Ashita no Joe 50th anniversary video was published

The series of “Ashita no Joe" started from January 1, 1968.

It’s the 50th anniversary in 2018.

A movie was published from the official website of the 50th anniversary of the beginning of the year.

Translation of subtitles in the video is as follows.

 

0:15

Joe Yabuki was born by Mr. Tetsuya Chiba and my father Ikki Kajiwara tied their hands.

Fifty years have passed since that day when Joe appeared in Namida Bashi and met Danpei.

I am very grateful for all your love for such a long time.

Joe Takamori (The eldest son of the late Mr. Kajiwara)

 

0:55

When someone single-mindedly seeks for something so that only pure white ash is left later, people sympathize with him.

If there is a human drama that does not fade even through the ages, it would be a story of such a man.

I am proud to have been able to be involved in a long-loved work.

Tetsuya Chiba

 

1:52

All the protagonists of my favorite stories were always made from admiration.

I strongly wish to understand their actions to live in a different world from the one that never meets.

It’s not empathy but longing.

Longing is something that shakes our hearts more strongly than empathy.

Joe Yabuki was one of those heroes.

Yo Moriyama (Director of Megalobox）

 

Mr. Moriyama is a great artist who has worked on famous anime works.

But he considers himself not a hero but an ordinary man.

This feeling of the creators might make great pieces and awesome heroes.