Ashita no Joe

Tomorrow's Joe
	Cover of the first tankōbon volume, featuring Joe Yabuki (left) and Tooru Rikiishi (right)
あしたのジョー; (Ashita no Joe)
Genre	Sports
Manga
Written by	Asao Takamori
Illustrated by	Tetsuya Chiba
Published by	Kodansha
English publisher	NA: Kodansha USA;
Magazine	Weekly Shōnen Magazine
Demographic	Shōnen
Original run	January 1, 1968 – May 13, 1973
Volumes	20
Anime television series
Directed by	Osamu Dezaki
Produced by	Koji Tomioka; Tatsuo Ikeuchi; Tadami Watanabe; Takaharu Bessho;
Music by	Masao Yagi
Studio	Mushi Production
Original network	Fuji TV
Original run	April 1, 1970 – September 29, 1971
Episodes	79
Anime film
Directed by	Yōichirō Fukuda; Osamu Dezaki (chief director);
Produced by	Hisao Masuda
Written by	Yōichirō Fukuda
Music by	Kunihiko Suzuki
Studio	Sankyo Eiga; Fujifilm; Herald Enterprise; Mushi Production;
Licensed by	NA: Discotek Media;
Released	March 8, 1980
Runtime	152 minutes
Anime television series
Tomorrow's Joe 2
Directed by	Osamu Dezaki
Produced by	Seiji Takahashi; Shunzo Kato;
Written by	Atsushi Yamatoya; Haruya Yamazaki; Hideo Takayashiki; Yoshimi Shinozaki
Music by	Ichiro Araki
Studio	TMS Entertainment
Original network	Nippon TV
Original run	October 13, 1980 – August 31, 1981
Episodes	47
Anime film
Tomorrow's Joe 2
Directed by	Osamu Dezaki
Produced by	Tokuhachi Shimada
Written by	Atsushi Yamatoya; Haruya Yamazaki; Hideo Takayashiki; Osamu Dezaki; Yoshimi Shinozaki;
Music by	Ichiro Araki
Studio	Herald Enterprise; Fujifilm; Chiba Planning; TMS Entertainment;
Licensed by	NA: Discotek Media;
Released	July 4, 1981
Runtime	114 minutes
Live action films
	Tomorrow's Joe (1970); Tomorrow's Joe (2011);
See also
	Joe vs. Joe (2003); Megalo Box (2018–2021);

Tomorrow's Joe (Japanese: あしたのジョー, Hepburn: Ashita no Jō, lit. 'Tomorrow's Joe'), also known as Ashita no Joe: Fighting for Tomorrow, is a Japanese boxing manga series written by Asao Takamori and illustrated by Tetsuya Chiba. The story follows a young man named Joe Yabuki and his boxing career as a Bantamweight.

Tomorrow's Joe was first serialized by Kodansha in Weekly Shonen Magazine from January 1, 1968, to May 13, 1973, and was later collected into 20 tankōbon volumes. During its serialization, it was popular with working-class people and college students in Japan. It has been adapted into various media, including the Megalo Box anime, a futuristic reimagining of the original that was made as a part of the 50th anniversary of Tomorrow's Joe.

The manga is considered by many to be a very influential manga series, with many anime and manga referencing it.

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