Tomorrow's Joe 2 (劇場版 あしたのジョー2) 43 years old

It has been six months since the tragic accident in Joe and Rikiishi's fight. Joe believes he has overcomed Rikiishi's death and decides to make a comeback. Joe does make a successful comeback by scoring 5 KO's by body blows. Joe is then given a shot at the national title as a means by the boxing commission to put him down. The champion, Tiger Ozaki makes use of Joe's habits and ends up making Joe's corner throw in the towel. Joe is afraid to throw punches at the face because of what happened to Rikiishi. Youko, Joe's love interest and the owner of the gym where Rikiishi trained at recruits a world ranked boxer from Venezuela, Carlos Rivera, to get Joe back on his feet and pursue his boxing career to the regional and world ranks.

Credits

Tomorrow's Joe 2 Cast

Name	Character
Jûkei Fujioka He was 47, 57 years old when he died	as Danpei Tange
Teruhiko Aoi He was 33, now 76 years old	as Joe Yabuki

Tomorrow's Joe 2 Crew

Name	Department
Hirokata Takahashi as Cinematography.	Crew
Masatoshi Tsurubuchi as Editor.	Editing
Shichirou Kobayashi as Art Direction. He was 48 (now 92) years old	Art
Osamu Dezaki as Director. He was 37 (67) years old when He died	Directing
Ichirou Araki as Music. He was 37 (now 80) years old	Sound
Akio Sugino as Animation Director. He was 36 (now 80) years old	Visual Effects
Ikki Kajiwara as Writer. He was 44 (50) years old when He died	Writing