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. 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.

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Studios

• Tokyo Movie Shinsha

Staff

• Shichirou Kobayashi — Art Director
• Kazuo Oga — Art Director
• Osamu Dezaki — Director, Script
• Akio Sugino — Animation Director
• Hirokata Takahashi — Director of Photography
• Manabu Oohashi — Key Animation
• Yoshihisa Tsurubuchi — Editing
• Chito Kawachi — Theme Song Arrangement (OP, ED)
• Ikki Kajiwara — Original Creator
• Tetsuya Chiba — Original Creator
• Joe Yamanaka — Theme Song Composition (OP, ED), Theme Song Lyrics (OP, ED), Theme Song Performance (OP, ED)
• Ichirou Araki — Music