History Characters / MegaloBox

!!!'''Voiced by:''' Volcano Ota (Japanese), Ray Hurd (English)

* NiceHat: Wears Joe Yabuki's iconic hat, which is implied to be a gift from his (deceased) parents.

!!!'''Voiced by:''' Atushi Miyaushi (Japanese), Creator/ChristopherWehkamp (English), Gerardo Vásquez (Spanish)

!!!'''Voiced by:''' Nanako Mori (Japanese), Creator/ErikaHarlacher (English), Claudia Contreras (Latin American Spanish)

* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: Sakuma's partilly a riff on Elon Musk: a bold, hip and [[BunnyEarsLawyer eccentric]] tech magnate developing highly controversial brain chip technology while talking a big deal about his faith in its revolutionary potential for mankind. The debates in the show about the upsides and downsides of brain-chips are directly reflecting the debates that occur in real life about Musk's Neuralink.

!!!'''Voiced by:''' Michiyo Murase (Japanese), Creator/EricaMendez (English, young) Creator/CliffordChapin (English, old), Leslie Gil (Latin American Spanish, young)

* FatalFlaw: He doesn't believe in CharacterDevelopment, believing that people essentially never change. [[spoiler:This causes him to ignore Joe's drive to actually win and Nanbu's HiddenHeartOfGold.]]

* NiceJobFixingItVillain: [[spoiler:Might have pulled off his gambit in episode 11 if he hadn't constantly belittled Nanbu and Joe with EvilGloating.]]

* AdaptationalNiceGuy: Junk Dog is a Yabuki Joe analog from ''Champion Joe'', but needless to say, while he shares many of his attributes, he lacks the original's [[HeManWomanHater sexism]] and [[{{Jerkass}} general nasty attitude]]. This is also exemplified in their respective AnimalMotifs: Joe was associated with [[ALoadOfBull bulls]] due to his [[HairTriggerTemper anger issues]], while Junk Dog is associated with stray dogs.

* BadassBeard: Joe grows one in between seasons 1 and 2 to hide who he is -- thus having said badass beard double as a BeardOfSorrow --and he is still badass enough to be fighting in the underground ring 7 years later. He may not be in peak shape like he was in season 1, but he's still badass.

* BadassMustache: While Bloody Lion Burroughs has sideburns, Pepe is rocking a pencil mustache.

* NotSoDifferent:
** Has a minor breakdown over the fact [[spoiler:that he's just been using Joe for revenge much as Nanbu has been using him to clear his debts. He gets over it in time to tell Joe to stop trying to match-fix.]]
** Also in ''Nomad'', [[spoiler: despite his resentment of Joe, he's become more like him than he cares to admit, becoming a very aggressive Megalo Boxer working for Fujimaki, albeit with him not doing fixed matches. The main difference is that, unlike Joe, he doesn't have TheGift for Megalo Boxing and often gets his ass kicked, meaning Fujimaki doesn't really need to fix his matches to make money off him.]]

* NotSoDifferent: He's equated to a dog, just like Joe, but a well-trained champion dog with an owner (Shirato) instead of a stray dog who has to fight for scraps. Ultimately, neither men are able to fight for their own sake.

* NotSoDifferent: [[spoiler:Sakuma claims that he and Joe are this when recounting how Mac told him he left the ring because he saw Joe as "the real deal", stating they're both in the same position now. This prompts Mac to challenge Joe.]]

* NotSoDifferent: To Joe in season one, which is practically lampshaded in episode 7. He's incredibly arrogant, prideful and quick to anger, but also driven by a desire to find his proper opponent.

* HeterosexualLifePartners: With Chief. The two are essentially family, without the romance.

** He gets even more scars in the second season, due to [[spoilers: returning to the underground scene again after the events of season 1.]]

* LivingLegend: [[spoilers: Becomes one at the end of season 1, and is one throughout season 2. He's even referenced as such throughout season 2, being called "The Legendary Boxer" and "Legend".]]

!!!'''Voiced by:''' Atushi Miyaushi (Japanese), Gerardo Vásquez (Spanish)

!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/ChikahiroKobayashi (Japanese)

!!!'''Voiced by:''' Masaya Fukunishi (Japanese)

* RealityEnsues: In real life, physically punishing sports such as boxing can leave athletes with lifelong physical health problems. [[spoiler:His second fight with Joe leaves him physically disabled and confined to a wheelchair.]]

* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: [[spoiler: Her HeelRealization at the end of the first season prompted her to cancel the military contract she started Megalomania to ensure the sealing of. Needless to say, this was a massive loss and the company had to make a contract with ROSCO to stay afloat. And when Yuriko tries to back out of their deal with ROSCO upon learning that Sakuma is intending it for military use as well, one of her board members reminds her of her previous mistake and that doing the same here wouldn't end well for them, a point she's forced to concede.]]

* AnimeHair: His hair is green and drawn duting matches as a top knot with an undercut.

* AnimeHair: His hair is dyed green and he usually keeps it in a mohawk-esque hairdo on top of his head.

* TwoferTokenMinority: [[spoiler:Heavily implied to come from the same culture as Chief, and is shown to have one of Chief's favourite stories ni book form in his home.]]

* DeathSeeker: A recurring element of his characterization is that Joe has a self-destructive streak partly brought about by self-loathing. In the first season this is mostly seen in how he seems to get off on the pain of boxing and crashing his bike deliberately, but he seems to grow out of it as he finds his place in Megalonia. ''However'', in season 2, [[spoiler:[[SpiritAdvisor Nanbu]] basically spells it out that Joe (or "Nomad") wants to kill himself with extra steps for whatever happened five years ago.]]

* MadeOfIron: Joe regularly suffers wounds brutal enough to cripple most real life boxers but keeps on going by sheer force of will.
** DentedIron: By season 2, this lifestyle has begun to take its toll, with Nomad suffering from headaches and nausea and having become addicted to painkillers. [[spoiler:It's revealed near the end that he's starting to develop Punch Drunk Syndrome, forcing him to pick between final retirement or the likelyhood of a death in the ring.]]

* HeroicRROD: [[spoiler: After his match with Sachio in ''Nomad'', his old painkiller addiction catches up to him and causes him to collapse.]]

* EasilyForgiven: {{Averted}}. [[spoiler: When Joe returns, the only one of them and Sachio who could be seen as this is Bonjiri, and even then he's rather awkward about it until Joe gets the deed to his restaurant back and Sachio admits to his role in him leaving. Santa's next to do so, and that's only because his attempt at writing an article about him sparring with Liu left and impression on him and prompted him to give. Oicho takes the longest to do so, showing up in time help him, Bonjiri, Santa and Aragaki stop the gym he was rebuilding from collapsing in a typhoon, and even then she's somewhat prickly.]]

* Deuteragonist: Of the latter half of season 2. His character, struggles and relationships are given just as much focus as Joe's.