Extremely rare, this game is based on the classic manga\/anime series Ashita no Joe (Tomorrow's Joe). The manga ran from 1968 to 1973 in Shonen Magazine. There were also 2 TV series that ran from 1970 to 1971 and 1980 to 1981 and a movie was released in 1980. When one of Joe's old rivals, Rikishi, died in the ring in 1970, Kodansha publishing actually held a funeral service for him. Over 700 people attended from all over Japan. An actual Buddhist priest presided over the funeral, held in a full-sized boxing ring.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Extremely rare, this game is based on the classic manga\/anime series Ashita no Joe (Tomorrow's Joe). The manga ran from 1968 to 1973 in Shonen Magazine. There were also 2 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":11007,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1079],"tags":[3899,6753,6751,2553,6752,3033,2739,3004,6756,2727,2870,6755,6757,6566,3704,6754],"class_list":["post-11008","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports","tag-2d","tag-anime","tag-ashita-no-joe","tag-boxing","tag-manga","tag-netplay","tag-punch-out","tag-retro","tag-ring-king","tag-side-scrolling","tag-sports","tag-success-joe","tag-super-punch-out","tag-taito-corporation","tag-versus","tag-wave"],"yoast_head":"\n