Fighting Spirit (2000)
Fighting Spirit (2000)




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Currently Fighting Spirit is available for streaming online, rent, buy or watch for free on: Netflix, The CW, RetroCrush Amazon Channel, Pluto TV, Retrocrush, AsianCrush, Plex, Netflix basic with Ads, Cineverse, Crunchyroll Amazon Channel, Plex Channel, Philo
Streaming in:🇺🇸 United States
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

Jun Shishido
Storyboard Artist / Assistant Director

Kenichi Kawamura
Storyboard Artist / Director

Yukina Hiiro
Storyboard Artist / Director

Mitsuyuki Masuhara
Storyboard Artist / Director

Satoshi Nishimura
Storyboard Artist / Director / Key Animation / Writer

Shinichi Fukuyama
Storyboard Artist

Masayoshi Nishida
Storyboard Artist / Director / Key Animation

Yoshio Suzuki
Storyboard Artist / Director

Shinji Satoh
Storyboard Artist / Director / Animation Director / Key Animation

Yuzo Sato
Storyboard Artist / Director / Key Animation

Kotono Watanabe
Storyboard Artist / Director

Yasuhiro Matsumura
Storyboard Artist / Director

Hideo Hayashi
Storyboard Artist / Director

Rokou Ogiwara
Storyboard Artist / Director

Mihiro Yamaguchi
Storyboard Artist / Director

Masayuki Kojima
Storyboard Artist / Director

Hisao Shirai
Director of Photography

Tadao Okubo
Director

Shun Kudo
Director

Minoru Yamaoka
Director

Saburo Hashimoto
Director

Hiroshi Yamashita
Producer

Masato
Theme Song Performance

Noriyuki Fukuda
Key Animation / Animation Director / Supervising Animation Director

Takafumi Hori
Key Animation

Ichiro Uno
Key Animation

Toshiyuki Kanno
Animation Director / Key Animation

Sai Yamane
Key Animation

Kiyotoshi Aoi
Key Animation

Eiji Komatsu
Key Animation

Yoshitaka Yasuda
Key Animation

Takuo Noda
Key Animation

Mari Tominaga
Key Animation

Hiroshi Koujina
Key Animation / Animation Director

Junichi Hashimoto
Key Animation

Shoji Hara
Key Animation

Mika Takahashi
Key Animation

Yuko Yasaki
Key Animation

Jun Yukawa
Key Animation

Hatsue Koizumi
Key Animation

Eiichi Endo
Key Animation

Daisuke Yoshida
Key Animation

Shin Itagaki
Key Animation

Kiyoshi Matsumoto
Key Animation

Mayumi Fukushi
Key Animation

Hideaki Matsuoka
Key Animation

Emiko Kataoka
Key Animation

Koji Kataoka
Key Animation

Koji Sugiura
Animation Director / Key Animation

Hideo Maru
Key Animation

Masahiro Sekiguchi
Key Animation

Akira Takeuchi
Key Animation

Yuu Kato
Key Animation

Yoshiko Kuwano
Key Animation

Yumiko Kanno
Key Animation

Chiharu Sato
Animation Director / Key Animation

Yoshifumi Miyaji
Key Animation

Masanori Shino
Key Animation / Animation Director

Hitoshi Inaba
Key Animation

Shinji Abe
Key Animation

Shigenori Taniguchi
Key Animation

Takahiro Goto
Key Animation

Michio Sato
Key Animation

Hideki Nagamachi
Key Animation

Kiyoshi Nohji
Key Animation

Hiromi Okazaki
Key Animation

Sugako Yamazaki
Key Animation

Kaoru Miura
Key Animation

Katsuyuki Tsubouchi
Key Animation

Mari Nakatani
Key Animation

Toshiya Niidome
Key Animation

Juuji Mizumura
Key Animation

Hiroaki Kawaguchi
Key Animation

Mitsuru Nasukawa
Key Animation

Kim Seong-beom
Key Animation

Masaki Hosoyama
Animation Director / Key Animation

Ichiro Hattori
Animation Director / Key Animation

Hiromi Niioka
Key Animation

Lee Jong-hyeon
Key Animation

Oh Yang-hyun
Key Animation

Mitsumasa Kimura
Key Animation

Shigenori Awai
Key Animation

Masaki Tanaka
Key Animation

Asuka Tsubuki
Key Animation

Yoko Ono
Key Animation

Sanae Narasaki
Key Animation

Shingo Kurakari
Key Animation

Hayato Tejima
Key Animation

Kuniko Yano
Key Animation

Kazuya Miura
Animation Director / Key Animation

Yoshinori Wakana
Key Animation

Asami Komatsu
Key Animation

Shuji Ono
Key Animation

Hideyuki Hakuya
Animation Director

Koichi Horikawa
Key Animation / Animation Director

Kazuhiro Oki
Key Animation

Kiyomitsu Sato
Key Animation

Aya Kuki
Key Animation

Nobumasa Shinkawa
Key Animation

Akira Watanabe
Key Animation

Hisashi Abe
Animation Director

Naoki Takahashi
Key Animation

Yoshiaki Matsuda
Animation Director / Key Animation

Masahiro Kurio
Key Animation

Tsuguyuki Kubo
Key Animation

Yuki Koda
Key Animation

Kenji Matsuoka
Key Animation

Saeko Ozawa
Key Animation

Toshiharu Sugie
Key Animation

Kim Mun-su
Key Animation

Sadatoshi Matsuzaka
Key Animation

Toshiko Baba
Key Animation

Yayoi Takano
Key Animation

Song Jin-Hee
Key Animation

Yu Yamashita
Key Animation

Takahiro Kimura
Key Animation

Junichi Fukunaga
Key Animation

Naotoshi Shida
Key Animation

Kunihiko Inoue
Key Animation

Kumi Ishii
Key Animation

Kunio Takahide
Key Animation

Kenji Kodama
Key Animation

Emiko Momose
Key Animation

Hiromitsu Morishita
Key Animation

Hiroyoshi Iida
Key Animation

Takeshi Koike
Key Animation

Takayuki Noguchi
Key Animation

Kazuo Watanabe
Key Animation

Hiromi Ariga
Key Animation

Saburo Takada
Key Animation

Ayumi Kurashima
Key Animation

Noriko Takahashi
Key Animation

Masaki Kamiguchi
Key Animation

Motoi Nakamura
Key Animation

Motoki Yagi
Key Animation

Akihiko Yamashita
Key Animation

Yuichi Nakazawa
Key Animation

Rie Kaneko
Key Animation

Rikako Kon
Key Animation

Shuuji Sakamoto
Key Animation

Mitsuo Tano
Key Animation

Hiroyuki Koizumi
Key Animation

Shuujirou Hamakawa
Key Animation

Keiko Nagamine
Key Animation

Tadashi Kubo
Key Animation

Hideki Kakita
Key Animation

Lee Bang-won
Key Animation

Minoru Yamazawa
Key Animation

Rei Miura
Key Animation

Hisafumi Nakahara
Key Animation

Masato Tamagawa
Key Animation

Satoshi Tasaki
Animation Director

Takahiro Miura
Key Animation

Kazuya Aiura
Key Animation

Emi Sugai
Key Animation

Shin Oonuma
Key Animation

Shinobu Nishiyama
Key Animation

Kimiko Tamai
Key Animation

Kazuya Nomura
Key Animation

Masahiro Kase
Key Animation

Eiji Uemura
Key Animation

Atsuko Takahashi
Key Animation

Naoto Hosoda
Key Animation

Kim Tae-Jung
Key Animation

Shigeki Sato
Key Animation

Kazuya Miyoshi
Key Animation

Hideo Kawaguchi
Key Animation

Tsutomu Suzuki
Key Animation

Tomoki Mizuno
Key Animation

Yang Sun-Yong
Key Animation

Kim Jung-geun
Key Animation

Kiyomi Masuda
Key Animation

Kenta Taniguchi
Key Animation

Jun Yoshida
Key Animation

Satoshi Tanaka
Key Animation

Hiroyuki Kamura
Key Animation

Satomi Kitahara
Key Animation

Nishiki Itaoka
Key Animation

Masayo Matsumoto
Key Animation

Takahito Katayama
Key Animation

Kumiko Kasuga
Key Animation

Yuko Inoue
Key Animation

Minoru Kohno
Key Animation

Toshiharu Matsuno
Key Animation

Hiroki Itai
Key Animation

Shizuo Kawai
Animation Director

Jin Ma Chao
Animation Director

Atsushi Hasebe
Animation Director

Yasuhiro Saiki
Key Animation

Kasumi Kikuchi
Key Animation

Naoko Nakamoto
Key Animation

Lee Jae-han
Key Animation

Hiroaki Imaki
Key Animation

Yoshiyuki Ito
Key Animation

Akihiro Asanuma
Key Animation

Ju Hyun-woo
Animation Director

Hiroshi Uchida
Animation Director

Shinichiro Kajiura
Key Animation

Keisuke Watabe
Key Animation

Tomomi Ishikawa
Key Animation

Yukiko Ishibashi
Key Animation

Itaru Saito
Key Animation

Akira Matsui
Key Animation

Daisuke Kusakari
Key Animation

Yoshihiro Sugai
Key Animation

Kazuya Komai
Key Animation
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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.
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 142 tankōbon volumes as of December 2024. 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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