Hajime no Ippo: The Fighting!
TV FINISHED FALL 2000 75 eps 87%
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Makunouchi Ippo has been bullied his entire life. Constantly running errands and being beaten up by his classmates, Ippo has always dreamed of changing himself, but never has the passion to act upon it. One day, in the midst of yet another bullying, Ippo is saved by Takamura Mamoru, who happens to be a boxer. Ippo faints from his injuries and is brought to the Kamogawa boxing gym to recover. As he regains consciousness, he is awed and amazed at his new surroundings in the gym, though lacks confidence to attempt anything. Takamura places a photo of Ippo's classmate on a punching bag and forces him to punch it. It is only then that Ippo feels something stir inside him and eventually asks Takamura to train him in boxing. Thinking that Ippo does not have what it takes, Takamura gives him a task deemed impossible and gives him a one week time limit. With a sudden desire to get stronger, for himself and his hard working mother, Ippo trains relentlessly to accomplish the task within the time limit. Thus Ippo's journey to the top of the boxing world begins.
Studios:
MADHOUSE
Characters
Ippo Makunouchi
MAIN
VA: Kouhei Kiyasu
Mamoru Takamura
MAIN
VA: Rikiya Koyama
Masaru Aoki
MAIN
VA: Wataru Takagi
Tatsuya Kimura
MAIN
VA: Keiji Fujiwara
Ichirou Miyata
MAIN
VA: Tomokazu Seki
Genji Kamogawa
MAIN
VA: Kenji Utsumi
Ryou Mashiba
SUPPORTING
VA: Masahiko Tanaka
Kumi Mashiba
SUPPORTING
VA: Sanae Kobayashi
Takeshi Sendo
SUPPORTING
VA: Masaya Onosaka
Naomichi Yamada
SUPPORTING
VA: Daisuke Sakaguchi
Eiji Date
SUPPORTING
VA: Masaki Aizawa
Alexander Volg Zangief
SUPPORTING
VA: Toshiyuki Morikawa
Masahiko Umezawa
SUPPORTING
VA: Mitsuaki Madono
Haruhiko Yagi
SUPPORTING
VA: Toshihiko Nakajima
Keigo Okita
SUPPORTING
VA: Hiroaki Hirata
Mari Iimura
SUPPORTING
VA: Emi Shinohara
Tomoko Yamaguchi
SUPPORTING
VA: Yuuko Kobayashi
Jason Ozuma
SUPPORTING
VA: Masahiro Kobayashi
Staff
George Morikawa
Original Creator
Satoshi Nishimura
Director
Kenichi Kawamura
Assistant Director
Tatsuhiko Urahata
Series Composition
Kouji Sugiura
Character Design
Hidetoshi Kaneko
Art Director
Hisao Shirai
Director of Photography
Kashiko Kimura
Editing
Satoshi Terauchi
Editing
Masafumi Mima
Sound Director
Tsuneo Imahori
Music
Masanori Shino
Chief Animation Director
Reviews
Jaekoi
Rating: 102 (105 votes)
Enter the ring of change.
EasyDubai
Rating: 73 (85 votes)
Hajime no Ippo: the Greatest Sports/Martial Arts Manga of All Time
GroovyPogU
Rating: 40 (42 votes)
'What does it mean to be strong'
makunochi
Rating: 39 (51 votes)
Makes you feel alive. Captures sports nicely!
LaszloFreecs
Rating: 33 (37 votes)
A love letter to boxing
FalseDe1ty
Rating: 33 (36 votes)
Hajime No Ippo - Masterclass.
Stats
Average Score
87
Mean Score
87
Popularity
126,928
Favourites
7,671
Status Distribution
CURRENT: 13276
PLANNING: 41970
COMPLETED: 61689
DROPPED: 2681
PAUSED: 7312
Score Distribution
10: 177
20: 39
30: 75
40: 147
50: 473
60: 897
70: 3493
80: 9619
90: 16173
100: 13185
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