Hajime no Ippo: THE FIGHTING!

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.

Genres:

Comedy Drama Sports

Popularity: 122403

Avarage Score: 8.7

Characters

Ippo Makunouchi

MAIN

Mamoru Takamura

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Masaru Aoki

MAIN

Tatsuya Kimura

MAIN

Ryou Mashiba

SUPPORTING

Kumi Mashiba

SUPPORTING

Takeshi Sendo

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Naomichi Yamada

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Ichirou Miyata

MAIN

Eiji Date

SUPPORTING

Genji Kamogawa

MAIN

Alexander Volg Zangief

SUPPORTING

Masahiko Umezawa

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Haruhiko Yagi

SUPPORTING

Keigo Okita

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Mari Iimura

SUPPORTING

Tomoko Yamaguchi

SUPPORTING

Jason Ozuma

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Yusuke Oda

SUPPORTING

Jikkyou Announcer

SUPPORTING

Ginpachi Nekota

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Hiroko Makunouchi

SUPPORTING

Miyata no Chichi

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Yoshio Fujiwara

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Reiko Mikami

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Staffs

Richard Epcar

ADR Director (English)

Tsutomu Kashiwakura

Assistant Sound Director

George Morikawa

Original Creator

Yukiko Ban

Key Animation (ep 68)

Kou Matsuo

Storyboard (eps 2, 8)

Tsuneo Imahori

Music

Shin Itagaki

Key Animation (eps 27, 30, 44, 50, 66, 73, 74)

Keisuke Watabe

Key Animation (ep 1)

Hideki Taniuchi

Theme Song Composition (OP1, OP2)

Hideki Taniuchi

Theme Song Lyrics (OP1, OP2)

Hideki Taniuchi

Theme Song Arrangement (OP1, OP2)

Masakazu Ishikawa

Key Animation (eps 24, 44)

Takahiro Kimura

Key Animation (ep 68)

Yuuzou Satou

Storyboard (eps 17, 40, 46, 73)

Yuuzou Satou

Episode Director (eps 17, 40)

Shigeki Awai

Key Animation (eps 26, 34, 39, 44, 49, 55, 60, 62)

Takeo Takahashi

Key Animation (ep 32)

Shin Oonuma

Key Animation (ep 67)

Masayuki Sakoi

Key Animation (ep 46)

Tatsuhiko Urahata

Script (eps 1-3, 7, 31, 52)

Tatsuhiko Urahata

Series Composition

Daisuke Yoshida

Animation Director (eps 58, 64, 70, 75)

Daisuke Yoshida

Key Animation (eps 4, 10, 16, 22, 29, 37, 45, 58, 64, 75)

Kumi Ishii

Key Animation (eps 7, 13, 20, 49, 57)

Toshifumi Kawase

Storyboard (ep 7)