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: 113130

Avarage Score: 8.6

Characters

Ichirou Miyata

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Alexander Volg Zangief

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Tatsuya Kimura

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Kumiko Morita

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Reiko Mikami

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Mari Iimura

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Yusuke Oda

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Mamoru Takamura

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Keigo Okita

SUPPORTING

Masaru Aoki

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Genji Kamogawa

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Kumi Mashiba

SUPPORTING

Takeshi Sendo

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Takuma Saeki

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Jikkyou Announcer

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Masahiko Umezawa

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Naomichi Yamada

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Ippo Makunouchi

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Akira Shigeta

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Yoshio Fujiwara

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Kenta Kobashi

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Tomoko Yamaguchi

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Grandmother Sendo

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Ryou Mashiba

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Ruslan Ramuda

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Staffs

Richard Epcar

ADR Director (English)

George Morikawa

Original Creator

Tsuneo Imahori

Music

Hideki Taniuchi

Theme Song Composition (OP1, OP2)

Hideki Taniuchi

Theme Song Lyrics (OP1, OP2)

Hideki Taniuchi

Theme Song Arrangement (OP1, OP2)

Yuuzou Satou

Storyboard (eps 17, 40, 46, 73)

Tatsuhiko Urahata

Series Composition

Takeshi Koike

Key Animation (OP1, ep 20)

Noriyuki Abe

Storyboard (ep 66)

Satoshi Nishimura

Director

Hidetoshi Kaneko

Art Director

Hitoshi Nanba

Episode Director (ep 3)

Masayuki Kojima

Storyboard (ep 41)

Masayuki Kojima

Episode Director (ep 41)

Atsushi Takahashi

Episode Director (eps 54, 64)

Masafumi Mima

Sound Director

Yuuji Yamaguchi

Episode Director (ep 7)

Takashi Saijou

Animation Director (ep 2)

Kenji Sugihara

Script (eps 6, 13, 21, 26, 33, 37, 40, 47, 56, 61, 67, 74)

Yasuko Kamo

Script (eps 8, 17, 22, 28, 34, 42, 51, 57, 62, 72)

Kenichi Kawamura

Episode Director (eps 1, 15, 27, 31, 52, 61, 62, 72)

Kenichi Kawamura

Episode Director (OP2)

Kouji Sugiura

Character Design

Kenichi Kawamura

Assistant Director