Joe Yabuki was ranked seventh in Mania Entertainment's "10 Most Iconic Anime Heroes", written by Thomas Zoth.
Based on a manga series by Asao Takamori who is the original creator and Tetsuya Chiba who wrote the story and art. It was published by Kodansha in Japan and North America.
It was going to be dubbed into English but the dub was canceled. Although a trailer was made.