You know the rules of Megalobox: Two athletes enter the ring, one leaves after being declared the winner. Then the other leaves some time after… when they wake up.
Earlier today, Viz Media announced their English dub cast for Megalobox. The series will star the following:
- “Gearless” Joe: Kaiji Tang
- Coach Nanbu: Jason Marnocha
- Sachio: Erica Mendez
- Yuri: Lex Lang
- Yukiko: Erika Harlacher
Ezra Weisz will direct the adaptation.
Megalobox will air on Toonami starting December 8.
Viz announced that they picked up the rights to Megalobox on July 6, during their panel at Anime Expo 2018.
Megalobox is an original project, which was produced to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Ashita no Joe (Tomorrow’s Joe) manga. You Moriyama helmed the project at TMS Entertainment, with the team of Katsuhiko Manabe (Shin Kyūseishu Densetsu Hokuto no Ken: Raoh-den Gekitō no Shō) and Kensaku Kojima taking charge of series composition and scripts.
© Asami Takamori, Chibutoritsu / Kodansha / MegaloBox Project
mabanua (Kids on the Slope) scored the soundtrack. In addition, You Moriyama pulled double duty on conceptual design.
Crunchyroll streamed the show as it aired in Japan. They describe it as:
A desolate land stretches out from the city of poverty. A motorcycle speeds recklessly, blowing clouds of sand and dust. The rider is the protagonist of this story – he has neither a name nor a past. All he has is his ring name, “Junk Dog” and a technique for rigging MEGALOBOX matches with his pal Gansaku Nanbu, which they use to support their hand-to-mouth lives. JD is bored, resigned, and unfulfilled. Yuri has been the reigning champion of MEGALOBOX for the past few years. He has the skills and presence of a true champion. This is a story of JD and his rival, Yuri.
A manga adaptation of Megalobox by Chikara Sakuma, titled Megalobox – Shukumei no Sōken, launched in the March 2018 issue of Kodansha’s Shonen Magazine Edge.
Source: VIZ Media (Industry Panel)
