Megalobox

Megalobox
Key visual, featuring the main character Joe/Junk Dog
メガロボクス (Megarobokusu)
Genre	Sports[1]
Manga
Megalobox - Shukumei no Sōken
Published by	Kodansha
Magazine	Shōnen Magazine Edge
Demographic	Shōnen
Original run	February 17, 2018 – August 17, 2018
Volumes	2
Anime television series
Directed by	Yō Moriyama
Written by	Katsuhiko Manabe Kensaku Kojima
Music by	Mabanua
Studio	TMS Entertainment 3xCube
Licensed by	AUS: Madman Entertainment BI: Anime Limited NA: Viz Media SA/SEA: Medialink
Original network	JNN (TBS, BS-TBS)
English network	US: Adult Swim (Toonami)
Original run	April 6, 2018 – June 29, 2018
Episodes	13 (List of episodes)
Anime television series
Megalobox 2: Nomad
Directed by	Yō Moriyama
Written by	Katsuhiko Manabe Kensaku Kojima
Music by	Mabanua
Studio	TMS Entertainment
Licensed by	Crunchyroll SA/SEA: Medialink
Original network	Tokyo MX, BS11
Original run	April 4, 2021 – June 27, 2021
Episodes	13 (List of episodes)
See also
Ashita no Joe
Anime and manga portal

Megalobox (Japanese: メガロボクス, Hepburn: Megarobokusu) is a Japanese anime television series. The series is produced and animated by TMS Entertainment and its subsidiary 3xCube and directed by Yō Moriyama, his first directorial work. Megalobox was created in commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the boxing manga Ashita no Joe.^[2] Set in late 21st century Japan where boxers wear powered exoskeletons to fight, the narrative focuses on an underground fighter only known by his ring name Junk Dog, who decides to enter into a boxing competition called Megalonia, in order to defeat the champion, Yūri.

The series was broadcast in Japan from April 6 to June 29, 2018, and was simulcast on Crunchyroll.^[3] The series was licensed by Viz Media for an English release and began airing on Adult Swim's Toonami programming block in the United States in December 2018. A second season, titled Megalobox 2: Nomad, aired from April 4 to June 27, 2021.