Viewtiful Joe

Viewtiful Joe (ビューティフル ジョー Byūtifuru Jō) is a Japanese series of side-scrolling beat 'em up video games developed by Team Viewtiful. The first game was originally released in 2003 for Game Cube before ported to the PlayStation 2. An anime adaptation of the game premiered on TV Tokyo in Japan from October 2, 2004 to September 24, 2005, and licensed by anime distributor Geneon Entertainment with half of its series in the United States on Kids' WB.

Plot
Following the games' storyline, movie lover Joe and his girlfriend Silvia enjoy a seemingly normal trip to the movies to see an action flick starring Joe's idol, Captain Blue, when suddenly the leader of the evil Jadow force reaches out of the screen and takes Silvia into the movie. Joe is forced to follow her by Captain Blue's mecha, Six Majin, and meets Captain Blue in the flesh who grants Joe the power to become an action movie hero in his own right called Viewtiful Joe.

Other Wikis

 * Vietiful Joe Series on (Capcom Wiki)