Megalobox

Megalobox is TMS Entertainment's 2018 original anime and a love letter to Ashita no Joe — the boxing manga that defined a generation — reimagined as a cyberpunk story about a man with nothing to lose entering an illegal underground path to the sport's ultimate tournament. "Junk Dog" is a rigged-fight boxer with no Gear registration who catches the attention of Megalonia champion Yuri and decides to qualify for the tournament that should be impossible for him to enter. The series' visual language deliberately echoes older cel-animation aesthetics: rough edges, visible grain, and limited palettes that make it feel like a rediscovered classic rather than a contemporary production. The storytelling is compact and emotionally direct, hitting its beats with the precision of a good combination — and the boxing sequences, while not technically detailed, carry real weight through their human stakes.