“NOMAD Megalobox 2,” the 2nd season of TV anime “Megalobox” (メガロボクス) reveals a teaser visual, video and the main staff. The series will debut in April 2021.
“Megalobox” is a 2018 anime television series created in commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the manga Ashita no Joe.
Yō Moriyama returns from the 1st season to direct the series at TMS Entertainment. Other returning staff includes script writer Katsuhiko Manabe and Kensaku Kojima. Mabanua again works on the music. The mains cast also reprises their roles.
▍Teaser Video (Eng Sub.)
▍Characters & Cast
■ Joe/Junk Dog – CV: Yoshimasa Hosoya (細谷 佳正)
■ Gansaku Nanbu (南部贋作) – CV: Shirō Saitō (斎藤 志郎)
■ Yūri (勇利) – CV: Hiroki Yasumoto (安元 洋貴)
■ Sachio (サチオ) – CV: Michiyo Murase (村瀬 迪与)
▍Synopsis
In futuristic Japan, only licensed citizens could live in a wealthy city while unlicensed citizens are forced into a slum on its outskirts. Megalo Boxing is a popular sport in this world similar to boxing, except the boxers fight while wearing a metal frame which makes their attacks much more lethal.
Junk Dog is a young man who fights in underground illegal rings in fights that have a fixed result where his coach Gansaku Nanbu directs him on when to lose a fight. One evening he almost crashes his motorcycle into Yukiko Shirato, who is the head of the wealthy Shirato Group which oversees the Megalonia tournament. Junk Dog picks a fight with her bodyguard Yūri who is also the top ranked Megalo Boxer.
Yukiko stops the fight but Yūri seeks out Junk Dog and meets him in the underground ring where he easily beats the less-experienced fighter and tells him to fight him again in Megalonia, which Junk Dog would need a place at the top of the official Megalo Box rankings to qualify for, as well as a proper citizenship ID to enter the rankings in the first place.
After Nanbu persuades the mob boss Fujimaki to forge Junk Dog an ID under the name Joe, the two are given 3 months to achieve their goal of working their way to the top of the Megalo Box rankings in order to have a chance of fighting in Megalonia.
▍Staff and Production
Original Work: Asao Takamori & Tetsuya Chiba’s “Ashita no Joe” [Kodansha]
Director & Concept Design: Yō Moriyama (森山 洋)
Script: atsuhiko Manabe (真辺克彦), Kensaku Kojima(小嶋健作)
Character Design: Ayumi Kurashima (倉島亜由美)
Sub Character Design: Naomi Kaneda (金田尚美)
Music: mabanua
Animation: TMS Entertainment
▍Cast
■ Joe/Junk Dog – CV: Yoshimasa Hosoya (細谷 佳正)
■ Gansaku Nanbu (南部贋作) – CV: Shirō Saitō (斎藤 志郎)
■ Yūri (勇利) – CV: Hiroki Yasumoto (安元 洋貴)
■ Sachio (サチオ) – CV: Michiyo Murase (村瀬 迪与)