History Anime / MegaloBox

* SoLastSeason: {{Lampshaded}} during season 2. In the five-year TimeSkip between the original ''Megalobox'' and ''Nomad'', the meta of the sport and the quality of Gear and boxer training has apparently changed enough that Joe lost an offscreen exhibition match against the former champion, and none of the champions from season 1 look to be returning.

* WorfHadTheFlu: Early on in ''Nomad'', we learn Joe lost an exhibition match against up-and-coming Megaloboxer Edison Liu during the TimeSkip since season one. [[spoiler:By episode six, we learn that Nanbu was dying of cancer at the time and Joe was in no fit state to fight due to the distraction and Team Nowhere falling apart. Liu even points this out to Nomad during their reunion, stating that Joe stepping into that ring with that sort of baggage weighing him down 'robbed' him of a proper match.]]

''Megalo Box'' is an anime series released in 2018 as part of the [[MilestoneCelebration 50th year celebration]] of ''Manga/TomorrowsJoe'', as an AlternateUniverse retelling, similar to the likes of ''Anime/DevilmanCrybaby''. It was produced by Creator/TMSEntertainment (who animated the second season of ''Tomorrow's Joe''). It's available for streaming on ''Website/{{Crunchyroll}}'' [[http://www.crunchyroll.com/megalobox here]]. The Creator/VizMedia dub of ''Megalo Box'' aired on Creator/AdultSwim's Creator/{{Toonami}} block from December 2018 to March 2019.

''Megalo Box'' is an anime series released in 2018 as part of the [[MilestoneCelebration 50th year celebration]] of ''Manga/TomorrowsJoe'', as an AlternateUniverse retelling, similar to the likes of ''Anime/DevilmanCrybaby''. It was produced by Creator/TMSEntertainment. It's available for streaming on ''Website/{{Crunchyroll}}'' [[http://www.crunchyroll.com/megalobox here]]. The Creator/VizMedia dub of ''Megalo Box'' aired on Creator/AdultSwim's Creator/{{Toonami}} block from December 2018 to March 2019.

** In real life, athletes who take part in physically punishing sports such as boxing often struggle with physical health problems long after their careers end. [[spoiler:Yuri is left crippled after his gearless fight with Joe.]]

[[https://comicbook.com/anime/2019/11/16/megalobox-season-2-sequel-anime-announced/ A second season was announced]] in November of 2019, to be set seven years after the first. The second season is going to air in April 2021.

* SigningOffCatchPhrase: "Not '''dead''' yet..."

* SuperPrototype: A prototype Shirato Gear is introduced early in the series, teased as being Joe's ace-in-the-hole. [[spoiler: Ultimately subverted, as when Joe finally gets to give it a try the whole thing falls apart mid-fight against Potemkin and he ultimately has to defeat him Gearless.]]

* AlternateUniverse: ''Megalo Box'' is a futuristic retelling of ''Manga/AshitaNoJoe''. While the original series was gritty, it was a fairly realistic sports series (and even then, it took a long while for Joe to enter an official ring), with ''Megalo Box'' being a grittier sci-fi boxing series. This is comparable to ''Anime/DevilmanCrybaby'', which adapted elements from the original ''Manga/{{Devilman}}'' in a SettingUpdate.

* {{Dystopia}}: We see a beautiful city, but on the outskirts there are slums for people that don't have a citizenship and outside of ''that'' there is naught but a desert. This is deliberate, as it serves to mimic the [=Post-WWII=] Japan setting of ''Ashita no Joe".
* {{Expy}}: The cast is inspired by the ''Ashita no Joe'' characters, with some differences here and there.

** Aragaki, a boxer who is a veteran of war who survived an explosion, is inspired by Kim Yong-bi. However, he appears to be a CompositeCharacter as well, combined with Danpei's unnamed former student who abandoned him in ''Ashita no Joe''.

* ItWasHisSled: PlayedWith. As an adaptation of Manga/AshitaNoJoe, which is mostly known for its ending where [[spoiler: the titular character dies in the ring]], the series kept foreshadowing the same fate near constantly, [[spoiler: with every episode being plays on words relating to dying, and the bumper "NOT DEAD YET" after every episode]]. It was so on-the-nose that it kept people guessing whether or not the series would go through with a similar ending to its predecessor, [[spoiler: when it ended up going the complete opposite route]].

** A somewhat darker example exists in [[spoiler: The SigningOffCatchphrase: "Not '''dead''' yet", referencing Joe Yabuki's implied death at the end of ''Manga/AshitaNoJoe's'' second anime adaptation.]]
* NotHisSled: [[spoiler:It's a futuristic remake of ''Manga/AshitaNoJoe'', the main character is pulling a John Henry, fighting immense odds, last episode actually ends on a cliffhanger, there's a whole lot of foreshadowing that he's going to die spread throughout the series... but nope, ''this'' Joe survives the whole series.]]

''Megalo Box'' is an anime series released in 2018 as part of the [[MilestoneCelebration 50th year celebration]] of ''Manga/AshitaNoJoe'', as an AlternateUniverse retelling, similar to the likes of ''Anime/DevilmanCrybaby''. It was produced by Creator/TMSEntertainment. It's available for streaming on ''Website/{{Crunchyroll}}'' [[http://www.crunchyroll.com/megalobox here]]. The Creator/VizMedia dub of ''Megalo Box'' aired on Creator/AdultSwim's Creator/{{Toonami}} block from December 2018 to March 2019.

* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome:
** Joe's fight against Potemkin in episode 3 [[spoiler:ruins his Gear because he tries to fight as though it's a boxing match, leading him to block non-cushioned blows his Gear isn't equipped to handle.]]
** In real life, athletes who take part in physically punishing sports such as boxing often struggle with physical health problems long after their careers end. [[spoiler:Yuri is left crippled after his gearless fight with Joe.]]

* RealityEnsues:

[[https://comicbook.com/anime/2019/11/16/megalobox-season-2-sequel-anime-announced/ A second season was announced]] in November of 2019, to be set seven years after the first.
The second season is going to air in April 2021.

* LoopholeAbuse: To get Joe the clout he needs to roll with the big-name fighters at the Megalomania tournament, Nanbu hatches a daring plan: enter Joe into fights ''[[BadassNormal without any gear]]''. This put Joe at a significant disadvantage against his opponents (though he already had the odds stacked against him, since the only gear they could afford was junk that opponents with higher-end gear would make short work of), but there was no rule in Megalomania stating that a contender ''required'' gear, and the victories that "Gearless Joe" would achieve would make him a media darling overnight.

* StrongFleshWeakSteal: Boxers regularly are shown punching hard enough to crush metal, yet nobody suffers any life-threatening injuries beyond what you'd expect from non-augmented boxing.

** A somewhat darker example exists in [[spoiler: The SigningOffCatchphrase: "Not '''dead''' yet", referencing Joe Yabuki's implied death at the end of ''[[Manga/AshitaNoJoe]]'s'' second anime adaptation.]]

** A somewhat darker example exists in [[spoiler: The SigningOffCatchphrase: "Not '''dead''' yet", referencing Joe Yabuki's implied death at the end of ''[[Manga/AshitaNoJoe]]'s second anime adaptation'']]

** A somewhat darker example exists in [[spoiler: The SigningOffCatchphrase: "Not '''dead''' yet", referencing Joe Yabuki's death at the end of ''Manga/AshitaNoJoe.'']]

[[https://comicbook.com/anime/2019/11/16/megalobox-season-2-sequel-anime-announced/ A second season was announced]] in December of 2019, to be set seven years after the first.

** Yuri is Toru Rikishii. He shares the same character-acting as his inspiration, and both protagonists call them dogs chained to the Shirato lady. He, however, appears to be a foreigner, unlike Rikishii.

->''"Why don't you tell me your name? I can't imagine you'd want a ring name on your tombstone."''
->''"They don't make tombstones for stray dogs."''

''Megalo Box'' is an anime series released in 2018 as part of the [[MilestoneCelebration 50th year celebration]] of ''Manga/AshitaNoJoe'', as an AlternateUniverse retelling, similar to the likes of ''Anime/DevilmanCrybaby''. It was produced by Creator/TMSEntertainment. It's available for streaming on ''Website/{{Crunchyroll}}'' [[http://www.crunchyroll.com/megalobox here]]. The Creator/VizMedia dub of ''Megalo Box'' currently airs on Creator/AdultSwim's Creator/{{Toonami}} block.