Ashita no joe

Ashita no joe

Information:

Type: TV

Episodes: 79

Premiered: Spring 1970

Producers: Fuji TV

Studios: Mushi Production

Source: Manga

Genres: Action, Drama, Shounen, Slice of Life, Sport

Duration: 25 min. per ep.

Resume:

Japan, early 1960s. Joe Yabuki has a rare talent, that of getting into trouble. Insolent, rebellious and rogue, this 15-year-old boy drags on an empty stomach in the deprived neighborhoods of Tokyo. Orphaned, homeless, he can only rely on the D system and his fists to survive. Danpei Tange, a former boxer who became an alcoholic, landed him and set out to introduce him to the mysteries of "noble art". But Joe is hard-headed and the business is complicated ...? Published from 1968 to 1973, Ashita no Joe is one of the leading series of Japanese comic books. It has marked several generations and, in the archipelago, the character of Joe is still an icon. Beyond the archiclassic scenario of the rascal who became champion, of redemption through sport, this Gavroche with red gloves quickly embodied a certain idea of ??the resistance and independence dear to the Japanese. Students protesting against the Vietnam War and the terrorists of the Japanese Red Army brandished its effigy as a banner. To the point that Tetsuya Chiba and Asao Takamori, the authors, had to put an end to the series, under pressure from the authorities. Should the time be tense for such an unpopular manga to have provoked so much excitement! Forty years later, it remains a story of excellent workmanship which owes as much to the humanity of the characters as to the explosive realism of the scenes of combat.