Viewtiful Joe
Japanese title: ビューティフル ジョー
Alternative titles: Beautiful Joe
Type: TV
Source: Game
Episodes: 51
Status: Finished Airing
Aired: Oct 2, 2004 to Sep 24, 2005
Broadcast: Saturdays at 07:00 (JST)
Duration: 24 min per ep
Rating: PG-13 - Teens 13 or older
Studios: Group TAC
Producers: TV Tokyo, MediaNet, Capcom, We've Inc.
Licensors: Geneon Entertainment USA
Genres: Action, Comedy, Sci-Fi

Joe, a red-headed movie buff, and Silvia, his girlfriend, are having a bit of relationship trouble. Silvia feels that Joe is taking her for-granted and wants to do something together for once, so Joe decides to take her to see an old action movie featuring his favorite hero, Captain Blue. What started out as a cute movie date takes a turn for the worst when Silvia is pulled into the movie by the leader of the evil organization, Jado.

Joe follows her into the mysterious "Movieland," and is granted a powerful device known as a V-Watch by Captain Blue himself. With it, he transforms into the action hero named "Viewtiful Joe" and goes off to rescue his girlfriend before she can be used by Jado to take over the world. It's a long road to go from average Joe to full-blown hero, but he'll give it his all to save both his girl and the world—and he'll do it in the most "view-ti-ful" way possible.

Viewtiful Joe is an adaptation of a video game of the same title created by CAPCOM.