Fighting Spirit (2000)
Fighting Spirit (2000)
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Plot.
Makunouchi Ippo is an ordinary high school student in Japan. Since he spends most of his time away from school helping his mother run the family business, he doesn't get to enjoy his younger years like most teenagers. Always a target for bullying at school (the family fishing business grants him a distinct odor), Ippo's life is one of hardship. One of these after-school bullying sessions turns Ippo's life around for the better, as he is saved by a boxer named Takamura. He decides to follow in Takamura's footsteps and train to become a boxer, giving his life direction and purpose. Ippo's path to perfecting his pugilistic prowess is just beginning..
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Cast & Crew.
Tomokazu Seki
Ichiro Miyata (voice)
Kohei Kiyasu
Ippo Makunouchi (voice)
Rikiya Koyama
Mamoru Takamura (voice)
Wataru Takagi
Masaru Aoki (voice)
Steve Staley
Ippo Makunouchi
Richard Epcar
Genji Kamogawa
Jurota Kosugi
Ralph Anderson (voice)
Keiji Fujiwara
Tatsuya Kimura (voice)
Kenji Utsumi
Genji Kamogawa (voice)
Hidenobu Kiuchi
David Eagle (voice)
Hisao Egawa
Iwao Shimabukuro (voice)
Toshihiko Nakajima
Haruhiko Yagi (voice)
Shin-ichiro Miki
Ryuhei Sawamura (voice)
Sanae Kobayashi
Kumi Mashiba (voice)
Masaya Onosaka
Takeshi Sendo (voice)
George Morikawa
Creator / Comic Book
Akemi Okamura
Reiko Mikami (voice)
Grant George
Referee
Tatsuhiko Urahata
Writer
Emi Shinohara
Mari Iimura (voice)
Hiroyuki Yoshino
Akira Shigeta (voice)
D. C. Douglas
Genji Kamogawa
Kiyoyuki Yanada
Takuma Saeki (voice)
Koji Tsujitani
Ryuichi Hayami (voice)
Ichiro Nagai
Nekota Ginpachi
Masahiko Tanaka
Ryo Mashiba (voice)
Masaki Aizawa
Date Eiji (voice)
Nobutoshi Canna
Yusuke Oda (voice)
Unsho Ishizuka
Miyata's father (voice)
Yorie Terauchi
Hiroko Makunōchi (voice)
Toshiyuki Morikawa
Alexander Vorg Zangief (voice)
Kenichi Ono
Minoru Fujii (voice)
Akio Otsuka
Bryan Hawk (voice)
Nanako Shimazaki
Storyboard Artist / Director
Shinichi Fukuyama
Storyboard Artist
Jun Shishido
Storyboard Artist / Assistant Director
Yukina Hiiro
Storyboard Artist / Director
Masayoshi Nishida
Storyboard Artist / Director / Key Animation
Kenichi Kawamura
Storyboard Artist / Director
Mitsuyuki Masuhara
Storyboard Artist / Director
Satoshi Nishimura
Storyboard Artist / Director / Key Animation / Writer
Yuzo Sato
Storyboard Artist / Director / Key Animation
Hideo Hayashi
Storyboard Artist / Director
Shinji Satoh
Storyboard Artist / Director / Key Animation / Animation Director
Yoshio Suzuki
Storyboard Artist / Director
Masayuki Kojima
Storyboard Artist / Director
Yasuhiro Matsumura
Storyboard Artist / Director
Rokou Ogiwara
Storyboard Artist / Director
Mihiro Yamaguchi
Storyboard Artist / Director
Kotono Watanabe
Storyboard Artist / Director
Hisao Shirai
Director of Photography
Tadao Okubo
Director
Saburo Hashimoto
Director
Shun Kudo
Director
Minoru Yamaoka
Director
Hiroshi Yamashita
Producer
Masato
Theme Song Performance
Noriyuki Fukuda
Key Animation / Supervising Animation Director / Animation Director
Takafumi Hori
Key Animation
Ichiro Uno
Key Animation
Toshiyuki Kanno
Animation Director / Key Animation
Sai Yamane
Key Animation
Eiji Komatsu
Key Animation
Yoshitaka Yasuda
Key Animation
Kiyotoshi Aoi
Key Animation
Takuo Noda
Key Animation
Mari Tominaga
Key Animation
Hiroshi Koujina
Key Animation / Animation Director
Junichi Hashimoto
Key Animation
Jun Yukawa
Key Animation
Hatsue Koizumi
Key Animation
Yuko Yasaki
Key Animation
Mika Takahashi
Key Animation
Shoji Hara
Key Animation
Mayumi Fukushi
Key Animation
Kiyoshi Matsumoto
Key Animation
Daisuke Yoshida
Key Animation
Shin Itagaki
Key Animation
Eiichi Endo
Key Animation
Yuu Kato
Key Animation
Emiko Kataoka
Key Animation
Akira Takeuchi
Key Animation
Koji Kataoka
Key Animation
Hideaki Matsuoka
Key Animation
Hideo Maru
Key Animation
Masahiro Sekiguchi
Key Animation
Koji Sugiura
Animation Director / Key Animation
Shigenori Taniguchi
Key Animation
Masanori Shino
Animation Director / Key Animation
Hideki Nagamachi
Key Animation
Chiharu Sato
Key Animation / Animation Director
Yoshiko Kuwano
Key Animation
Shinji Abe
Key Animation
Michio Sato
Key Animation
Takahiro Goto
Key Animation
Yumiko Kanno
Key Animation
Hitoshi Inaba
Key Animation
Yoshifumi Miyaji
Key Animation
Yoshiaki Matsuda
Key Animation / Animation Director
Yoshinori Wakana
Key Animation
Naoki Takahashi
Key Animation
Katsuyuki Tsubouchi
Key Animation
Asuka Tsubuki
Key Animation
Lee Jong-hyeon
Key Animation
Juuji Mizumura
Key Animation
Hiroaki Kawaguchi
Key Animation
Kazuya Miura
Key Animation / Animation Director
Aya Kuki
Key Animation
Mitsuru Nasukawa
Key Animation
Akira Watanabe
Key Animation
Kim Seong-beom
Key Animation
Yoko Ono
Key Animation
Ichiro Hattori
Key Animation / Animation Director
Masaki Hosoyama
Animation Director / Key Animation
Oh Yang-hyun
Key Animation
Mari Nakatani
Key Animation
Sugako Yamazaki
Key Animation
Sanae Narasaki
Key Animation
Asami Komatsu
Key Animation
Hideyuki Hakuya
Animation Director
Kazuhiro Oki
Key Animation
Kuniko Yano
Key Animation
Hiromi Okazaki
Key Animation
Shigenori Awai
Key Animation
Kiyoshi Nohji
Key Animation
Koichi Horikawa
Animation Director / Key Animation
Kaoru Miura
Key Animation
Nobumasa Shinkawa
Key Animation
Hayato Tejima
Key Animation
Shuji Ono
Key Animation
Mitsumasa Kimura
Key Animation
Shingo Kurakari
Key Animation
Kiyomitsu Sato
Key Animation
Toshiya Niidome
Key Animation
Masaki Tanaka
Key Animation
Hiromi Niioka
Key Animation
Hisashi Abe
Animation Director
Takayuki Noguchi
Key Animation
Toshiko Baba
Key Animation
Ju Hyun-woo
Animation Director
Eiji Uemura
Key Animation
Rie Kaneko
Key Animation
Motoi Nakamura
Key Animation
Shinobu Nishiyama
Key Animation
Junichi Fukunaga
Key Animation
Tadashi Kubo
Key Animation
Kazuya Komai
Key Animation
Jun Yoshida
Key Animation
Satoshi Tanaka
Key Animation
Tsutomu Suzuki
Key Animation
Hiroaki Imaki
Key Animation
Shinichiro Kajiura
Key Animation
Saeko Ozawa
Key Animation
Hiromitsu Morishita
Key Animation
Takahito Katayama
Key Animation
Takahiro Kimura
Key Animation
Kim Tae-jung
Key Animation
Kazuo Watanabe
Key Animation
Masahiro Kurio
Key Animation
Ichizo Kobayashi
Key Animation
Sadatoshi Matsuzaka
Key Animation
Kim Jung-geun
Key Animation
Yoshiyuki Ito
Key Animation
Minoru Yamazawa
Key Animation
Itaru Saito
Key Animation
Kim Sang-yeop
Key Animation
Ayumi Kurashima
Key Animation
Hisafumi Nakahara
Key Animation
Tomoaki Chishima
Key Animation
Kenji Matsuoka
Key Animation
Kazuya Nomura
Key Animation
Keisuke Watabe
Key Animation
Atsushi Hasebe
Animation Director
Masaki Kamiguchi
Key Animation
Motoki Yagi
Key Animation
Yasuhiro Saiki
Key Animation
Satomi Kitahara
Key Animation
Kasumi Kikuchi
Key Animation
Lee Bang-won
Key Animation
Shuuji Sakamoto
Key Animation
Tsuguyuki Kubo
Key Animation
Kenta Taniguchi
Key Animation
Mitsuo Tano
Key Animation
Hiromi Ariga
Key Animation
Kazuya Miyoshi
Key Animation
Kumiko Kasuga
Key Animation
Kazuya Aiura
Key Animation
Miwa Sakai
Key Animation
Kunio Takahide
Key Animation
Nishiki Itaoka
Key Animation
Kiyomi Masuda
Key Animation
Yoshihiro Sugai
Key Animation
Emi Sugai
Key Animation
Noriko Takahashi
Key Animation
Toshiharu Matsuno
Key Animation
Yu Yamashita
Key Animation
Masayo Matsumoto
Key Animation
Naoko Nakamoto
Key Animation
Yukiko Ishibashi
Key Animation
Yukihiro Kitano
Key Animation
Akira Matsui
Key Animation
Hiroshi Uchida
Animation Director
Daisuke Kusakari
Key Animation
Yang Sun-Yong
Key Animation
Yuichi Nakazawa
Key Animation
Naoto Hosoda
Key Animation
Yuki Koda
Key Animation
Takeshi Imai
Key Animation
Satoshi Tasaki
Animation Director
Shizuo Kawai
Animation Director
Kunihiko Inoue
Key Animation
Hiroyuki Kamura
Key Animation
Kenji Kodama
Key Animation
Takeshi Koike
Key Animation
Hideo Kawaguchi
Key Animation
Hiroyoshi Iida
Key Animation
Shuujirou Hamakawa
Key Animation
Emiko Momose
Key Animation
Yuko Inoue
Key Animation
Shin Oonuma
Key Animation
Shigeki Sato
Key Animation
Jin Ma Chao
Animation Director
Rikako Kon
Key Animation
Keiko Nagamine
Key Animation
Toshiharu Sugie
Key Animation
Lee Jae-han
Key Animation
Minoru Kohno
Key Animation
Kim Mun-su
Key Animation
Takahiro Miura
Key Animation
Tomomi Ishikawa
Key Animation
Atsuko Takahashi
Key Animation
Masato Tamagawa
Key Animation
Hideki Kakita
Key Animation
Akihiko Yamashita
Key Animation
Hiroyuki Koizumi
Key Animation
Masahiro Kase
Key Animation
Saburo Takada
Key Animation
Song Jin-Hee
Key Animation
Hiroki Itai
Key Animation
Tomoki Mizuno
Key Animation
Media.
Details.
Release DateOctober 3, 2000
Original Nameはじめの一歩
StatusEnded
Seasons3
Episodes126
Running Time24m
Content RatingTV-PG
Genres
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This TV Show Is About.
sport
rags to riches
tournament
championship
comradeship
boxing
shounen
spokon
based on manga
anime
Scripted
friendship
combat sports
inspirational
Wiki.
Hajime no Ippo (はじめの一歩, lit. 'The First Step') is a Japanese boxing-themed manga series written and illustrated by George Morikawa. It has been serialized by Kodansha in the shōnen manga magazine Weekly Shōnen Magazine since October 1989, with its chapters collected in 143 tankōbon volumes as of April 2025. It follows the story of high school student Ippo Makunouchi, as he begins his career in boxing and over time obtains many titles and defeats various opponents.
A 76-episode anime adaptation produced by Madhouse aired on Nippon TV from October 2000 to March 2002. A television film and an original video animation (OVA) were released in 2003. A second series titled Hajime no Ippo: New Challenger aired from January to June 2009. A third series Hajime no Ippo: Rising aired from October 2013 to March 2014.
In North America, the first series, including the television film, was licensed by Geneon in 2003, which released it under the name Fighting Spirit. It was re-licensed by Discotek Media in 2020, including the television film and the OVA.
By July 2023, the manga had over 100 million copies in circulation, making it one of the best-selling manga series of all time. In 1991, Hajime no Ippo won the 15th Kodansha Manga Award in the shōnen category.
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