Hajime no Ippo: The Fighting!
Hajime no Ippo: THE FIGHTING! / The First Step / Fighting Spirit / Espíritu de luchaSummary
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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Details
- Format
- TV series
- Number of Episodes
- 75
- Episode length
- 23 min
- Estimated total length
- ≈ 28 h 45 min (75 × 23 min)
- Season
- Fall 2000
- Start date
- October 4, 2000
- End date
- March 27, 2002
- Status
- Finished
- Source
- Manga
- Country of origin
- Japan
- Studios
- MADHOUSE
- Romaji title
- Hajime no Ippo: THE FIGHTING!
- English title
- Hajime no Ippo: The Fighting!
- Native title
- はじめの一歩 THE FIGHTING!
- Other titles
- The First Step · Fighting Spirit · Espíritu de lucha
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Suggested watch order
Based on known prequels and sequels.
Characters 25
Main characters
- Ichirou Miyata宮田一郎Main
- Tatsuya Kimura木村達也Main
- Mamoru Takamura鷹村守Main
- Masaru Aoki青木勝Main
- Genji Kamogawa鴨川源二Main
- Ippo Makunouchi幕之内一歩Main
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- Alexander Volg Zangiefアレクサンドル・ヴォルグ・ザンギエフSupporting
- Kumiko Morita森田クミコSupporting
- Reiko Mikami三上玲子Supporting
- Mari Iimura飯村真理Supporting
- Yusuke OdaSupporting
- Keigo Okita沖田佳吾Supporting
- Kumi Mashiba間柴久美Supporting
- Takeshi Sendo千堂武士Supporting
- Takuma Saeki冴木卓麻Supporting
- Jikkyou Announcer実況アナウンサーSupporting
- Masahiko Umezawa梅沢正彦Supporting
- Naomichi Yamada山田直道Supporting
- Akira Shigeta茂田晃Supporting
- Yoshio Fujiwara藤原義男Supporting
- Kenta Kobashi小橋健太Supporting
- Tomoko Yamaguchi山口智子Supporting
- Grandmother Sendo千堂の祖母Supporting
- Ryou Mashiba間柴了Supporting
- Ruslan Ramudaルスラン・ラムダSupporting
Staff and studios
Studios
Key staff
- Satoshi NishimuraDirector
- George MorikawaOriginal creator
- Tatsuhiko UrahataSeries composition
- Kouji SugiuraCharacter design
- Tsuneo ImahoriMusic
- Hidetoshi KanekoArt director
- Masafumi MimaSound director
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- Richard EpcarADR Director (English)
- Hideki TaniuchiTheme Song Composition (OP1, OP2)
- Hideki TaniuchiTheme Song Lyrics (OP1, OP2)
- Hideki TaniuchiTheme Song Arrangement (OP1, OP2)
- Yuuzou SatouStoryboard (eps 17, 40, 46, 73)
- Takeshi KoikeKey Animation (OP1, ep 20)
- Noriyuki AbeStoryboard (ep 66)
- Hitoshi NanbaEpisode Director (ep 3)
- Masayuki KojimaStoryboard (ep 41)
- Masayuki KojimaEpisode Director (ep 41)
- Atsushi TakahashiEpisode Director (eps 54, 64)
- Yuuji YamaguchiEpisode Director (ep 7)
- Takashi SaijouAnimation Director (ep 2)
- Kenji SugiharaScript (eps 6, 13, 21, 26, 33, 37, 40, 47, 56, 61, 67, 74)
- Yasuko KamoScript (eps 8, 17, 22, 28, 34, 42, 51, 57, 62, 72)
- Kenichi KawamuraEpisode Director (eps 1, 15, 27, 31, 52, 61, 62, 72)
- Kenichi KawamuraEpisode Director (OP2)
- Kenichi KawamuraAssistant Director