“After tragedy, boxer Joe wanders, finds renewed purpose, returns to boxing, and seeks healing through Carlos Rivera's help.”
Tomorrow's Joe 2
あしたのジョー2
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Synopsis
After tragedy, boxer Joe wanders, finds renewed purpose, returns to boxing, and seeks healing through Carlos Rivera's help.
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.
What people say
Community consensus
Derived from 33 sampled reviews
What 33 viewers settled on.
Mostly aligned
σ 1.29 · some divergence
5.5 pts
Recommenders 9.5 · others 4.0
↓ 0.73
Running avg · Sep 2011 → Mar 2026
- 10 “I just wanna say one thing, If you are a boxing lover then should watch the second part too, its fun and perfect. Ashita no Joe 2 even though its 45 years old but still it carries that essence and...”
- 10 “Beautiful.. Ashita no joe 1 and 2 are a pure and unadulterated story about both passion and the human experience both at its worst and best. no filler and uses every second it has to develop itself...”
- 10 “WOW.... I can't believe this show is over from the very first season and episode I was trapped . first it starts off kinda of slow and boring but it's usually the ones that start out that way that...”
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- Format 47 × 24′ eps × min
- Total runtime 18h 48m all episodes
- Aired Oct 1980 – Aug 1981 Fall 1980
- Source Tv media type
- Rated PG 13 - Teens 13 or older
- Ref. BS-2660 catalog
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- Annapuru Producer