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Ashita no Joe (TV)

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Alternative title:
Joe (French)
La vida de Rocky Joe (Spanish)
O Campeão (Portuguese)
Rocky Joe (Italian)
Rocky Joe: La vida de Rocky (Spanish)
Tomorrow's Joe
Завтрашний Джо (Russian)
البطل (Arabic)
あしたのジョー (Japanese)
Genres: drama, tournament
Themes: boxing, sports
Objectionable content: Significant
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: 100 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 27 votes (sub:22, raw:1, others:4
2 Spanish subtitled
1 Italian dubbed
1 Italian subtitled
)
 Excellent: 21 votes (sub:20, others:1
1 Italian dubbed
)
 Very good: 15 votes (sub:12, ?:1, others:2
1 Polish subtitled
1 Indonesian dubbed
)
 Good: 13 votes (sub:8, raw:1, others:4
2 Italian dubbed
1 Spanish dubbed
1 Italian subtitled
)
 Decent: 11 votes (sub:9, dub:2)
 So-so: 4 votes (sub:3, others:1
1 Italian dubbed
)
 Not really good: 5 votes (sub:3, dub:1, others:1
1 Spanish subtitled
)
 Weak: 2 votes (sub:2)
 Bad: 1 vote (sub:1)
 Awful: 1 vote (sub:1)
 Worst ever: -
Seen in part or in whole by 288 users, rank: #3097 (of 9583)
Median rating: Very good
Arithmetic mean: 7.850 (Very good), std. dev.: 2.0851, rank: #935 (of 9705)
Weighted mean: 7.658 (Very good−), rank: #1232 (of 9705) (seen all: 8.45 / seen some: 6.97 / won't finish: 3.34)
Bayesian estimate: 7.636 (Very good−), rank: #992 (of 7286)
Running time: half hour per episode
Number of episodes: 79
Episode titles: We have 79
Vintage: 1970-04-01 to 1971-09-29
Release dates: We have 1
Opening Theme:
"Ashita no Joe" by Isao Bitou
Ending Theme:
#1: "Joe no Komoriuta (Joe's Lullaby)" by Asao Koike (eps 1-40)
#1: "Joe no Komoriuta (ジョーの子守唄)" by Asao Koike (eps 1-40)
#2: "Rikiishi Toru no Theme (Rikiishi Toru's Theme)" by Hide Yuki (eps 41-79)
#2: "Rikiishi Toru no Theme (力石徹のテーマ)" by Hide Yuki (eps 41-79)
#2: "Rikiishi Toru no Theme (力石徹のテーマ)" by Yūki Hide (eps 41-79)
Links: We have 1
Trivia: We have 1
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Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Director: Osamu Dezaki
Script:
Haruya Yamazaki (5 episodes
eps 58, 68-69, 73, 76
)

Kiyoshi Miyata (6 episodes
eps 42, 46, 51, 55, 62, 65
)

Seiji Matsuoka (7 episodes
eps 45, 56-57, 64, 67, 74, 77
)

Shunichi Yukimuro (21 episodes
eps 1, 4-5, 7, 9, 11-13, 15-16, 19-22, 24-26, 28, 30-31, 34
)

Tadaaki Yamazaki (15 episodes
eps 2-3, 6, 8, 10, 14, 17-18, 23, 27, 29, 32-33, 35, 40
)

Tatsuo Tamura (5 episodes
eps 47, 52, 59, 63, 66
)

Tsunehisa Itō (6 episodes
eps 41, 43, 48, 54, 61, 75
)

Yuki Kobayashi (10 episodes
eps 44, 49-50, 53, 60, 70-72, 78-79
)

Storyboard:
Hideaki Kitano (ep 61)
Hiroshi Saitō (ep 67)
Makura Saki (9 episodes
eps 51, 53, 58, 65, 69-70, 76, 78-79
)

Masami Hata (ep 74)
Masayuki Hayashi (ep 75)
Noboru Ishiguro (4 episodes
eps 49, 52, 55, 60
)

Sōji Yoshikawa (eps 57, 66)
Yoshifumi Seyama (ep 62)
Yoshiyuki Tomino (6 episodes
eps 54, 56, 63, 68, 71-72
)

Episode Director:
Hideaki Kitano (ep 61)
Hideo Nishimaki (7 episodes
eps 2, 7, 11-12, 17, 20, 32
)

Hiroshi Saitō (7 episodes
eps 4, 6, 9, 13, 16, 30, 67
)

Kazunori Tanahashi (eps 49, 55)
Makura Saki (16 episodes
eps 22, 36-38, 42-43, 46, 51, 53, 58, 65, 69-70, 76, 78-79
)

Masami Hata (4 episodes
eps 5, 14, 31, 74
)

Masayuki Hayashi (ep 75)
Motoo Honda (4 episodes
eps 59, 64, 73, 77
)

Noboru Ishiguro (7 episodes
eps 8, 10, 19, 24, 34, 52, 60
)

Norio Kitajima (ep 45)
Osamu Dezaki (ep 1)
Seiji Okuda (ep 3)
Sōji Yoshikawa (7 episodes
eps 15, 27, 39, 44, 50, 57, 66
)

Toshio Hirata (4 episodes
eps 18, 21, 26, 40
)

Yoshifumi Seyama (ep 62)
Yoshiyuki Tomino (14 episodes
eps 23, 25, 29, 33, 35, 41, 47-48, 54, 56, 63, 68, 71-72
)

Music: Masao Yagi
Original creator:
Asao Takamori
Tetsuya Chiba
Character Design: Akio Sugino
Art Director: Teiichi Akashi
Animation Director:
Akihiro Kanayama (24 episodes
eps 2, 5, 8, 10, 12, 15, 19-20, 24-25, 27-28, 31-32, 35, 41, 43-46, 57, 59-60, 73
)

Akio Sugino (36 episodes
eps 1, 3, 7, 11, 14, 17, 22, 29, 33, 36-39, 42, 48-49, 51-55, 58, 61, 63-65, 67-70, 72, 74-75, 77-79
)

Shingo Araki (19 episodes
eps 4, 6, 9, 13, 16, 18, 21, 23, 26, 30, 34, 40, 47, 50, 56, 62, 66, 71, 76
)

Sound Director: Hiroshi Sakonjo
Director of Photography: Kōji Kumagai
Animation:
Emiko Akiyama (ep 75)
Hiromitsu Morita (10 episodes
eps 1, 3, 46, 51, 57, 61, 67, 72, 78-79
)

Hiroshi Iino (4 episodes
eps 63, 68, 73, 77
)

Hiroshi Kawabata (13 episodes
eps 4, 6, 9, 13, 16, 18, 21, 26, 30, 34, 40, 47, 50
)

Ikuo Fudaki (10 episodes
eps 36, 42, 48, 53, 58, 64, 69, 74, 78-79
)

Junji Kobayashi (eps 37, 61)
Kazuo Nakamura (13 episodes
eps 5, 8, 10, 12, 15, 19, 23, 25, 27, 31, 35, 41, 45
)

Kiyoshi Nakamura (5 episodes
eps 56, 62, 66, 71, 76
)

Kozo Masanobu (12 episodes
eps 2, 7, 11, 17, 20, 24, 33, 38, 44, 59, 65, 70
)

Manshū Fujiwara (12 episodes
eps 8, 10, 12, 15, 19, 23, 25, 27, 31, 35, 41, 45
)

Masami Abe (18 episodes
eps 4, 6, 9, 13, 16, 18, 21, 26, 30, 34, 40, 47, 50, 56, 62, 66, 71, 76
)

Masanori Yamada (7 episodes
eps 20, 33, 38, 54, 59, 65, 70
)

Masatoshi Suzuki (18 episodes
eps 1, 3, 5, 10, 12, 17, 22, 24, 28, 32, 37, 43, 51, 57, 67, 72, 78-79
)

Masayuki Hayashi (14 episodes
eps 4, 6, 9, 13, 16, 18, 21, 26, 30, 34, 40, 42, 47, 50
)

Michiko Tanahashi (eps 49, 55, 60)
Mitsuo Shindo (10 episodes
eps 36, 42, 48, 53, 58, 64, 69, 74, 78-79
)

Nobuyoshi Sasakado (10 episodes
eps 36, 42, 48, 53, 58, 64, 69, 74, 78-79
)

Noriko Numa (9 episodes
eps 20, 33, 38, 44, 54, 59, 65, 70, 75
)

Osamu Dezaki (ep 14)
Satoshi Jingu (13 episodes
eps 4, 6, 9, 13, 16, 18, 21, 26, 30, 34, 40, 47, 50
)

Shigetaka Kiyoyama (4 episodes
eps 63, 68, 73, 77
)

Shizuo Goto (4 episodes
eps 63, 68, 73, 77
)

Takao Ogawa (eps 1, 3)
Takateru Miwa (ep 5)
Takekatsu Kikuta (17 episodes
eps 1, 3, 11, 17, 22, 24, 28, 32, 37, 43, 51, 57, 61, 67, 72, 78-79
)

Takeo Utsumi (eps 1, 3)
Takeshi Ōsaka (12 episodes
eps 2, 7, 11, 17, 20, 24, 33, 38, 54, 59, 65, 70
)

Takeshi Tamazawa (ep 12)
Toshio Nitta (7 episodes
eps 1, 3, 37, 51, 57, 78-79
)

Toyomi Sogi (5 episodes
eps 20, 54, 59, 70, 75
)

Tsuneo Wakabayashi (11 episodes
eps 1, 3, 17, 22, 24, 28, 32, 37, 43, 46, 52
)

Yasuo Mori (4 episodes
eps 5, 8, 10, 15
)

Yoshiaki Kawajiri (6 episodes
eps 36, 48-49, 58, 78-79
)

Yutaka Oka (4 episodes
eps 63, 68, 73, 77
)

Yutaka Tanizawa (ep 37)
Art Setting: Tsuyoshi Watanabe
Background Art:
Kazuo Miyagawa (ep 5)
Ken'ichi Ishibashi (9 episodes
eps 9, 13, 16, 18, 21, 34, 40-41, 56
)

Koji Shimada (4 episodes
eps 20, 23, 25, 28
)

Koyo Ito (ep 31)
Noboru Mizutani (eps 11, 26, 30)
Shigeo Nishihara (4 episodes
eps 20, 23, 25, 28
)

Tadao Kubota (12 episodes
eps 39, 44, 46, 49-55 odd, 61, 65, 67, 69, 77
)

Takamura Mukuo (17 episodes
eps 3, 5, 7, 10, 15, 19, 22, 27, 32, 35, 37, 57, 59, 63, 72, 74, 79
)

Yoshifumi Takemori (eps 11, 26, 30)
Yoshiyuki Uchida (14 episodes
eps 4, 6, 8-9, 13, 16, 18, 21, 34, 40, 47, 50, 56, 62
)

Photography:
Kenichi Yoshizaka (24 episodes
eps 2, 5, 8, 11, 13, 16, 19, 23, 27, 34, 37, 40-41, 45, 49, 52, 56, 59, 62, 65, 68, 71, 75, 78
)

Masaaki Fujita (8 episodes
eps 32, 36, 43, 50, 61, 69, 74, 79
)

Masatoshi Shibata (12 episodes
eps 4, 6-7, 10, 12-13, 15, 18, 22, 26, 30, 33
)

Minoru Fujita (7 episodes
eps 28, 32, 36, 43, 50, 61, 69
)

Mitsuo Kobayashi (12 episodes
eps 2-3, 5, 8-9, 11-12, 17, 20-21, 24-25
)

Production Advancement:
Hideo Katayama (7 episodes
eps 2, 4-5, 9-10, 13, 15
)

Hideo Takayashiki (ep 53)
Jun Masami (eps 20, 23, 25)
Kiyoshi Takanezawa (13 episodes
eps 19, 21, 27-28, 30, 35, 42, 49, 55, 60, 64, 70, 77
)

Kuniaki Nagayama (ep 75)
Seiichiro Narikawa (7 episodes
eps 36, 39, 45, 54, 61, 68, 74
)

Tsunemasa Hatano (9 episodes
eps 26, 29, 33, 38, 51, 58, 65, 72, 78
)

Yoichi Ikeda (12 episodes
eps 6, 8, 17, 27, 31, 37, 43, 52, 59, 67, 73, 79
)

Yukimatsu Ito (6 episodes
eps 1, 3, 7, 11, 14, 17
)

Production manager: Yasuo Ooda
Setting: Masao Maruyama
Sound Effects: Hidenori Ishida
Sound Production Manager: Yasuo Uragami
Special Effects: Tomoji Hashizume
Theme Song Lyrics:
Asao Takamori (ED1)
Shūji Terayama (OP,ED2)
Theme Song Performance:
Asao Koike (ED1)
Isao Bitou (OP)
Yūki Hide (ED2)
Teruhiko Aoi as Joe Yabuki

Shūsei Nakamura as Tohru Rikiishi

Akira Shimada as
Juvenile C (ep 15)
Resident B (ep 37)
Chikao Ohtsuka as Goromaki Gondou
Fumio Matsuoka as Fukushima (ep 18)
Fuyumi Shiraishi as Sachi
Gentarō Inoue as
Customer A (eps 2-3)
Ryu Harajima (eps 62, 75)
Umasawa (ep 55)
Hiroshi Masuoka as
Chairman B (ep 75)
Photographer (ep 54)
Reporter A (ep 73)
Taro
Hisako Kyouda as Okamisan
Ichirō Nagai as Household Judge (ep 7)
Iemasa Kayumi as Henry James (ep 77)
Isamu Tanonaka as Miss Okama (ep 35)
Jouji Yanami as
Cook (ep 43)
Guard B (ep 9)
Kawabata (ep 13)
Referee (11 episodes
eps 38-39, 44, 51, 58, 61-62, 71, 75-76, 78
)

Reporter B (5 episodes
eps 29, 36, 46, 54, 77
)

Spectator B (ep 68)
Suzuki (ep 60)
Tonkichi
Worker B (ep 66)
Jukei Fujioka as Danpei Tange
Kan Tokumaru as
Juvenile B (ep 15)
Yoshizawa
Kaneta Kimotsuki as
Boxer A (ep 43)
Commentator (6 episodes
eps 44, 61, 64, 71, 75, 78
)

Doctor (eps 46, 53)
Hiyoro Matsu
Juvenile C (ep 18)
Reporter B (ep 57)
Reporter C (ep 77)
Spectator C (ep 68)
Worker C (ep 66)
Yakuza B (ep 1)
Yasuda (ep 60)
Kaoru Ozawa as
Mother B (ep 67)
Noriko Hayashi
Kazuko Nishizawa as Youko Shiroki
Kazuo Harada as Warai-ya
Kazuya Tatekabe as
Constable (eps 24-25)
Driver (ep 4)
Man A (ep 45)
Officer (ep 3)
Pancho Leo
Referee (ep 30)
Yasuo (ep 69)
Kei Wada as
Customer A (ep 49)
Mikinosuke Shiroki
Keiko Ushizaki as
Joe Yabuki (Young)
Kinoko
Woman (ep 54)
Ken Shiroyama as
Hiyoromatsu's Father (ep 10)
Nomura (ep 13)
Skeleton
Kenichi Ogata as Man C (ep 24)
Kihara Tadashino as
Kouji Nango (ep 64)
Tamegoro Raiden
Kimie Nakajima as Wife C
Kiyoshi Kobayashi as
Inaba
Numata (ep 17)
Kiyoshi Komiyama as Mamoru Aoyama
Kōichi Kitamura as
Chairman A (ep 75)
Detective (ep 27)
Doctor (ep 62)
Examiner (ep 30)
Guard B (ep 13)
Guard C (ep 11)
Hyodo
Man B (eps 24, 69)
Officer (ep 5)
Okishima (ep 58)
Postman (ep 67)
Referee (ep 51)
Reporter B (ep 73)
Resident A (ep 37)
Trainee (ep 60)
Yakuza A (ep 1)
Masako Ebisu as Youko Shiroki (2nd; eps 34-44)
Masako Nozawa as Yuri
Masao Imanishi as
Koyama (ep 27)
Osho
Masashi Amenomori as Kunitomo
Mikio Terashima as
Announcer (17 episodes
eps 38-39, 44, 48-51, 58, 61-62, 64-65, 71, 75-76, 78-79
)

Attendant (eps 7, 32)
Attendant A (ep 8)
Coach A (eps 42-43)
Conductor (ep 73)
Guard A (eps 9, 11, 13)
Juvenile A (ep 20)
Juvenile B (eps 16, 18, 23)
Kinoko's Father (ep 10)
Kurashima (ep 60)
Male Announcer (ep 28)
Man A (eps 24, 69)
Photographer (ep 45)
Reporter (eps 31, 33)
Reporter A (8 episodes
eps 4, 29, 36, 46, 52, 54, 57, 77
)

Spectator A (ep 68)
Station Attendant (ep 67)
Trainer (eps 27, 34)
Worker A (ep 1)
Yoneyama (ep 14)
Mitsuko Abe as
Tamako Hayashi
Woman B (ep 24)
Mitsuko Asō as
Female Announcer (ep 28)
Maid (ep 5)
Mother A (ep 67)
Woman A (ep 24)
Miyoko Asō as Yuri's mother (ep 69)
Nobuo Tanaka as Inagaki
Norio Kitajima as Worker A (ep 66)
Noriyuki Kihara as
Inaba
Matsu
Michiru Nango
Raiden Tamegoro
Somegoro
Osamu Katō as
Commissioner (ep 30)
Wolf Kinken
Osamu Saka as Bear
Reizō Nomoto as
Inhabitant (ep 24)
Juvenile A (ep 23)
Juvenile C (ep 20)
Kousuke Tonoya (ep 58)
Saburo Kouno
Saruta (ep 55)
Shibayama (ep 2)
Rokurō Naya as
Osamu Ishikura (ep 34)
Shark Suzuki
Ryūji Saikachi as
Gonta (ep 73)
Reporter C (ep 37)
Ryūsuke Shiomi as
Commentator (ep 23)
Japan Boxing Association Commissioner
Setsuo Wakui as Keishichi Hayashi
Shigeyuki Hosoi as
Arai (ep 15)
Juvenile A (ep 16)
Shin Kunisaka as Postman (ep 10)
Shinji Nakae as Hurricane
Shōzō Iizuka as
Guard D (ep 11)
Guerilla
Inoki (ep 60)
Juvenile A (ep 18)
Juvenile B (ep 20)
Tiger Ozaki
Shuichi Kazamatsuri as Ikeuchi (Warden)
Shunsuke Shima as
Announcer (ep 23)
Doctor (ep 51)
Susumu Mizushima as
Oniyama
Ushi (ep 55)
Taichirō Hirokawa as Carlos Libera
Taimei Suzuki as Reporter (ep 3)
Takashi Yasuda as Kouji Nango (ep 71)
Takeshi Aono as Juvenile A (ep 15)
Takeshi Kuwabara as Harry Robert
Takeshi Watabe as
Gorou Matoba (ep 18)
Hirata
Tamio Ohki as Gouhei Oigawa
Teiji Ōmiya as Otaka
Toku Nishio as Kanichi NIshi/Mammoth Nishi
Toshirō Ishii as Director (ep 5)
Yasuo Muramatsu as
Ikeuchi (ep 32)
Man (ep 28)
Yoshiko Yamamoto as Boy (ep 66)

Japanese companies
Film Developing:
Tokyo Laboratory (eps 9-79)
Toyo Laboratory (eps 1-8)
Recording Studio: Studio Bancho
Sound Effects: Ishida Sound Production
Spanish staff
Spanish cast
(none)
Jose Luis Gil as Joe Yabuki (Spain dub)

Amelia Jara as Child (Spain dub)
Carlos Revilla as
Mob Boss (Spain dub)
Police Chief (Spain dub)
Estanis González as Danpei Tange (Spain dub)
María Antonia Rodríguez as Youko Shiraki (Spain dub)
Matilde Vilariño as Sachi (Spain dub)
Rafael Alonso Naranjo Jr. as Boy (Spain dub)

Paco Hernández (Spain dub)
Spanish companies
Distributor: Ízaro Films (Spain)
Italian staff
Italian cast
(none)
Mauro Gravina as Rocky Joe

Angelo Nicotra as Toro Riki
Anna Rosa Garatti as Kinoppi
Arturo Dominici as
Dampei Tange
Mishi
Dario Penne as Carlos Rivera
Isabella Pasanisi as Yoko Shiraki
Ivo Garrani as Sig. Shiraki
Marco Guadagno as Taro (eps 37-79)
Piero Tiberi as Taro (eps 1-36)
Sandro Pellegrini as Jose Mendoza
Italian companies
Broadcaster:
Italia 7
Italia 7 Gold
Italia Teen Television (from 1st October 2005)
JTV
Man-Ga
Rete 4 (from April 1982)
Telenapoli 34
Distributor: Yamato Video (DVD)
Internet Streaming: TIMvision

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