Joe, a teenage orphan in the slums of the Doya streets, meets Danpei, a homeless, alcoholic ex-boxing coach. Danpei, seeing Joe's boxing talent, decides to train him. When Joe is sent to a terrible juvenile home for petty crimes, he meets Rikiishi who becomes his boxing rival. Danpei arrives at the home to help Joe to train in order to defeat Rikiishi. When Joe decides to seriously pursue boxing, Danpei cannot get a coaching license because of his reputation as a drunk.

(Source: AnimeNfo)

Details

Genres

Studios

• Fuji TV
• Mushi Production

Staff

• Masao Maruyama — Setting
• Shingo Araki — Animation Director (eps 4, 6, 9, 13, 16, 18, 21, 23, 26, 30, 34, 40, 47, 50, 56, 62, 66, 71, 76)
• Yoshiyuki Tomino — Episode Director (eps 23, 25, 29, 33, 35, 41, 47, 48, 54, 56, 63, 68, 71, 72), Storyboard (eps 44, 49, 50, 53, 60, 70-72, 78, 79)
• Tsunehisa Itou — Script (eps 41, 43, 48, 54, 61, 75)
• Masami Hata — Episode Director (eps 5, 14, 31, 74)
• Osamu Dezaki — Director, Episode Director (eps 1, 22, 36-38, 42, 43, 46, 51, 53, 58, 65, 69, 70, 76, 78, 79), Key Animation (ep 14), Script
• Akio Sugino — Animation Director (eps 1, 3, 7, 11, 14, 17, 22, 29, 33, 36-39, 42, 48, 49, 51-55, 58, 61, 63-65, 67-70, 72, 74, 75, 77-79), Character Design
• Toshio Hirata — Episode Director (eps 18, 21, 26, 40)
• Takamura Mukuo — Background Art (eps 1, 3, 5, 7, 8, 10, 15, 19, 22, 24, 27, 32, 35, 37, 43, 57, 59, 63, 72, 74, 79)
• Tadaaki Yamazaki — Script (eps 2, 3, 6, 8, 10, 14, 17, 18, 23, 27, 29, 32, 33, 35, 40)
• Takeshi Watanabe — Background Art
• Ikki Kajiwara — Original Creator