Anime like Ashita no Joe (Movie)

Ashita no Joe 2 (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 , Primarily Adult Cast , Rehabilitation , Primarily Male Cast , Ojou-sama , Urban , Coming of Age , Foreign , Male Protagonist

Ashita no Joe 2

Also known as Tomorrow's Joe 2.

Studio: Tokyo Movie Shinsha , Annapuru , Shaft , 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 , Class Struggle , Language Barrier , Delinquents , Ojou-sama , Yakuza , War , Military , Bar , Mafia , Love Triangle

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

RAINBOW: Nisha Rokubou no Shichinin

Also known as Rainbow.

Studio: MADHOUSE , Funimation , VAP
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Psychological , Thriller

Seven teenagers in 1955 have to learn to live together in the same hold in the reformatory of Shounan. Confined in a hall where suffering and humiliation are daily, they are waiting for a ray of hope in a dark, incarcerating world. The story follows their life together and how they move on afterwards.

Tags: Ensemble Cast , Seinen , Tragedy , Coming of Age , Delinquents , Survival , Primarily Male Cast , Rehabilitation , Historical , Crime , Gore , Revenge , Prison , Boxing , Torture , Orphan , Time Skip , Found Family , Philosophy , Drugs , Bar , Gangs , Suicide , School , Yakuza , Language Barrier

Cestvs: The Roman Fighter

Also known as CESTVS -The Roman Fighter-.

Studio: Bandai Namco Pictures , Fuji TV , Hakusensha
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Drama , Sports

54 AD. Cestus, a young boy orphaned by the Roman empire and made a slave, is placed into a training school for pugilists. It is here that he begins his journey to defy fate and fight for his own freedom.

Tags: Boxing , CGI , Slavery , Historical , Seinen , Primarily Male Cast , Full CGI , Foreign