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Gearless Joe
Megalobox character
GearlessJoe.png

Gearless Joe
Beginning appearance Megalobox episode 1: "Don't Let the Simmering Fire Die. Information technology'll Light the Way in the Dark" (2018)
Created by Yo Moriyama
Voiced past Yoshimasa Hosoya (Japanese), Kaiji Tang (English)
In-universe information
Allonym Junk Canis familiaris, Nomad

Gearless Joe (Japanese: ギアレスジョー, Hepburn: Giaresu Jō ) is a fictional graphic symbol from the 2018 battle anime Megalobox produced by TMS Amusement Junk Dog is a Megalo Boxer who fights in an illegal secret band in fixed matches under the guidance of Gansaku Nanbu, he longs to have a real fight. 1 day, he encounters Megalo Battle champion Yuri and decides to defeat him in the competition. Joe enters the ring for his offset professional friction match, simply shocks the whole arena by not wearing whatever gear for the fight, being dubbed "Gearless" Joe, this is all part of Nanbu'southward plan to take him attract attention. He reppears in the 2021 sequel Megalobox ii: Nomad as a depressed man escaping from his past while coming together immigrants who he befriends while also coming to terms with the sin he committed.

Equally Megalobox is a tribute to the manga Ashita no Joe, Joe was loosely based on the lead Jo Yabuki. The character was created by managing director Yo Moriyama who used real life boxers as his inspirations for the fighting fashion. Similar to Jo, Joe'due south narrative was made as an homage to his rivalry he has with Yuri'southward original concept, Rikishi. Joe'south more depressed personality was something the staff heavily discussed in the making of the sequel equally they aimed to give him a notable grapheme arc. He is voiced by Yoshimasa Hosoya in Japanese and Kaiji Tang in English.

Critical response to Joe'south grapheme has been positive with multiple writers seeing him as a likable lead with entertaining fight scenes. He was also plant enjoyable to root for and appropriately written in comparison to Jo Yabuki. His label in the second flavor was also the subject of praise based on how he interacts with the new cast and gradually confronts his sins.

Creation and concept [edit]

Megalobox director Yo Moriyama stated Gearless Joe and Yuri were loosely based Jo Yabuki and Rikishi from the manga Ashita no Joe as Megalobox is a tribute to such manga, respectively, as he views that the rivalry of two boxers was the chief event of Ashita no Joe which Megalobox adadpted.[1] Originally, the series was meant to have Rikishi as the lead character but the idea was scrapped and Gearless Joe was created.[2] [3] Every episode of the series end with the note "Not Dead Yet..." which was created by Moriyama. It is a bulletin proverb that Joe will not die. During product of the first series, the staff portrayed him as fighting throughout each episode. Information technology was besides a bulletin for the Ashita no Joe fans because in such series, at that place was a dead involving Joe and Rikishi. He did not aim to give the series the same ending but instead come up across with an unexpected ending for the viewers.[1]

Moriyama said the commencement two episodes were developed to introduce the unabridged narrative and setting together while aiming to develop the future cast in later episodes.[4] Joe'south fighting manner was loosely inspired by Jake LaMotta and Naseem Hamed. A theme besides individualism featured in the series is "for people to live"; Moriyama elaborates that there was a focus on iii chief characters despite Joe existence the pb while also showing similarities with the bandage from Ashita no Joe.[3] In the commencement flavour'southward finale, Joe faces Yuri. Moriyama was initially mixed about how the boxing should end until deciding to make Joe the winner which was appreciated past other staff members who were rooting for Joe.[v]

The staff had mixed thoughts about how they should handle Joe as a depressed adult despite his young days as Megalonia's champions equally that was how the starting time flavour concluded. Moriyama decided to touch on new themes to make Megalobox get a more independent work rather than proceed staying as a tribute to Ashita no Joe.[half dozen] The staff highlighted Joe'southward depressing portrayal as he has not been able to move on with his life in contrast to Yuri and other returning characters. In lodge to support Joe's psychological state, the graphic symbol of Chief was written. Across the narrative, Chief serves equally a mentor to Joe in the first four episodes where his slowly recovers his fighting spirit. In early stages, Moriyama drew the encounters betwixt the characters Joe and Chief, and the things that react to each other. Joe's sin that torments him would exist kept vague until the 5th episode where Joe is forced to fight himself. From there, more boxing matches were written. Still, in contrast to the first season which Joe'southward label was kept simple as he was obsessed to only defeat Yuri, the 2d season was written in a more complex way as the writers decided to brand the bear on of victory or defeat be less important for the boxers.[7]

Casting [edit]

Vocalization thespian Yoshimasa Hosoya who plays Gearless Joe, and was present at the screenings, said he was moved past the premiere due to how carefully handled were both Joe and Yuri's characters through the scene when the two run across on a rainy road. Hosoya felt that at that place was a graphic symbol to Joe's character upon meeting Yuri due to the presence of the subsequently.[iv] Being an Ashita no Joe fan, Hosoya was glad with he giving the part of Joe and give his best when playing the protagonist of Megalobox.[8]

In the making of the 2nd flavor, Yoshimasa Hosoya was surprised by the annunciation and felt ready for the new changes given to Joe'south graphic symbol. Other returning vocalization actors were curious about the narrative as their characters did not appear in early episodes.[9] Hosoya noted the response to the first flavor was non pop merely in Japan but as well Western regions as a result of the multiple letters the team received. Hosoya noted the response to the showtime season was not popular only in Japan but also Western regions. When asked about the impression of the character of this work, which was ready vii years after the previous piece of work, Hosoya did not know that he was Joe at kickoff when he saw the bearded and transformed Joe in the main visual of the second season. Joe'southward new name, Nomad, is meant to give a new impression about how the story inverse.[x]

In making the English language dub of the series, producer Dave Casipit stated that both the cast in full general "suck at communicating" specifically pointing Joe and Yur's portrayals due to how they act more rather than talk due to their quiet personalities. Equally a event, he wanted to brand certain the characters did not human action rushed. During recording, Kaiji Tang's operation surprised Casipit. He aimed to brand the audition note that Joe is not a hero or that Yuri is a villain in the series. He added that he "wanted the audition to hear that information technology hurts and that he'due south only just controlling the fury inside him, even if he'due south decided he'due south just going to do his job. That, in my opinion, is closer to the spirit of the anime than having him simply being an angry rebel all the time."[11] Tang did research on fighter'due south breathing during box matches in order to portray Joe. The offset minutes of the first episode were Tang's favorite scenes specially the part when Joe is riding a cycle based on the storytelling and animation. He said that the bulletin he wants to give is that "You tin always move forwards" and felt that while the series never explain his character's by, Joe wants to reach his goals in the future every bit he never had something treasured.[12]

Appearances [edit]

Megalobox [edit]

Gearless Joe is introduced in the anime Megalobox as "Junk Dog", an underground Megaloboxer from the outskirts of boondocks whose real name is unknown, he is forced to throw fights to earn money for his kleptomaniacal director. He initially fights with old Gear that is constantly in need of repair.[13] He starts a rivalry with Yuri, the champion of Megalonia who knocks out in the showtime round.[14] Nanbu enters Joe into the Megalo Box rankings which starts him at the very lesser in 257th place, he plans to accept Joe fight the toughest opponents that the rankings will allow, so that he can movement to the top bracket in as piddling as five fights. Joe enters the band for his first professional person lucifer against Shark Samejima, but shocks the whole loonshit by not wearing whatever gear for the fight, existence dubbed "Gearless" Joe, this is all part of Nanbu'south plan to have him concenter attention.[15] Some time passes, during which Joe wins 2 more fights and climbs to rank 102 while gaining a reputation for himself. His adjacent rival is Nanbu'south one-time pupil Aragaki who tries to get his revenge on Nambu for forgetting about him by killing Joe. Somewhen, Aragaki quits the fight.[sixteen]

Joe continues to grow in popularity, merely nevertheless has very little run a risk of being chosen for Megalonia. Mikio Shirato meets with Joe before their fight is due to first and reveals that he knows he is an illegal secret fighter with a simulated ID and threatens to tell the world if he gets in the ring. Joe goes to punch Mikio but is stopped by Nanbu who knocks him out, Mikio wins the match by default when Joe does not enter the ring.[17] The following nighttime, as the ceremony is held to introduce the final iv fighters for Megalonia, Joe crashes the scene and demands that Mikio fight him fairly. Yukiko decides to rip the quaternary Megalonia ticket in half, giving 1 half each to Joe and Mikio, and declares whoever wins their rematch wins the final spot. Joe manages to defeat Mikio.[18] Nanbu tells him that the real bet he made with Fujimaki was to achieve Megalonia and and so throw the match upon reaching the semifinals. Initially, Joe goes according to his program to protect him but both Sachio and Nanbu back up him to win fifty-fifty though the latter loses one eye every bit a consequence. In the finals, Joe and Yuri take their rematch, as Yuri enters the ring with his Gear removed to fight Joe on equal terms. Joe becomes the new champion but remains on friendly terms with Yuri.[19]

Megalobox ii: Nomad [edit]

In the second flavor he takes on the moniker "Nomad" ( ノマド , Nomado ), drifting to different surreptitious fighting rings with simple Gear and fighting opponents to fund his painkiller habit. It's mentioned in the groundwork that some time afterwards vacating his Megalonia belt, he lost a exhibition match to Yuri's disciple and the next champion, Edison Liu, and has not been seen in a pro Megaloboxing match since. Afterwards coming together Chief, Joe decides to be his cornerman while Main and Marla help him fight his painkiller addiction. Following Chief's death, Joe returns to his old gym to face up his parts which causes mayhem with Sachio who still blames him for abandoning them and letting Nambu die while he was trying to win a match.

Although Joe and Mac are evenly matched in the first of the fight, Joe goes down beginning due to his poor concrete status. However, Joe is able to come up back and knocks downwardly Mac in turn. Mac focuses on his family unit and is able to fight on at an exceptional level without inbound Mac Fourth dimension. As the fighters go on to merchandise blows, Sachio throws in the towel, just every bit he promised Joe earlier.

Reception [edit]

Critical response to Joe's label in the showtime season was positive. Anime News Network praised the grapheme of Joe, most notably due to the handling of his fights which were felt as the biggest appeal from the series despite saying his grapheme arc is not innovative comparing them to the Rocky boxing films. Tang's functioning as Joe was well received by the writer notwithstanding.[20] Otaku USA liked how Joe'southward character changes beyond the narrative as he goes from a fighter who does arranged matches to a more competitive boxer driven his rivalry with Yuri and pride.[21] Manga.Tokyo also praised the handling of the main graphic symbol whom the audition would cheer. He positively compared Gearless Joe with Jo Yabuki as, despite the series being a tribute to Ashita no Joe with multiple similarities, he comes across as more likable character than the arrogant Jo describing him equally a "much more than down to earth, easy-going loveable rogue, kind of similar Fasten Spiegel from Cowboy Bebop". As a effect, he views Gearless Joe as an improvement over the original Jo only felt his rivalry with Yuri lacked depth despite him beingness his last rival in the first flavour.[22] Biggest in Japan wrote an article titled "Megaloxbox isn't Actually Most Boxing, it's Near Human Drama" where he wrote that despite having raw talent for boxing, the protagonist is not given the possibilities to participate in professional matches due to his humble beginnings in the series' starting time episodes. Every bit a outcome, the fear he expresses when entering into the competition Megalonia feels natural due to loftier probabilities of Joe dying in the ring, which he felt were inspiring.[23] The final fight betwixt Joe and Yuri was praised by Anime News Network for how well executed it was and the way the narrative treats it in such a way that the fact if Joe might non win it would not thing because the message of the series was nearly trying instead. The backwash of the fight likewise received feedback because the ending of the flavor shows the touch on Joe made in the scenario as he inspired multiple children to try battle in Nowhere.[24] Manga.Tokyo agreed with Anime News Network for how entertaining was the final fight not only due to their exchanges but too considering of how both matured.[25] In 2019, Joe was nominated for the Crunchyroll Anime Awards in the category of "Best Protagonist" just lost to Rimuru Tempest from That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime.[26] In the Crunchyroll awards from 2022, Joe was nominated for "Best Protagonist".[27]

In regards Joe's portrayal in the sequel, Anime News Network wrote, similar Biggest in Japan, that the graphic symbol notwithstanding feels faithful to the idea of the importance of human drama rather than sports based on his depressed state over Nambu'south death. The author was moved by how Joe interacted with immigrants, near notably the boxer Chief due to how gradually accepts their style of living due to their differences in regards to how the 2 had unlike priorities at the times of fights: while Joe is a dedicated boxer, Chief instead chooses to participate in arranged matches to provide for his people.[28] The Fandom Mail service was surprised by Joe'southward depression over his coach's death and how he became addicted to painkillers to escape from reality. Yet, he still enjoyed the fact that the character could fight in an entertaining way and there were several hints about why Joe feels his guilty over Nambu's death.[29] In a following review, Fandom Post enjoyed Joe'south back up to Chief's through his fights and like the parallelism there was between this two characters as Chief is also hunted by the death of a person, his son, but criticized how Joe's motive was not fully explained yet.[xxx] With Chief's death, the writer from Anime News Network felt that Joe has faced plenty trauma and earned the backbone to face reality thanks to their interactions.[31] The eventual reason backside Nambu'due south decease was felt to exist heartfelt past The Fandom Postal service due to how Joe wanted to escape from reality to fight again nether the excuse of earning money for Nambu's treatment but lost and shortly afterwards he died. Meanwhile, the nowadays Joe was felt to be caring as he allows himself to be defeated in an arranged match in lodge to provide for Sachio even if his friend will never forgive him for abandoning Nambu.[32]

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