To commemorate the English-language debut of Ashita no Joe: Fighting for Tomorrow from Kodansha USA, TMS Entertainment will be premiering the first three episodes of the Tomorrow’s Joe (Ashita no Joe) anime series for the first time ever for American audiences on the Anime! on TMS Official Youtube Channel.

Since its initial release in 1970, the anime Tomorrow’s Joe has left a major impact on Japanese culture and is still largely considered one of the pioneers of sports driven anime to this day. Directed by the legendary Osamu Dezaki (Astro Boy, Space Adventure Cobra), the first season of Tomorrow’s Joe spanned 79 episodes. The series received the sequel Tomorrow’s Joe 2 in 1980 to conclude the saga, with its iconic ending forever cementing the series into anime history

Tomorrow’s Joe episodes 1-3 will be available for a limited time starting November 1st, giving fans and newcomers alike an opportune chance at experiencing this time-proven classic.

About Ashita no Joe the anime:
Tetsuya Chiba’s legendary manga depicting the life of future boxing champion Joe Yabuki, Ashita no Joe was adapted into an anime and was broadcast on April 1970 in Japan. The epic’s iteration spanned 79 episodes, with 49 subsequent episodes added in Ashita no Joe 2 (Tomorrow’s Joe 2) ten years later in 1980 and marking its place as a standard for all sports anime to follow. The TV series was reworked into two feature-length animated movies, and have since inspired countless anime and sports fans for generations to come. Ashita no Joe 2 (Tomorrow’s Joe 2) is currently available to watch on Amazon Prime Video.
About TMS Entertainment:
TMS Entertainment is one of the largest anime studios in Japan. With strong focus on anime production, licensing, and distribution, TMS boasts a library of over 12,000 episodes across a total of 420 titles that include much-loved anime titles such as Space Adventure Cobra, UNDEAD UNLUCK, Dr. STONE, and LUPIN THE 3rd. For more information, visit tmsanime.com.Follow TMS Anime to keep up with the latest announcements regarding our titles:

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About Kodansha USA Publishing, LLC
A subsidiary of Kodansha, Japan’s largest publisher, Kodansha USA Publishing is the English-language publisher of some of the world’s most recognizable manga properties, including Katsuhiro Otomo’s AKIRA and Naoko Takeuchi’s Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon, along with a robust catalog of English-language Japanese novels, cookbooks, craft guides, historical and cultural literature, and more. Today, thanks to recent fan-favorite and critically acclaimed hits like Attack on Titan, Battle Angel Alita, Witch Hat Atelier, and the popular MONOGATARI novels, Kodansha USA Publishing is one of the best-selling manga publishers in the United States. Kodansha USA Publishing’s print offerings are distributed by Penguin Random House Publisher Services, and their digital manga and select digital books are available across a number of digital comics, manga, and book vendors. For more information visit kodansha.us.

About The Author Varun Gupta

Varun Gupta is a BI Engineer that works in the entertainment industry. Throughout his entire life, Varun has had an immense love of animation and comics. An obsessive manga collector, he spends his free time attempting to read through his massive backlog of series, hoping to one day finish them all. Will he succeed in his perilous quest? Probably not, but at least he’s having fun doing it!

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