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Fields	USA Info	Japanese Info	Image
Title	Fighting Spirit	Hajime no Ippo(はじめの一歩 )
Released	76 TV eps., 1 OVA, 1 special	76 TV eps., 1 OVA, 1 special
Dates	July 6, 2004	Oct 3, 2000–March 27, 2002
Company	Geneon	Madhouse/VAP/NTV
Creator		George Morikawa
Director		Satoshi Nishimura
Genre	Action, Comedy, Drama, Sports	Action, Comedy, Drama, Sports
Characters	Ippo Makunouchi	Ippo Makunouchi
· · ·	Akira Shigeta	Akira Shigeta
· · ·	Date Eiji	Date Eiji
· · ·	Genji Kamogawa	Genji Kamogawa
· · ·	Genji Kamogawa	Genji Kamogawa
· · ·	Ichiro Miyata	Ichiro Miyata
· · ·	-- more listed below --	-- more listed below --

Last I checked, this anime was available on DVD at Amazon and Anime Nation.

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English Name	Japanese Name		English Name	Japanese Name
Ippo Makunouchi	Ippo Makunouchi		Masaru Aoki	Masaru Aoki
Akira Shigeta	Akira Shigeta		Naomichi Yamada	Naomichi Yamada
Date Eiji	Date Eiji		Ohkita Keigo	Ohkita Keigo
Genji Kamogawa	Genji Kamogawa		Reiko Mikami	Reiko Mikami
Genji Kamogawa	Genji Kamogawa		Ryo Mashiba	Ryo Mashiba
Ichiro Miyata	Ichiro Miyata		Ryuichi Hayami	Ryuichi Hayami
Jason Ozuma	Jason Ozuma		Saeki	Saeki
Kumi Mashiba	Kumi Mashiba		Sendo Takeshi	Sendo Takeshi
Mamoru Takamura	Mamoru Takamura		Tatsuya Kimura	Tatsuya Kimura
Masahiko Umezawa	Masahiko Umezawa		Yusuke Oda	Yusuke Oda

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Ippo Makunouchi was always the victim in High School, however all of that changed one day when a boxer named Tamakura saves him from a routine beating. Gaining the need to become stronger after that moment, Ippo aspires and trains to become a boxer with the encouragement of Tamakura.

Ippo's trainers become impressed with his endurance, and he begins to learn more and work his way up. This is only the beginning of the saga of Ippo's journey to become the best the world of Boxing has to offer.

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