I know this thread is a joke but I'm gonna go serious mode
if Legend of Kamui got an anime that would be it, but it didn't (and from what I've heard the live-action adaptation removed the super political elements)
>>29691I'd say Joe's ultimately more about rejecting capitalist pursuits and shallow materialistic living in general on an individual basis, not really fighting to change the world. new left students liked the idea of Rikishi throwing away his rich high-class boxing celeb privileges to take on an outcast hobo like Joe for obvious reasons… but ultimately he did it for the individual drive to face a respected rival on equal grounds, not to dedicate himself to overthrowing the system that made Joe poor & alienated & only capable of feeling anything through boxing to begin with.
like, it's pretty shonen-brained. I guess you could say it's more anarchistic but I don't think it was offering any specific ideological solution; it doesn't even say "boxing is good" or "boxing is bad", it just shows both the self-destructive elements and how it can be a deeply validating dedication for outsiders.
It was more appealing to a general "fuck modern society" malaise felt at the time. Worth noting is Yukio Mishima was as huge a fan as the plane hijackers.
>>29692LOTGH nah and there's already a thread. Utena not really, there's a reason the movie didn't show what the "post-revolution" world would've entailed.