Joe, a teenage orphan in the slums of the Doya streets, meets Danpei, a homeless, alcoholic ex-boxing coach. Danpei, seeing Joe's boxing talent, decides to train him. When Joe is sent to a terrible juvenile home for petty crimes, he meets Rikiishi who becomes his boxing rival. Danpei arrives at the home to help Joe to train in order to defeat Rikiishi. When Joe decides to seriously pursue boxing, Danpei cannot get a coaching license because of his reputation as a drunk.
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To preface this, I should warn you all that is my first review, so apologises if I end up not following proper etiquette for it. But, having just recently finished the first season of Ashita no Joe, I couldn't _not_ talk about it. This review will contain light spoilers for the first 10 episodes.…
Joe is a iconic series. The Drama in this Anime has reached a level I didn't expect it would touch my heart so deeply.
Ashita no Joe is a anime that aired in the 1970's and is arguably one of the founders of sports anime as a whole. But calling this series just a sports anime would not be doing it justice. While yes the story does mainly focus around Joe's boxing career, intermixed with this is fantastic drama, supe…
As time goes by and animation techniques improve most anime start to be forgotten in favor of newer titles. But despite the constant uphill battle of time, some anime manage to survive where others are forgotten and earn the title of "classics". Ashita no Joe is one of the best examples of a anime t…
Warning! This review contains spoilers, so I recommend that you finish the first season before reading this review.
Plot 9.3/10
Ashita no Joe or known as in other parts of the world as Rocky Joe, Tomorrow Joe, Joe’s Tomorrow, Champion Joe, and Joe is about an orphan who ran away from the orphanage a…