"Viewtiful Joe" was successful enough to establish a franchise, and a few other related media titles were released. "Viewtiful Joe" was followed by a direct sequel titled "Viewtiful Joe 2"—released for both the GameCube and PlayStation 2—and two spinoffs: ' for the PSP and GameCube and ' for the Nintendo DS. An anime adaption of the game was produced by Group TAC, airing on the Japanese television station TV Tokyo beginning in 2004 and being licensed for US distribution by Geneon Entertainment in 2005. A set of "Viewtiful Joe" trading figures was released by Agatsuma Entertainment in October 2005, while a series of action figures made by Jazwares was released in July 2006. V Jump published a manga series of Viewtiful Joe from November 2004.