamori • Tetsuya Chiba/Kodansha • TMS


Alternative title:
Champion Joe 2
El Campeón (Spanish)
Joe 2 (French)
Rocky Joe, il campione (Italian)
Tomorrow's Joe 2
البـطل (Arabic)
あしたのジョー２ (Japanese)
Themes: boxing, sports
Objectionable content: Significant
Plot Summary: A continuation of the previous seres, Ashita no Joe. After accidently killing his rival in a boxing match six months ago, Joe, a boxer, steps into the ring once again to pick up the pieces of his past and regain his former glory.
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User Ratings: 88 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 40 votes (sub:28, raw:1, dub:1, ?:1, others:9
7 Arabic dubbed
2 Spanish dubbed
)
 Excellent: 16 votes (sub:13, raw:1, others:2
2 Arabic dubbed
)
 Very good: 17 votes (sub:11, dub:1, others:5
2 Italian dubbed
1 Arabic dubbed
1 Indonesian dubbed
1 Polish subtitled
)
 Good: 7 votes (sub:7)
 Decent: 2 votes (sub:2)
 So-so: 1 vote (sub:1)
 Not really good: -
 Weak: 1 vote (dub:1)
 Bad: 1 vote (sub:1)
 Awful: 1 vote (sub:1)
 Worst ever: 2 votes (sub:2)
Seen in part or in whole by 157 users, rank: #4487 (of 10146)
Median rating: Excellent
Arithmetic mean: 8.546 (Excellent−), std. dev.: 2.1633, rank: #159 (of 10324)
Weighted mean: 8.707 (Excellent−), rank: #99 (of 10324) (seen all: 8.89 / seen some: 7.91 / won't finish: 2.00)
Bayesian estimate: 8.548 (Excellent−), rank: #48 (of 7760)
Running time: 25 minutes per episode
Number of episodes: 47
Episode titles: We have 47
Vintage:
1980-10-13 to 1981-08-31
1991-04-03 (France)
1996 (Colombia - Canal A)
Opening Theme:
#1: "Kizudarake no Eikou (傷だらけの栄光)" by Takeshi Obo (eps 1-25)
#2: "MIDNIGHT BLUES" by Ichiro Araki (eps 26-47)
Ending Theme:
#1: "Hateshinaki Yami no Kanata ni (果てしなき闇の彼方に)" by Takeshi Obo (eps 1-25)
#2: "Hateshinaki Yami no Kanata ni (果てしなき闇の彼方に)" by Ichiro Araki (eps 26-47)
Links: We have 1
Trivia: We have 1
News: Show:
Animation Art Director Shichirō Kobayashi Passes Away at 89 (Sep 10, 2022)
TMS Entertainment USA Streams 1st 3 Episodes of Tomorrow's Joe 2 Anime (Feb 2, 2022)
Crunchyroll to Stream Champion Joe 2, Live-Action GTO Taiwan (Mar 22, 2014)
Japan's Animation TV Ranking, December 27-January 3 (Jan 20, 2010)
TMS Offers Anime Online (Oct 31, 2005)
Press Release:
TMS Entertainment Announces 1 Million YouTube Subscriber Milestone and Virtual Celebration (Nov 11, 2022)
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Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Director: Osamu Dezaki
Screenplay:
Atsushi Yamatoya (4 episodes
eps 18-19, 24-25
)
Haruya Yamazaki (6 episodes
eps 3-4, 7-8, 11-12
)
Hideo Takayashiki (13 episodes
eps 15, 20-21, 30-31, 35-36, 40-42, 45-47
)
Yoshimi Shinozaki (22 episodes
eps 1-2, 5-6, 9-10, 13-14, 16-17, 22-23, 28-29, 32-34, 37-39, 43-44
)
Storyboard:
Makura Saki (44 episodes
eps 1-35, 37, 39-40, 42-47
)
Yoshio Takeuchi (eps 36, 41)
Episode Director:
Mizuho Nishikubo (eps 1-11 odd)
Shunji Ōga (43 episodes
eps 1-4, 6-12 even, 13-47
)
Yoshio Takeuchi (44 episodes
eps 1-35, 37, 39-40, 42-47
)
Music: Ichiro Araki
Original creator:
Asao Takamori
Tetsuya Chiba
Character Design: Akio Sugino
Art Director: Kazuo Oga
Animation Director: Akio Sugino
Director of Photography: Hirokata Takahashi
Producer:
Seiji Takahashi (Nippon TV)
Shunzō Katō (TMS)

Color Coordination: Junko Itō
Editing:
Kazuko Takahashi
Masatoshi Tsurubuchi
Finish Animation:
Bunichi Kimura (20 episodes
eps 2-14 even, 15-16, 18-38 even
)
Norichika Iwakiri (ep 17)
Takako Suzuki (eps 40-46 even)
Yōko Mihashi (eps 1-13 odd)
Yoshiko Kishi (eps 26-38 even)
In-Between Animation:
Akemi Hashimoto (eps 35, 44-45)
Ayumi Endo (ep 1)
Chiyoko Takahashi (10 episodes
eps 6, 14-15, 19, 22, 25, 31, 35, 44-45
)
Etsuko Yoshida (9 episodes
eps 33, 36, 39-43, 46-47
)
Fumiyo Yoshikawa (eps 24, 28)
Harumi Sasaki (eps 11, 17-18)
Hiromi Endo (ep 1)
Kōji Morimoto (ep 1)
Mao Torii (5 episodes
eps 3, 7, 11, 17-18
)
Masaaki Kannan (8 episodes
eps 4, 10, 12, 16, 20, 24, 28, 34
)
Masae Yoshizawa (ep 13)
Masatomo Sudō (eps 37-38)
Mayumi Nakamura (7 episodes
eps 6, 14-15, 19, 22, 25, 31
)
Mayumi Ogura (ep 13)
Mizue Kuwamoto (6 episodes
eps 8, 26-27, 29-30, 32
)
Naoko Ozawa (20 episodes
eps 4, 10, 12, 16, 21, 23, 26-27, 29-30, 32-33, 36, 39-43, 46-47
)
Noriko Sugiyama (eps 37-38)
Noriko Takahashi (eps 37-38)
Sachiko Ito (ep 1)
Sachiko Kaneko (ep 1)
Shigeki Awai (4 episodes
eps 20, 24, 28, 34
)
Susumu Tsuyuki (8 episodes
eps 4, 10, 12, 16, 20, 24, 28, 34
)
Terumi Mutō (7 episodes
eps 6, 14-15, 19, 22, 25, 31
)
Yoshio Seino (8 episodes
eps 4, 10, 12, 16, 20, 24, 28, 34
)
Yumiko Kitano (eps 37-38)
Yumiko Sato (eps 2, 5, 9)
Yuri Handa (5 episodes
eps 3, 7, 11, 17-18
)
Key Animation:
Atsuko Fukushima (23 episodes
eps 1, 6, 8, 12, 15, 17-19, 21-33 odd, 34, 40, 42-47
)
Gaku Miyao (eps 2, 5, 9)
Hisako Araki (eps 2, 5, 9)
Hisatoshi Motoki (20 episodes
eps 4, 8, 13, 16, 18, 20, 23, 25, 29, 33, 35, 39-47
)
Ikuo Fudaki (21 episodes
eps 3, 7, 11, 15, 17, 19, 22, 25, 28, 30, 33, 35, 39-47
)
Jōji Kikuchi (ep 16)
Junko Aoyama (eps 1, 6, 8, 12)
Kenji Kodama (18 episodes
eps 7, 11, 15-16, 18-28 even, 36-43
)
Kōji Morimoto (11 episodes
eps 12, 23-31 odd, 40, 44-47
)
Makoto Nakamura (9 episodes
eps 1, 6, 10, 27, 29, 31, 36-38
)
Manshū Fujiwara (eps 14, 16)
Mao Lamdo (11 episodes
eps 27, 30, 34, 36, 39, 42-47
)
Mao Torii (8 episodes
eps 20, 23, 25, 27, 32, 35, 37-38
)
Mieko Seki (eps 2, 5, 9)
Nobuko Tsukada (23 episodes
eps 1, 6, 8, 12, 15, 17-19, 21-33 odd, 34, 40, 42-47
)
Nobuyuki Fukuchi (9 episodes
eps 14, 24, 26, 29, 31, 33, 36-38
)
Ryūtarō Nakamura (13 episodes
eps 4, 8, 12, 15-21 odd, 24, 27-33 odd, 34
)
Sachiko Sugino (19 episodes
eps 1, 6, 10, 12, 15-25 odd, 30, 32, 39-41, 44-47
)
Sakiko Kobayashi (eps 2, 5, 9)
Satoshi Hirayama (15 episodes
eps 26, 28, 30-31, 34-35, 39-47
)
Satoshi Jingu (15 episodes
eps 10, 14-28 even, 32-33, 35, 37-38, 41
)
Setsuko Shibuichi (ep 13)
Shigemitsu Koshiba (eps 2, 5, 9)
Shinji Ōtsuka (17 episodes
eps 21, 24-32 even, 35-36, 39-47
)
Takeshi Ōsaka (eps 2, 5, 9)
Yoshiteru Kobayashi (24 episodes
eps 3, 6, 10, 14, 18-32 even, 36-47
)
Yūichi Endō (eps 1, 6, 10)
Yukari Kobayashi (ep 13)
Yukiko Michishita (9 episodes
eps 26, 29, 31-32, 34-35, 37-39
)
Yuri Handa (8 episodes
eps 20, 23, 25, 27, 32, 35, 37-38
)
Yutaka Kawasuji (eps 13, 16, 18)
Literature Manager: Junichi Iioka
Music Selection:
Seiji Suzuki
Yutaka Gōda
Photography:
Akio Hirayama (9 episodes
eps 30, 34-42 even, 43-44, 46
)
Katsumi Ota (13 episodes
eps 25-26, 28-42 even, 43-44, 46
)
Keizo Saito (11 episodes
eps 25-41 odd, 45, 47
)
Masao Miyauchi (eps 25-47)
Tadashi Hosono (11 episodes
eps 25-41 odd, 45, 47
)
Takashi Azuhata (12 episodes
eps 26-42 even, 43-44, 46
)
Takashi Udagawa (10 episodes
eps 27-41 odd, 45, 47
)
Takeo Kobayashi (12 episodes
eps 26-42 even, 43-44, 46
)
Yoshihisa Takahashi (ep 25)
Planning:
Akira Yoshikawa (Nippon TV)
Yasuhiko Kawano
Production Advancement:
Kazuhiko Yagiuchi (8 episodes
eps 13, 18, 22, 26, 34, 38, 42, 44
)
Shōichirō Saitō (10 episodes
eps 4, 12, 17, 21, 25, 29, 33, 37, 41, 45
)
Takahisa Yokomizo (13 episodes
eps 1, 5, 8-9, 14, 19, 23, 27, 31, 35, 43, 46-47
)
Yasumichi Ozaki (7 episodes
eps 3, 7, 16, 30, 32, 36, 39
)
Production Desk: Yasuteru Iwase
Production manager: Shirō Aono
Recording Director: Satoshi Katō
Special Effects: Tomoji Hashizume
Supervision:
Ikki Kajiwara
Tetsuya Chiba
Technical Adviser: Masataka Takayama (Japan Lightweight champion)
Theme Song Composition: Ichiro Araki
Theme Song Lyrics: Ichiro Araki
Theme Song Performance:
Ichiro Araki (eps 26-47)
Takeshi Obo (eps 1-25)
Titles: Hideo Takagu
Jukei Fujioka as Tanpei
Teruhiko Aoi as Joe Yabuki

Emi Tanaka as Youko Shiraki
Hiroya Ishimaru as "Tiger" Ozaki
Jirō Daruma as "Mammoth" Nishi
Katsunosuke Hori as Kiyoshi Suga (informant hacker)
Mikio Terashima as Colonel Hyun Jodal (Kim Yongbi's coach/adopted father)
Norio Wakamoto as Captain Kim Yongbi
Rokurō Naya as "Wolf" Kanagushi
Ryūji Nakagi as Koji Nango
Ryūsei Nakao as Carlos Rivera
Takashi Taguchi as Harimao
Yoshito Miyamura as Jose Mendoza

Aruno Tahara as
Sauna Manager (ep 22)
Shiraki Gym executive (eps 36-37)
Eken Mine as Shioya
Fumihiko Ikeda as Caballero
Fuyumi Shiraishi as Sachi
Hidetoshi Nakamura as
Biker (ep 27)
Clerk (ep 15)
Shiraki Gym employee (ep 14)
Hiroko Maruyama as Tonkichi
Hiroo Oikawa as Teruaki Murakami
Hirotaka Suzuoki as
Driver (ep 47)
Guerrilla (ep 44)
Matsuki
Reporter (eps 8, 17)
Trainee (ep 20)
Hisakazu Kanazawa as Shiraki Gym executive (eps 36-37)
Isao Sakuma as American reporter (ep 14)
Jūji Matsuda as Kono
Junko Hori as Kinoko
Kan Tokumaru as Yakuza A (ep 1)
Kaneta Kimotsuki as Hyoromaru
Kazue Komiya as Kim Yongbi (young)
Kazumi Tanaka as Spectator (eps 11-12)
Kei Moriwaki as Noriko Hayashi
Keiko Ozaki as Mrs. Mendoza
Keiko Yokozawa as Jun Shioya
Kiyonobu Suzuki as Taro
Kōichi Kitamura as Pastor (ep 41)
Kōichi Kohiruimaki as
Announcer
TV Kanto employee (ep 28)
Koshiro Tanaka as Shiraki Gym executive (eps 36-37)
Masashi Hirose as Citizen (ep 1)
Masayuki Katō as
Doctor (ep 1)
Otaka Clinic Doctor (ep 22)
Michihiro Ikemizu as
Harry Robert (Carlos' Manager)
Jose's Second (ep 47)
Reporter (6 episodes
eps 17, 34, 40-41, 43-44
)
TV Kanto employee (ep 28)
Mike Barlow as Dr. Kininski
Minoru Inaba as
Foreign reporter (ep 28)
Trainee (ep 4)
Minoru Midorikawa as Suzuki
Minoru Yada as Keishichi Hayashi
Mitsuko Asō as Chibi
Naruhito Iguchi as
Referee
Reporter (20 episodes
eps 8-9, 14-15, 17-18, 20, 22, 24, 27, 31-34, 36-37, 40-41, 43-44
)
Noriko Tsukase as Chukichi
Noriko Ueyama as
Coffee Shop Clerk (ep 1)
Elevator Girl (ep 7)
Osamu Katō as Ohtaka
Reizō Nomoto as
Doya villager (eps 2, 11)
Oden shop owner (ep 10)
Ritsuo Sawa as
Skeleton (eps 44-47)
Yakuza B (ep 1)
Run Sasaki as
Cafe Clerk (ep 27)
Clerk (ep 23)
Satomi Majima as Clerk (ep 10)
Seiko Nakano as
Child (ep 10)
female student (ep 32)
Shigeru Chiba as
Fan (ep 43)
Kanda
Mamoru Aoyama
Shigezō Sasaoka as
Foreign reporter (ep 28)
Soldier (ep 23)
Spectator (4 episodes
eps 9, 11-12, 25
)
Tatsu (ep 38)
Shingo Kanemoto as Gym chairman (ep 14)
Shinji Toyota as Biker (ep 27)
Shō Saitō as Tamako Hayashi
Shōzō Hirabayashi as Ohashi
Shōzō Iizuka as
Kimura
Umibōzu (ep 28)
Shunsuke Shima as Shiraki Gym executive (ep 36)
Shūsei Nakamura as Riikishi Tohru
Susumu Kotaki as Tome (ep 38)
Takashi Taguchi as Refugee (ep 23)
Takeshi Kuwabara as Man (ep 26)
Takeshi Watabe as Goromaki Kondou
Tamio Ōki as Shiraki
Tetsuo Mizutori as
Doya villager (15 episodes
eps 2, 6, 11-13, 21-22, 25, 32, 34, 36, 40-41, 46-47
)
Higashino (commentator)
Tomiko Suzuki as female student (ep 32)
Tōru Furuya as juvenile delinquent (ep 32)
Toshio Furukawa as Chico Steinboard (ep 28)
Yasuo Muramatsu as Interpreter (ep 28)
Yasuo Tanaka as Kunitomo
Yoku Shioya as Jiro Shioya
Yoshiko Yamamoto as Chelsea
Yoshio Nagahori as
Commissioner (ep 39)
Foreign reporter (ep 28)
Kichi (ep 38)
Soldier (ep 23)
Spectator (4 episodes
eps 9, 24-25, 29
)
Yūji Mikimoto as
Soldier (ep 23)
Spectator (eps 9, 25, 29)
Yūsaku Yara as
Hyun's Subordinate A (ep 21)
Trainee (ep 4)
Japanese companies
Animation Production: TMS Entertainment
Backgrounds: Kobayashi Production
Broadcaster: Nippon Television Network
Development: Toei Chemical Industry
Distributor: Nihon Herald Eiga
Finish Animation:
Group Joy (24 episodes
eps 2-14 even, 15-16, 18-46 even
)
SHAFT (eps 1-13 odd)
Studio Killy (ep 17)
Studio Robin (eps 19-47 odd)
Photography: Takahashi Production
Production: Tokyo Movie Shinsha
Recording Studio: Tohokushinsha Film Corporation
English staff
English companies
Logo Design: Brady Hartel ("Tomorrow's Joe")
English cast
(none)
French staff
French cast
Dubbing Director: Michel Eloy (eps 1-26)

Adaptation:
Ludovic Torreton (eps 27-47)
Perrine Dezulier (eps 27-47)
Theme Song Performance: Jean-Paul Cesari
Philippe Bellay as Joe Yabuki

Alain Floret as
Gondo Goromaki (1st voice)
Kiyoshi Suga (1st voice)
Bernard Demory as
Harry Robert
Kim
Otaka
Rikiishi (1st voice)
Tiger
Charles Pestel as
Carlos Rivera (2nd voice)
Jiro Shioya (ep 27)
Kanda
Mamoru Aoyama (ep 44)
Sam (ep 32)
Tonkiichi (2nd voice)
Constantin Pappas as
Guerilla (ep 44)
Kiyoshi Suga (2nd voice)
Corinne Richardon as
Kinoko (1st voice)
Noriko (1st voice)
Tonkiichi (1st voice)
Eric Connor as
Harimao
José Mendoza
Léon Smiley
Wolf Kanagushi
Hubert Drac as
Arbitre
Carlos Rivera (1st voice)
Dr Kininski
Gondo Goromaki (2nd voice)
Sotatsu Gen
Jacques Bouanich as
Commentateur (1st voice)
Kunitomo
Matsuki (1st voice)
Malvina Germain as
Chukichi (1st voice)
Yoko Shiraki (1st voice)
Mario Pecqueur as
Entraîneur de José
M. Ohashi
M. Shioya (ep 27)
Nishii
Mirabelle Kirkland as
Chelsea
Kinoko (2nd voice)
Mme Mendoza
Noriko (2nd voice)
Nathalie Bleynie as
Chukichi (2nd voice)
Yoko Shiraki (2nd voice)
Odile Schmitt as
Sachi (1st voice)
Taro (1st voice)
Patrick Raynal as
Danpei (2nd voice)
Grand-père de Yoko (2nd voice)
Pierre Dany as Danpei (first voice)
Pierre Decazes as
Grand-Père de Yoko (1st voice)
Père de Noriko
Suzanne Sindberg as
Jun Shioya (ep 27)
Sachi (2nd voice)
Taro (2nd voice)
Thomas Roditi as
Commentateur (2nd voice)
Matsuki (2nd voice)
Rikiishi (2nd voice)
Squelettor

Antoine Tome
Constantin Pappas
Odile Schmitt
Thomas Roditi
French companies
Broadcaster:
La 5 (from 3 April 1991)
Mangas (from 29 April 2001)
Distributor:
Black Box
IDP Home Video Music
Dubbing:
Midisync (eps 27-47)
Studio SOFRECI (eps 1-26)
Spanish staff
Spanish cast
Dubbing Director: Ignacio Campero
Alejandro Abdalah as Sr. Kunimoto
Carlos Carrillo as Joe Yabuki
Ignacio Campero as
Goromaki Kondou
Narrador de peleas
Tohru Rikiishi
José Archimides as Dampei Tangue
José Marín as Mammoth Nishi
Marcela Bordes as Sashi

Alejandro Abdalah as Mikinosuke Shiraki
Guillermo Romano as Coronel Jen
Roberto Alexander as
José Mendoza
YongPi Kim

Victor Mares
Spanish companies
Broadcaster:
Antena 3 (Spain)
Canal A (Colombia)
Canal Caracol (Colombia)
Canal Panda (Spain)
Canal Plus (Spain)
Canal Uno (Colombia)
Internet Streaming:
Crunchyroll (Latin America)
YouTube (Latin America)
Italian staff
Italian cast
Dubbing Director: Graziano Galoforo

Theme Song Performance: Massimo Dorati
Riccardo Onorato as Rocky Joe

Francesco Bulckaen as Eddie Morgan
Gino Pagnani as Frank Miller
Stefania Patruno as Alex Shiraki

Edoardo Nevola as Giornalista
Fabrizio Pucci as Max Ryan
Giancarlo Padoan as Colonnello
Giorgio Bandiera as William Slorin
Giorgio Locuratolo as Robert
Giuliano Santi as Igor
Maurizio Reti as Pinan Sarawaku
Oliviero Dinelli as Sugar Kyoshi
Riccardo Garrone as Michael Shiraki
Sandro Pellegrini as Mister Shot
Saverio Moriones as Josè Mendoza
Sergio Matteucci as Dan Robertson
Italian companies
Broadcaster:
Italia 7 (from 1991)
Italia 7 Gold
Italia Teen Television (from 2005)
JTV
Man-Ga
Distributor:
Esplosion Video (VHS)
Telecolor 2000
Yamato Video (DVD)
Dubbing: Telecolor 2000
Internet Streaming: TIMvision
Arabic staff
Arabic cast
Translation:
Mohammad Youssef
Tariq Youssef
Executive producer: Wael Abd-Allah

Administration: Louay Abd-Allah
Engineering Supervision: Farouk Awad
Financial Management: Ibrahim Gabr
General Supervision: Hasan Abd-Allah
Preparation:
Muhammad Ismail
Rabab
Suheir Taha Hussein
Supervision: Muhammad Nassar
Theme Song Composed & Arranged: Gamal Mustafa
Theme Song Lyrics: Nabil Mahdi
Adel Khalaf as Joe Yabuki
Muhammad Ismail as Tanpei

Ahmad Al-Shennawi as Carlos Rivera
Ali Azap as Jose Mendoza
Madiha Hamdi as Youko Shiraki
Mahmood Aamir as Taro
Mahmood Zaki as Captain Kim Yongbi
Muhammad Anani as Jiro
Rabab as Noriko Hayashi
Rashwan Saeed as Kiyoshi Suga
Sayyid Khater as Dr. Kininski
Suheir Rifaat as Sachi
Wagdy Al-Araby as Nishi
Arabic companies
Dubbing: Oscar Studios (Egypt)
Portuguese staff
Portuguese companies
(none)
Internet Streaming:
Amazon Prime Video (Brazil)
YouTube (Brazil)
Portuguese cast
(none)

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