Tomorrow's Joe

Synopsis

A young drifter named Joe Yabuki wanders through the slums of Tokyo, but when the local ruffians try to give him a hard time he teaches them a rough lesson with his fists. The spectacle sparks a gleam in the eye of an old drunk who happens to be watching—Danpei Tange, a failed boxer and former coach who sees something special in the boy. He pleads with Joe to train with him off, but the cocky young fighter brushes him. Later, though, when Joe is arrested and put in a juvenile detention facility, he realizes that he’s going to need to hone his raw fighting skills if he wants to survive. Thus is born a partnership that might just take Joe all the way to the top…

Main Cast

Teruhiko Aoi

Joe Yabuki

Age : N/A | Popularity : 5%

Fuyumi Shiraishi

Sachi

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Shūsei Nakamura

Tōru Rikiishi

Age : N/A | Popularity : 7%

Jūkei Fujioka

Danpei Tange

Age : N/A | Popularity : 7%

Ryusei Nakao

Rivera Carlos

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Noriko Tsukase

Chuukichi

Age : N/A | Popularity : 4%

Kei Moriwaki

Noriko Hayashi

Age : 66 | Popularity : 2%

Keiko Ozaki

Mrs. Mendoza Jose

Age : N/A | Popularity : 0%

Seasons

Season 1

1970 | 79 episodes

Joe Yabuki is a troubled youth, whose only solution to problems is throwing punches at them. What he lacks in manners and discipline, he makes up for with his self-taught fighting skills. One day, while wandering the slums of Doya, Joe gets into a fight with the local gang. Although greatly outnumbered, he effortlessly defeats them, drawing the attention of Danpei Tange—a former boxing coach turned alcoholic. Seeing his potential, he offers to train Joe into Japan's greatest boxer. At first, Joe dismisses Danpei as a hopeless drunk; but after the trainer saves his life, he agrees to live with him and learn the art of boxing. Unfortunately, Joe's personality makes him an unruly student, and he often falls back to his old ways. To survive the harsh world of his new career, Joe needs to trust his mentor and master the techniques taught to him. However, the road to becoming a professional boxer is rife with struggles that will test his mettle to the end.

Season details

Season 2

1980 | 47 episodes

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.

Season details

Crew

Department	Role	Name
Sound	Music	Ichiro Araki
	Theme Song Performance	Takeshi Oba
	Songs	Aki Yashiro
Art	Art Direction	Kazuo Oga
	Original Series Design	Ikki Kajiwara
Camera	Director of Photography	Hirokata Takahashi
Production	Producer	Seiji Takahashi Shunzou Katou
Editing	Editor	Kazuko Takahashi Yoshihisa Tsurubuchi
Writing	Lyricist	Ichiro Araki Yuu Aku
	Original Series Creator	Tetsuya Chiba
Visual Effects	Character Designer	Akio Sugino
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