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Tomorrow's Joe S2E1 — And Then, He Returned...

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Tomorrow's Joe•Season 2•Episode 1

And Then, He Returned...

8.8/10 · 378 votesOct 13, 198025 min

Ranked #33 of 47 in Season 2•−0.3 vs season avg

After inadvertently killing Toru Rikiishi in the ring, Joe Yabuki finds himself aimlessly wandering the city at night, when he comes across a fight between Wolf Kanagushi, his former opponent who has become a Yakuza muscleman and Goromaki Gondo, a henchman from an opposing Yakuza

Directed byOsamu Dezaki

Written byYoshimi Shinozaki

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One Man, One Flower... Venture into the Ring still

One Man, One Flower... Venture into the Ring

Messenger From Hell... Joe Yabuki still

Messenger From Hell... Joe Yabuki

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Back Then, The Ten-Point Bell Ringed

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The Phantom... Strike the Temple!

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Howl... Dogs Will Bite

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Wandering... Like a Wild Beast

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That Guy... Burning Man Carlos

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And then... The Beast Revived

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The Christmas Eve Gift

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Beginning of the Struggle... Carlos VS Joe

Night of the Snow Storm... The Endless Fight still

Night of the Snow Storm... The Endless Fight

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The Tange Gym... Is Indestructable

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Where is... Joe's Youth?

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For Whose sake...? Deadly Rush

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Distant Aim... Road to the World

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A Figure Seen... A Great Target

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Those Knuckles... The Mark's Message

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Fighting Machine... Dragon Kim

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My Bantamweight... Weight Loss Challenge

Rikiishi... I Hear the Song still

Rikiishi... I Hear the Song

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And... The Morning's Measurement

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The Burning Beast... And Ice

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The Gong Chimes.. The Ring of the Devil

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In Round 6... A Miracle Occurred

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A Champion... And a Loser's Glory

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Boxing... A Requiem

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José... In Hawaii

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Yabuki's... New Defense

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Grand Champion... José

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Meaning... of the V Sign

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Farewell... Dear Old Things

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The 13th King Comes From America!?

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He... Fell with the Card

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The Champion ...Alone

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Yoko's... New Attempt

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The Wild Child… Harimao

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Unexpected Visitor... Gondo Goromaki

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Two Beasts... in the Jungle

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Joe Fired Up… The Target is Near

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José arrives in Japan… The Match Date Approaches!

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A Shock… Yoko's Premonition

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Joe and Danpei... Two Everyday People

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Yoko... Her Love

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Joe VS. José... The Gong of the Match Rings

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The Violent... Endless Fight to the Death

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The Great End

Cast18

Teruhiko Aoi

Teruhiko Aoi

Joe Yabuki (voice)

Fuyumi Shiraishi

Fuyumi Shiraishi

Sachi (voice)

Shūsei Nakamura

Shūsei Nakamura

Tōru Rikiishi (voice)

Jūkei Fujioka

Jūkei Fujioka

Danpei Tange (voice)

Ryusei Nakao

Ryusei Nakao

Rivera Carlos (voice)

Noriko Tsukase

Noriko Tsukase

Chuukichi (voice)

K

Kei Moriwaki

Noriko Hayashi (voice)

K

Keiko Ozaki

Mrs. Mendoza Jose (voice)

Norio Wakamoto

Norio Wakamoto

Ryuuhi Kin (voice)

Junko Hori

Junko Hori

Kinoko (voice)

E

Emi Tanaka

Youko Shiraki (voice)

Jirô Daruma

Jirô Daruma

Nishi Mammoth (voice)

Crew6

Yoshimi Shinozaki

Yoshimi Shinozaki

Writer

Atsuko Fukushima

Atsuko Fukushima

Key Animation

Y

Yuichi Endo

Key Animation

S

Sachiko Sugino

Key Animation

M

Makoto Nakamura

Key Animation

Osamu Dezaki

Osamu Dezaki

Director

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Episode Summary

"And Then, He Returned..." is episode 1 of Tomorrow's Joe season 2. It scored 8.8/10 from 378 votes, ranking #33 of 47 episodes this season (season average 9.1). Directed by Osamu Dezaki and written by Yoshimi Shinozaki, it aired on October 13, 1980.

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