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Ashita no Joe

Tomorrow's Joe

Genre : Boxing / Action / Drama
Joe is a wanderer. He wanders in to a poor section of town and bumps into a drunken old man. The old man at first tries to get Joe to give him some money for some booze but they end up in a scuffle. The old man is impressed with Joe's ability to fight and offers to be his manager if he takes up boxing. Joe wants nothing to do with the old drunk and goes his way. Later, some local kids are in trouble with some gangsters. Joe picks a fight with them and beats them all up. The kids are impressed with this good natured tough guy but the old man sees something more. He gets a good look at Joe's hard punches and the look in his eyes when he is fighting and decides right there that he is going to give up drinking and become Joe's boxing manager. Now he has to convince Joe about taking up boxing.

Quick look
Episode 1 looked great. Very dated drawing and a corny start but I liked it. Has some fast and well presented action made better by the sound effects. So far, novel and entertaining.
Joe