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| Hajime no Ippo | |
Cover of Hajime no Ippo volume 1 as published byKodansha
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| はじめの一歩 | |
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| Genre | Sports (Boxing) |
| Manga | |
| Written by | Jōji Morikawa |
| Published by | Kodansha |
| Demographic | Shōnen |
| Magazine | Weekly Shōnen Magazine |
| Original run | October 1989 – ongoing |
| Volumes | 104 |
| Anime television series | |
| Hajime no Ippo: The Fighting! | |
| Directed by | Satoshi Nishimura |
| Written by | Tatsuhiko Urahata |
| Music by | Tsuneo Imahori |
| Studio | Madhouse |
| Licensed by | |
| Network | NTV |
| Original run | 3 October 2000 –27 March 2002 |
| Episodes | 76 |
| Anime television film | |
| Champion Road | |
| Directed by | Satoshi Nishimura |
| Written by | Tatsuhiko Urahata |
| Music by | Tsuneo Imahori |
| Studio | Madhouse |
| Licensed by | |
| Network | NTV |
| Released | 18 April 2003 |
| Runtime | 90 minutes |
| Original video animation | |
| Mashiba vs. Kimura | |
| Directed by | Hitoshi Nanba |
| Written by | Tatsuhiko Urahata |
| Music by | Tsuneo Imahori |
| Studio | Madhouse |
| Licensed by | |
| Released | 5 September 2003 |
| Runtime | 60 minutes |
| Anime television series | |
| Hajime no Ippo: New Challenger | |
| Directed by | Jun Shishido |
| Written by | Kazuyuki Fudeyasu |
| Music by | Yoshihisa Hirano Hideki Taniuchi |
| Studio | Madhouse |
| Network | NTV |
| Original run | 6 January 2009 – 30 June 2009 |
| Episodes | 26[1] |
| Anime television series | |
| Hajime no Ippo: Rising | |
| Directed by | Jun Shishido |
| Written by | Kazuyuki Fudeyasu |
| Studio | Madhouse, MAPPA |
| Network | NTV |
| Original run | October 2013 – scheduled |
| Episodes | 25 |
A 76-episode anime adaption titled Hajime no Ippo: The Fighting! was produced byMadhouse, Nippon Television and VAP, directed by Satoshi Nishimura and ran on the Nippon Television Network from October 2000 to March 2002. One OVA and a movie were also produced. On September 15, 2008 it was announced in Weekly Shōnen Magazinethat a second season of Hajime no Ippo would begin airing on January 6, 2009. The second season is called Hajime no Ippo: New Challenger and concluded on June 30, 2009. At the end of 2003, the anime was licensed in North America by Geneon,[2] who released under the name Fighting Spirit.
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Main article: List of Fighting Spirit characters
Makunouchi Ippo was an extremely shy high school student who never had the time to make friends because he was always busy helping his mother run their family fishing charter businessving nightly hours, Ippo manages the technique in the nick of time. He waits for the jogging Takamura to come by his usual path, and manages to surprise Takamura by not just catching all 10 of the falling leaves, but only doing it with his left hand. This impresses Takamura greatly, and he informs that the action required to catch all 10 leaves was called a boxing jab, and Takamura invites Ippo back to the boxing gym for introductions.
When they got back to the gym, the coach, Genji Kamogawa, was not at all impressed by Makunouchi's lack of fighting spirit, and therefore, was challenged by Takamura to have a practice spar against a member of the gym. However, Kamogawa decides to give Ippo a severe challenge and tells him to spar with Miyata, a man that's also 16, the same age as Ippo. However, Miyata is known as a boxing prodigy and is one of Kamogawa gym's future hopes. Takamura gets extremely worried with this prospect, as Miyata skill is way above the 4-rounder pro boxer. As expected, Ippo loses by KO, but not until Miyata struggles dodging his punches and finally ends the match with his trump card: "The Counter" The coach Kamogawa decides that he has great fighting sense and spirit and decides to train him to eventually become the Japanese Champion with a world ranking while Miyata became the OPBF (Oriental Pacific Boxing Federation) Champion. Both are expected to hit high in the world rankings and eventually, fight each other for the World Champion's belt.
The story focuses heavily on character development, even during the matches something is learned about the fighters. Ippo and his friendly rivalry with Miyata is the main draw in the early part of the series. That later changes to Ippo's path towards the Japanese Featherweight Championship and eventually the world championship. Along the way we are given glimpses into the other side character's pasts, motivations, relationships to others and current boxing trials. A colorful cast of support characters and opponents as well as side stories concerning their path in the boxing world rounds out the series
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