Anime like Ashita no Joe 2 (Movie)

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

Hajime no Ippo: THE FIGHTING!

Also known as Hajime no Ippo: The Fighting!.

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

Makunouchi Ippo has been bullied his entire life. Constantly running errands and being beaten up by his classmates, Ippo has always dreamed of changing himself, but never has the passion to act upon it. One day, in the midst of yet another bullying, Ippo is saved by Takamura Mamoru, who happens to be a boxer. Ippo faints from his injuries and is brought to the Kamogawa boxing gym to recover. As he regains consciousness, he is awed and amazed at his new surroundings in the gym, though lacks confidence to attempt anything. Takamura places a photo of Ippo's classmate on a punching bag and forces him to punch it. It is only then that Ippo feels something stir inside him and eventually asks Takamura to train him in boxing. Thinking that Ippo does not have what it takes, Takamura gives him a task deemed impossible and gives him a one week time limit. With a sudden desire to get stronger, for himself and his hard working mother, Ippo trains relentlessly to accomplish the task within the time limit. Thus Ippo's journey to the top of the boxing world begins.



Tags: Boxing , Male Protagonist , Primarily Male Cast , Shounen , Martial Arts , Coming of Age , Fitness , Heterosexual , Ensemble Cast , Delinquents , Bullying

Ashita no Joe Pilots

Studio: Mushi Production , Jaggard
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Drama , Sports

Pilot films for Ashita no Joe, released as bonus material on the series' DVD box.

Aoyama-hen (prod. 1969/11/06)
Rikiishi-hen (prod. 1969/12/22)

Tags: Shounen , Male Protagonist , Boxing , Delinquents , Primarily Male Cast , Rehabilitation , Crime , Achronological Order , Ojou-sama , Yakuza , Primarily Teen Cast

Hokuto no Ken Movie

Also known as Fist of the North Star Movie.

Studio: Toei Animation , Discotek
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Sci-Fi

Following a cataclysmic nuclear war, the world teeters on the brink of complete destruction. Civilization is polarized into a degenerate society where opposing packs of marauding scavengers prey on helpless, homeless nomads. For those who are lucky enough to survive the constant brutality and danger, it is a bleak existence. Life an death blur into abstractions. The only hope left for mankind is to find a hero worthy of becoming the next "Fist of the North Star" - an enlightened warrior - who is capable of leading those with the will to survive out of this barrenness into a new world. But in this savage no-man's land of shifting loyalties and power-hungry demi-gods, heroes are in short supply.



Tags: Martial Arts , Post-Apocalyptic , Shounen , Male Protagonist , Body Horror , Gore

Sakigake!! Otokojuku (Movie)

Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Comedy

Otokojuku, a private school for juvenile delinquents that were previously expelled from normal schools. At this school, Japanese chivalry is taught through the feudal and military fundamentals. Similar to an action film, the classes are overwhelmed by violence. Only those who survive it become true men.


Tags: School , Shounen , Martial Arts , Gangs , Primarily Male Cast , Language Barrier , Foreign , Delinquents

Riki-Oh: Toukatsu Jigoku

Also known as Riki-Oh: The Wall of Hell.

Studio: Media Blasters , Bandai Visual , Shueisha , Magic Bus
Status: Finished
Genres: Action

A Retelling of the prison arc of the manga RIKI-OH!

The story follows Saiga Riki-Oh, a young man blessed with inhuman strength. After taking revenge against a yakuza boss who was responsible for the death of his girlfriend, he ends up in a maximum security prison owned by a private organization.

The prison is divided into four blocks, each run by a member of prisoners known as the Gang of Four. The first member is a tattooed knife wielder known as Hai that runs his block in a mafia style family system. The second member is a giant man (known as Tarzan in the live action) with incredible strength. The third member is a effeminate fighter named Huang Chaun that is growing Opium in the prison. The final member is a small man that use sewing needles as his weapons.

Tags: Revenge , Prison , Super Power , Male Protagonist , Bullying , Disability , Shounen

JoJo no Kimyou na Bouken: Phantom Blood

Studio: Bandai , APPP
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Horror

This entry is for the 2007 movie, not to be confused by the first arc of the 2012 TV anime adaptation of Jojo's Bizarre Adventure, also named Phantom Blood. Nor the movie format 're-edit' of said first season compiled from the 2012 TV episodes.

Jonathan Joestar is an aristocratic boy whose life is suddenly turned upside down by a mysterious new boy who arrives, Dio Brando. Dio has a connection to his father, and over time, a rivalry forms as Dio becomes obsessed with a mysterious, ancient, and mystical stone mask that Jonathan's father keeps.

Note: This film hasn't been released publicly outside of its original limited theatrical run and is considered mostly lost, apart from several trailers and a found 16-minute undubbed clip compilation used for a student sound design assignment.

Tags: Shounen , Vampire , Historical