Anime like Ashita no Joe Pilots

Dororo (Pilot)

Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Supernatural

Before producing a TV series, a pilot film was made to let sponsors and television stations grasp the work's pervasive quality. This is the pilot film for "Dororo" in which the characters are closer to those of the original story compared to the characters in the TV series. The faces and personalities of the characters in the TV series are altered from time to time to gain popularity among its viewers. As a result, sometimes viewers really loved it, but at other times it didn't go over as well. The pilot for "Dororo" was made in color, but the TV series was monochrome due to a tighter budget. The story depicts a journey in which the boy thief named Dororo and a cursed man called Hyakkimaru destroy monsters. Hyakkimaru can be a complete "human" only after he destroys 48 devils.



Tags: Historical , Shounen , Youkai , Samurai

Hajime no Ippo: THE FIGHTING! Boxer no Kobushi

Also known as Hajime no Ippo: The Fighting! - Boxer's Fist.

Studio: MADHOUSE , VAP , NBCUniversal Entertainment Japan
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Drama , Sports

A special episode included in the DVDs. It tells how Takamura started boxing.

Tags: Shounen , Boxing , Delinquents

Ashita no Joe (Movie)

Also known as Tomorrow's Joe: The Movie.

Studio: Mushi Production , Discotek , Fuji TV
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Drama , Slice of Life , Sports

A summary movie of the first season for people to get reminded on what happened before the airing of the second season.

Tags: Shounen , Prison , Tragedy , Boxing , Male Protagonist , Delinquents , Ojou-sama

Ashita no Joe 2

Also known as Tomorrow's Joe 2.

Studio: Tokyo Movie Shinsha , Nippon Television Network
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Drama , Slice of Life , Sports

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.

Tags: Boxing , Tragedy , Coming of Age , Rehabilitation , Male Protagonist , Philosophy , Shounen , Foreign , Historical , Primarily Adult Cast , Primarily Male Cast , Urban , Language Barrier , Delinquents , Class Struggle , Ojou-sama , Yakuza , War , Military , Bar , Body Image , Mafia , Love Triangle , Heterosexual , Anti-Hero

Lupin III: Pilot Film

Studio: Tokyo Movie Shinsha , Toho , Discotek
Status: Finished
Genres: Action

Two years after the birth of the manga a pilot film was realized. It was a brief film of only 15 minutes that had the purpose of assay the response to a possible future anime realization of Lupin III. The pilot opens with a challenge call from Lupin to Zenigata from a public phone.

A remastered version was realised in 1978, re-photographed in cinemascope and re-dubbed for being screened in cinema before the 1st movie The Secret of Mamo.



Tags: Primarily Adult Cast , Fugitive , Guns , Ensemble Cast , Nudity , Male Protagonist , Shounen , Samurai

Ashita no Joe 2 (Movie)

Also known as Tomorrow's Joe 2 the Movie.

Studio: Tokyo Movie Shinsha
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Sports

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. 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.

Tags: Shounen , Boxing , Tragedy , Foreign , Male Protagonist , Primarily Adult Cast , Rehabilitation , Primarily Male Cast , Ojou-sama , Urban , Coming of Age