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Anime Profile: Fighting Spirit
Fields | USA Info | Japanese Info | Image |
|---|---|---|---|
Title | Fighting Spirit | Hajime no Ippo (ใฏใใใฎไธๆญฉ) |  |
Released | 76 TV eps., 1 OVA, 1 special | 76 TV eps., 1 OVA, 1 special | |
Dates | July 6, 2004 | Oct 3, 2000โMarch 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 | |
· · · | Mamoru Takamura | Mamoru Takamura | |
· · · | Akira Shigeta โ | Akira Shigeta โ | |
· · · | Date Eiji โ | Date Eiji โ | |
· · · | Genji Kamogawa โ | Genji Kamogawa โ | |
· · · | Genji Kamogawa โ | Genji Kamogawa โ | |
· · · | -- more listed below -- | -- more listed below -- |
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Characters: Fighting Spirit
English Name |
Japanese Name |
English Name |
Japanese Name |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ippo Makunouchi | Ippo Makunouchi | Masaru Aoki โ | Masaru Aoki โ | |
| Mamoru Takamura | Mamoru Takamura | Naomichi Yamada โ | Naomichi Yamada โ | |
| Akira Shigeta โ | Akira Shigeta โ | Ohkita Keigo โ | Ohkita Keigo โ | |
| Date Eiji โ | Date Eiji โ | Reiko Mikami โ | Reiko Mikami โ | |
| Genji Kamogawa โ | Genji Kamogawa โ | Ryo Mashiba โ | Ryo Mashiba โ | |
| Genji Kamogawa โ | Genji Kamogawa โ | Ryuichi Hayami โ | Ryuichi Hayami โ | |
| Ichiro Miyata โ | Ichiro Miyata โ | Saeki โ | Saeki โ | |
| Jason Ozuma โ | Jason Ozuma โ | Sendo Takeshi โ | Sendo Takeshi โ | |
| Kumi Mashiba โ | Kumi Mashiba โ | Tatsuya Kimura โ | Tatsuya Kimura โ | |
| Masahiko Umezawa โ | Masahiko Umezawa โ | Yusuke Oda โ | Yusuke Oda โ |
Description: Fighting Spirit
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.
