Hajime no Ippo: THE FIGHTING!
Hajime no Ippo: THE FIGHTING!

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.

FormatTelevision
Episodes75
Duration23 Minutes
StatusFinished
Start date4 October 2000
End date27 March 2002
SourceMANGA
SeasonFALL 2000
StudioMADHOUSE
Main ProducerVAP
Genres
ComedyDramaSports
RomajiHajime no Ippo: THE FIGHTING!
English titleHajime no Ippo: The Fighting!

Characters

Ippo Makunouchi
Kouhei Kiyasu
Mamoru Takamura
Rikiya Koyama
Masaru Aoki
Wataru Takagi
Tatsuya Kimura
Keiji Fujiwara
Ichirou Miyata
Tomokazu Seki
Megumi Tano
Genji Kamogawa
Kenji Utsumi