PRESS RELEASE: MEGALOBOX 2: NOMAD to Premiere in April 2021 on TOKYO MX & BS11

Jan 27, 2021

Today comes word that the next installment of the wildly popular anime series, MEGALOBOX, will be dropping this spring. Read the official press release below for further details...

LOS ANGELES – January 27,2021 – TMS Entertainment today announced that MEGALOBOX 2: NOMAD, the highly anticipated sequel to the internationally acclaimed anime series MEGALOBOX, will premiere in April 2021 on Japanese television networks TOKYO MX and BS11.

MEGALOBOX, a series based on Tomorrow’s Joe by Asao Takamori (Ikki Kajiwara) and Tetsuya Chiba, was originally released in 2018 to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the original manga title.

The teaser trailer and visuals have also been revealed ahead of the broadcast.

Watch the teaser now: https://youtu.be/bjl0qMgrugQ

The striking teaser visual, drawn by the director Yo Moriyama, shows Joe standing with his gear covering the body full of scars. Seven years after Joe’s reign as the first Megalonia champion, we now find him calling himself Nomad. The accompanying teaser trailer reveals a glimpse of what had happened to Joe after the fateful match with Yuri in MEGALOBOX.

ABOUT MEGALOBOX 2: NOMAD

In the end, “Gearless” Joe was the one that reigned as the champion of Megalonia, a first ever megalobox tournament. Fans everywhere were mesmerized by the meteoric rise of Joe who sprung out from the deepest underground ring to the top in mere three months and without the use of gear. Seven years later, “Gearless” Joe was once again fighting in underground matches. Adorned with scars and once again donning his gear, but now known only as Nomad…

STAFF

Original Concept: Tomorrow’s Joe

Original Comic Books Created by Asao Takamori, Tetsuya Chiba / Published by Kodansha.

Director / Concept Designer: Yo Moriyama

Scenario: Katsuhiko Manabe, Kensaku Kojima

Character Designer: Ayumi Kurashima

Sub Character Designer: Naomi Kaneda

Music: mabanua

Animation production: TMS Entertainment Co., Ltd.

Produced by MEGALOBOX2 Project

CAST

Joe / NOMAD: Yoshimasa Hosoya