"Ashita no Joe" protagonist Joe Yabuki, left, and his rival Toru Rikiishi are seen in this image (c)Asao Takamori & Tetsuya Chiba / Kodansha Ltd. TOKYO -- An exhibition of original drawings from ...
Shonen competition manga in the 1960s was at least vaguely grounded in reality. Sure, the things that happened might be ridiculous, but the method of fighting was usually some sort of real-world ...