Ashita no Joe: Story, Cast and Series Facts
Ashita no Joe (1970): Drama, Anime. Series details, synopsis and season dates from TVmaze.
Story and premise
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.
Series details
- Title: Ashita no Joe
- Format: Animation
- Language: Japanese
- Genres: Drama, Anime
- Premiere date: 1970-04-01
- Final broadcast date listed: 1981-08-31
- Status in TVmaze: Ended
- Network listed by TVmaze: Fuji TV
- Network country: Japan
- Typical episode runtime: 30 minutes
- TVMaze ID: 10291
- IMDb ID: tt1690397
- TVDB ID: 81232
Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue
- Season 1: premiered 1970-04-01; final listed air date 1971-09-29; episode order: 79.
- Season 2: premiered 1980-10-13; final listed air date 1981-08-31; episode order: 47.
Source and licence
Adapted from Ashita no Joe on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.
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