Underplayed Gems

Rokudenashi Blues (1992)

Rokudenashi Blues poster
Original title
ろくでなしBLUES
Genre
drama television series, comedy anime and manga, coming-of-age anime and manga
Country
Japan
Rating
3.8 of 10 from 5 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
The 3D catalogue: film cases on wooden shelves, with the cat sitting at the counter next to its greeting.

The catalogue in 3D

The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this series is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

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How it feels

This 1992 anime follows a delinquent high school student who boxes. He deals with rival gangs and his own struggles while trying to become a professional fighter.

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What happens

Rokudenashi Blues (Japanese: ろくでなし BLUES, Hepburn: Rokudenashi Burūsu; lit. 'Good-for-Nothing Blues') is a Japanese boxing-themed yankī manga series written and illustrated by Masanori Morita. It was serialized in Shueisha's shōnen manga magazine Weekly Shōnen Jump from May 1988 to February 1997, with its chapters collected in 42 tankōbon volumes. Rokudenashi Blues had over 60 million copies in circulation by August 2013, making it one of the best-selling manga series. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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