Chiharu Sato
Director
Hajime no Ippo: The Fighting! (2000)
Specials
Makunouchi Ippo is an ordinary high school student in Japan. Since he spends most of his time away from school helping his mother run the family business, he doesn't get to enjoy his younger years like most teenagers. Always a target for bullying at school (the family fishing business grants him a distinct odor), Ippo's life is one of hardship. One of these after-school bullying sessions turns Ippo's life around for the better, as he is saved by a boxer named Takamura. He decides to follow in Takamura's footsteps and train to become a boxer, giving his life direction and purpose. Ippo's path to perfecting his pugilistic prowess is just beginning...
Released Oct. 3, 2000
Episode 24 min
10+
Genres: Action, Animation, Anime, Anime: Shounen, Anime: Sports, Comedy, Drama
Keywords: tmdb.sports, tmdb.rags-to-riches, tmdb.tournament, tmdb.championship, tmdb.boxing, tmdb.based-on-manga, tmdb.anime + 17 more, tmdb.comradeship, imdb.boxing, imdb.anime-animation, tmdb.shounen, imdb.combat-sport, imdb.shonen-anime-animation, imdb.boxing-sport, imdb.shounen, imdb.based-on-manga, imdb.combat-sports, imdb.boxer, tmdb.friendship, tmdb.combat-sports, tmdb.inspirational, imdb.hand-drawn-animation, mdblist.anime-dub, tmdb.based-on-comic
Watch Providers: Netflix, RetroCrush Amazon Channel, Retrocrush, AsianCrush, Plex + 6 more, Netflix Standard with Ads, Cineverse, Crunchyroll Amazon Channel, Plex Channel, Philo, Fawesome
Production Companies: Madhouse, MAPPA, Nippon Television Network Corporation, VAP, D.N. Dream Partners
Network: Nippon TV
6.7
S0E1 - Boxer's Fist
A special episode included in the DVDs. It tells how Takamura started boxing.
March 21, 2003, midnight
10.0
S0E2 - Champion Road
Makunouchi Ippo is the new Featherweight champion of Japan and is now ready for his first title defense. His opponent, the former Jr. Featherweight champion and a medical student, Sanada Kazuki. In addition to this feud, Sanada is being coached by Kamogawa's former rival, Hama Dankichi. What makes things worse is that Sanada works at the same hospital where Kumi is a nurse at and everybody at the hospital wants Sanada to win. Not only does Ippo have to defend his title, he has to reclaim his love.
April 18, 2003, midnight
10.0
S0E3 - Kimura vs Mashiba
Kimura finally has his championship match. It takes place at the annual champion carnival. But now he must face the intense champion, Mashiba for the Junior Lightweight championship.
Sept. 5, 2003, midnight
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Nippon TV
24 min/ep
3024 min
Oct. 3, 2000
March 29, 2014, midnight
Ended
TV-PG / 10+
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