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
Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga
1-6-1 Nagata-chō, Chiyoda-ku
Re: National Law Needed by 2020 Tokyo Olympics to Protect against Discrimination Based on Sexual Orientation or Gender Identity
Dear Prime Minister Suga,
The undersigned 116 organizations urge you, in advance of the 2020 Tokyo Summer Olympic and Paralympic Games, to introduce legislation that would protect people in Japan from discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identity.
The Olympic Charter expressly bans “discrimination of any kind” including on the grounds of sexual orientation as a “Fundamental Principle of Olympism.” Japan has also ratified core international human rights treaties that obligate the government to protect against discrimination, including the International Covenants on Civil and Political Rights and on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights.