 If you liked
Hajime no Ippo
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 ...then you might like
Ashita no Joe
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Both classic sports animes about the same sport, yet different storywise.
Of course they are both boxing, but the characters in terms of personalities and fighting styles are totally different. However, the character Sendo Takeshi shares many of Joe's qualities such as his violent past, his entourage consisting of local children, and his fighting style. Just like how Karate Kid and Rocky were partially done by the same staff, you can make some comparisons to here as well. While Ashita no Joe tends to have more of the qualities of the Rocky series, Hajime no Ippo tends to have more of the charms of the Karate Kid series.
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Recommended by jmoriarty84
Before Hajime no Ippo there was Ashita no Joe, same theme about boxing and only boxing with a little dash of romance.
If you like Hajime no Ippo you will most likely love Ashita no Joe season 1 and 2.
-Both are about boxing and have some phenomenal and memorable fighting scenes.
-Joe tackled darker themes while Ippo was more on the shounen side.
-Few settings and characters are somewhat similar.
-If you can get through the slow pacing and the old animation of Joe you might actually enjoy it.Probably, not as much as Ippo but still. Joe is still a good classic but, hard to swallow for some people.
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Recommended by MidoFortune
Great tale of young man and his road to becoming a boxing champion, suffering thought hardships on the way but pulling through not only thanks to their willpower, but also thanks to the support and advices from others. Ashita no Joe inspired many sports anime in general, so Hajime no Ippo certainly got inspired by it too.
- Both shows about boxing
- Both characters are naturally gifted in the sport.
- They Both rise quickly in their individiual weight class.
- There are ups and downs in show, emotionally.
- They both grow up in the show. They go from kids to adults.
- The shows are different in how the protagonists are different. The protagonist in Ashita no joe is very aggressive and lonely, but has always known what he is good at, fighting. On the other side the protagonist in hajime no ippo is very timid and has always had some family around him, but he had to find out about what
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Both Hajime no Ippo and Ashita no Joe are amazing animes, both are about boxing and both are a story about someone training to be the best.
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Recommended by qdsqjmsdnakdnp
Ashita no Joe is a very old anime about boxing.
If you watched Hajime no Ippo and liked the world of boxing, you probably gonna like ashita no joe that has the same elements.
Ashita no Joe is maybe less light and funny than Ippo but the story and the characters are good as much as in Ippo.
I highly recommend it for people that aren't afraid from an old art.
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Recommended by AshPikaKetchum
I like to think that Ashita no Joe walked so that Hajime no Ippo could run. The animes are very different stylistically, but Ashita no Joe was a huge influence for Hajime no Ippo, and there are a considerable number of nods to Ashita no Joe throughout the series that point to that fact (I can't go into those for obvious spoiler reasons). Hajime no Ippo has a more light-hearted, comedic tone a lot of the time, while Ashita no Joe is more of a drama, but if you like Hajime no Ippo, I can almost guarantee that you'd enjoy Ashita no Joe.
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Recommended by CaptainCorgi89