Ashita no Joe is a critically acclaimed boxing manga written by Ikki Kajiwara and illustrated by Tetsuya Chiba in 1968 that was later adapted into an anime series and movie. The title means "Joe of tomorrow" or Tomorrow's Joe. Outside Japan it is also referred to as Rocky Joe or Joe. It was adapted into a live-action film starring popular actor/singer Tomohisa Yamashita as Yabuki Joe and Yusuke Iseya as Rikishi. The movie premiered in Japan on February 11, 2011.
PLOT:
Joe Yabuki is a troubled young man who runs away from an orphanage. Wandering through the Tokyo slums, he meets former boxing trainer Danpei. Joe is later arrested and goes to a temporary jail where he fights Nishi, his future best friend and leader of a group of hooligans. He and Nishi then go to a juvenile prison miles away from Tokyo. There Joe meets Rikiishi, a former boxing prodigy, and a rivalry develops between them. They face each other in a match in which Rikiishi dominates Joe until the latter hits him with a cross-counter, resulting in both being knocked out. This inspires the other prison inmates to take up boxing. Joe and Rikiishi vow to fight again.
VIDEO GAME:
Ashita no Joe Touchi Typing Namida Hashi is a typing game based on the anime/manga boxing series. The game was also released with a Keyboard Pack for playing the game. The game plot follows the original manga one, and the player progress through the story typing in each scene.
MANUFACTURER'S DESCRIPTION:
Typing game with a motif classic boxing manga "Ashita no Joe". Story progresses while reproducing the scenes of the original, and then perform the typing in the scene of the game. I record the sound full of a sense of reality as it is original and cheers hot sigh, and cry live Ana. By typing without mistakes, and Hanate mortal blow!
FEATURES:
- First person perspective.
- 2D graphics
- Cartoon graphics
- Boxing & Anime themes.
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