Hajime no Ippo: THE FIGHTING!

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#418 All-Time Popularity

Format
TV
Episodes
75
Episode Duration
23 minutes
Status
finished
Start Date
10-4-2000
End Date
3-27-2002
Season
fall 2000
Average Score
8.6
Mean Score
8.6
Studios
MADHOUSE
Producers
VAP NBCUniversal Entertainment Japan Discotek
Source
manga
Genres
Comedy Drama Sports

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.

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Ippo Makunouchi

Ippo Makunouchi

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Kouhei Kiyasu

Japanese

Kouhei Kiyasu
Mamoru Takamura

Mamoru Takamura

main

Rikiya Koyama

Japanese

Rikiya Koyama
Masaru Aoki

Masaru Aoki

main

Wataru Takagi

Japanese

Wataru Takagi
Tatsuya Kimura

Tatsuya Kimura

main

Keiji Fujiwara

Japanese

Keiji Fujiwara
Ichirou Miyata

Ichirou Miyata

main

Tomokazu Seki

Japanese

Tomokazu Seki
Genji Kamogawa

Genji Kamogawa

main

Kenji Utsumi

Japanese

Kenji Utsumi

Staff

George Morikawa

George Morikawa

Original Creator

Satoshi Nishimura

Satoshi Nishimura

Director

Kenichi Kawamura

Kenichi Kawamura

Assistant Director

Tatsuhiko Urahata

Tatsuhiko Urahata

Series Composition

Kouji Sugiura

Kouji Sugiura

Character Design

Hidetoshi Kaneko

Hidetoshi Kaneko

Art Director

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Masaru Aoki

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Wataru Takagi

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Tatsuya Kimura

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Ichirou Miyata

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Tomokazu Seki

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Genji Kamogawa

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Daisuke Sakaguchi

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Masaki Aizawa

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Alexander Volg Zangief

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Toshiyuki Morikawa

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Mitsuaki Madono

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Haruhiko Yagi

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Toshihiko Nakajima

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Keigo Okita

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Hiroaki Hirata

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Tomoko Yamaguchi

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Yusuke Oda

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Nobutoshi Kanna

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Jin Horikawa

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Ginpachi Nekota

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Ichirou Nagai

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Hiroko Makunouchi

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Yorie Terauchi

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Reiko Mikami

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George Morikawa

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Original Creator

Satoshi Nishimura

Satoshi Nishimura

Director

Kenichi Kawamura

Kenichi Kawamura

Assistant Director

Tatsuhiko Urahata

Tatsuhiko Urahata

Series Composition

Kouji Sugiura

Kouji Sugiura

Character Design

Hidetoshi Kaneko

Hidetoshi Kaneko

Art Director

Hisao Shirai

Hisao Shirai

Director of Photography

Kashiko Kimura

Kashiko Kimura

Editing

Satoshi Terauchi

Satoshi Terauchi

Editing

Masafumi Mima

Masafumi Mima

Sound Director

Tsuneo Imahori

Tsuneo Imahori

Music

Masanori Shino

Masanori Shino

Chief Animation Director

Hiroshi Koujina

Hiroshi Koujina

Chief Animation Director

Masao Maruyama

Masao Maruyama

Producer

Akihiko Isozaki

Akihiko Isozaki

Color Design (eps 1-75)

Akara Arisato

Akara Arisato

Editing (eps 1-75)

Yurika Tsuchiya

Yurika Tsuchiya

Editing (eps 1-75)

Mori Naoya

Mori Naoya

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Shocking Lemon

Shocking Lemon

Theme Song Performance (OP1, OP2)

Kenji Sugihara

Kenji Sugihara

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Kouji Aritomi

Kouji Aritomi

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Tatsuhiko Urahata

Tatsuhiko Urahata

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Daisuke Aranishi

Daisuke Aranishi

Script (eps 4, 11, 16, 23, 29, 36, 43, 49, 50, 55, 59, 64, 68)

Kazuyuki Fudeyasu

Kazuyuki Fudeyasu

Script (eps 5, 12, 15, 19, 25, 32, 35, 39, 41, 45, 46, 48-50, 54, 58, 63, 66, 75)

Ryousuke Nakamura

Ryousuke Nakamura

Script (eps 10, 14, 20, 27, 30, 38, 44, 53, 60, 65, 71, 73)

Total ratings: 39407

Total users: 106640

Episode 1 - The First Step
Episode 2 - Fruits of Labor
Episode 3 - Tears of Joy
Episode 4 - Shadow Boxing
Episode 5 - 3 Months to Counter
Episode 6 - The Opening Bell of the Rematch
Episode 7 - The Destructive Force of 1cm
Episode 8 - Promise to Meet Again
Episode 9 - C Class License
Episode 10 - Debut Match!
Episode 11 - Obsession for Victory
Episode 12 - Becoming a Bully's Buddy
Episode 13 - The Eastern Japan Rookie Championship Tournament Begins
Episode 14 - Powerful Arms! Hooks vs. Uppercut!
Episode 15 - Test of Endurance
Episode 16 - Premonition of a Hard Battle
Episode 17 - Ippo on the Beach
Episode 18 - Clinch
Episode 19 - KO Dream
Episode 20 - Threat of Shotgun
Episode 21 - The Way to Capture a Prodigy
Episode 22 - Forward! Forward!!
Episode 23 - Another Semi-Final
Episode 24 - To the Place We Promised...
Episode 25 - Every Emotion
Episode 26 - Battle for Distance
Episode 27 - Death Match
Episode 28 - Victory or Defeat
Episode 29 - Rocky of Naniwa
Episode 30 - To Enemy Ground
Episode 31 - Traces of Intense Battles
Episode 32 - Throw Your Right!
Episode 33 - Smash Force
Episode 34 - The Rookie King
Episode 35 - The Continuing Journey
Episode 36 - The Champ and I
Episode 37 - A Thing to Strive For
Episode 38 - Two Rookies of the Year
Episode 39 - Challenge in a Foreign Land
Episode 40 - A Counter to Surpass All Counters
Episode 41 - Barf-michi's Big Fight
Episode 42 - Sympathy for a Dream
Episode 43 - The Speed Star
Episode 44 - The Ring's Blind Spot
Episode 45 - White Fang of the Wolf
Episode 46 - Be the Gazelle
Episode 47 - The Fighting Spirit Within
Episode 48 - The Red Wolf
Episode 49 - The Courage to Believe
Episode 50 - Something to Convey
Episode 51 - Group Date
Episode 52 - Challenger
Episode 53 - So I Can Be Myself
Episode 54 - Fists of the Champ
Episode 55 - The Japan Featherweight Title Match
Episode 56 - The Power that Stands in the Way
Episode 57 - Conclusion
Episode 58 - Heartbroken
Episode 59 - A Determined Will
Episode 60 - Rival
Episode 61 - Comeback Anxiety
Episode 62 - The Road Back
Episode 63 - Burning Youth
Episode 64 - Hot Rod Era
Episode 65 - Kamogawa Troop's Summer
Episode 66 - Takamura-san's Tears
Episode 67 - The Kamogawa Gym Swings into Action
Episode 68 - The Chief's Peril
Episode 69 - The Trap of the Southpaw
Episode 70 - The Young Punk
Episode 71 - Time for the Showdown
Episode 72 - Lallapallooza
Episode 73 - Surpass that Moment
Episode 74 - Mix-Up
Episode 75 - Into the next step
Episode 76 - Boxer's Fist
Champion Road
Mashiba vs Kimura