Ashita no Joe: Fighting for Tomorrow Volume 5

A massive cultural phenomenon, made even bigger by the hit anime based on it. To this day, "Ashita no Joe" remains one of the most important manga of all time, and now it will finally see the light of day in English for the first time!

TO KEEP ON FIGHTING, NO MATTER WHAT

While Joe is punching below his weight on the traveling sideshow circuit just to keep a hand in, Carlos Rivera is turning the world of Japanese boxing upside down—but is he really the happy-go-lucky clown he presents to the public...? Only Joe sees him for what he truly is, which just might present the young drifter with the greatest challenge of his career, on the biggest stage imaginable!

Hitmaker Asao Takamori was arguably the biggest manga author of his day, while Tetsuya Chiba, winner of innumerable awards, was recently given the prestigious Order of Culture by the Japanese government, the first manga artist ever to receive that honor.

Author/Artist: Asao Takamori / Tetsuya Chiba
Publisher: Vertical Comics
Page Count: 568pp
Size: 6.25 x 8.25 x 2
Notes: hardcover, b/w
Date of Publication: April 28, 2026
ISBN: 978-1647295165