Megalobox Sequel Confirms Release Date with New Trailer
Megalobox has confirmed the release date for its new sequel series! Following the release of its first season a couple of years ago,
Megalobox series. With this time jump comes a whole new look for Gearless Joe and the rest of the cast of characters returning for the second round.
Officially titled as
Megalobox 2: Nomad, this sequel series has confirmed it will be releasing April 4th in Japan. Funimation will be streaming the sequel series upon its release in Japan, but it s currently unconfirmed whether or not this includes a SimulDub for the new slate of episodes. What is confirmed, however, is the new trailer released for the series that features English subtitles as well. Check it out in the video above!
Megalobox s big sequel anime has dropped some new key art of Gearless Joe directly from its director! After surprising fans with its first slate of 13 episodes, TMS Entertainment surprised once more by announcing that Megalobox would be returning for a second season. Approached as an official [.]
Nomad: Megalo Box 2 Anime Puts the Gear Back on Gearless Joe
Megalo Box. Titled
Nomad: Megalo Box 2, the sequel will continue the story laid down in the first season [Thanks, ANN!]
The original
Megalo Box series was originally conceived as a way to commemorate the 50th anniversary of legendary boxing manga
Ashita no Joe. Rather than rehashing the original story,
Megalo Box added a sci-fi twist. In the future, where the rich live in luxury and the poor live in squalor on the outskirts of a desert, entertainment takes the form of combat sports, chief among them Megalo Box. It’s basically boxing, but with the competitors wearing exoskeletons called “Gears” to make their punches superhuman. A young man who goes my the ring name of “Junk Dog” fights in fixed underground matches alongside his coach, Gansaku Nanbu. After picking a fight with the top-ranked Megalo Boxer, Yuri, Junk Dog and Gansaku resolve to climb the legit ranks and join Megalonia, a big new tournam