Tetsuya Chiba—the 82-year-old manga author known for creating the beloved Ashita no Joe (Tomorrow’s Joe) boxing manga, among other works—is currently in the hospital. According to a blog post, the author started to feel unwell as summer came to a close, so he admitted himself …Read more »
A good fight is exhilarating… provided you’re a good fighter. If you’re not, watching a good fight will do the trick. Fortunately, anime is just full of them, from epic ninja battles to giant robot combat. But sometimes you just want some hand-to-hand brawling, like Megalobox or Ashita …Read more »
Is your anime meme game strong? And no, we’re not talking about your personal ability to make and share cool memes. (We’re trusting that’s awesome — go you!) No, we’re talking about the stuff inside anime: the references it makes to other shows over the years. You …Read more »
This seems to be the year that 50th anniversary commemoration projects end up being all the rage among new anime fans, and I couldn’t be more pleased. For in addition to the various Go Nagai anniversary works such as DEVILMAN Crybaby, Mazinger Z Infinity, and …Read more »
One of the projects celebrating 50 years of Ikki Kajiwara and Tetsuya Chiba’s boxing manga Ashita no Joe—AKA Tomorrow’s Joe—is the futuristic spinoff anime Megalo Box. In this world, man and machine become one to box with the assistance of robotics, and you can see …Read more »
Next year marks the 50th anniversary of the highly influential boxing manga Ashita no Joe (Tomorrow’s Joe), which was written by Ikki Kajiwara (as Asao Takamori) and illustrated by Tetsuya Chiba between 1968 and 1973. Naturally, there are anniversary projects planned, including a new TV …Read more »
If you pay attention to social media, you may have noticed that people have been talking non-stop about the World Cup for what feels like forever. If you keep up with current anime, you may have noticed that one of last season’s most interesting titles …Read more »
The cover of Animation 1980 featuring Osamu Tezuka's should-have-been-massive Phoenix 2772. This is it. The final revelation of the sweeping saga known as “2010 is 1980”… The last glance back at what the heck the anime and manga scene looked like an incredible thirty years …Read more »
Idol group members have been no stranger to manga and anime adaptations of late, and NEWS's Tomohisa Yamashita ( Kurosagi ) is the latest addition to the growing list. He'll be starring in the live-action adaptation of Ashita no Joe under the direction of Fumihiko …Read more »
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