Fighting Spirit
"The moment you back down is the moment you lose!"
8.6
2000
24 min
Ended
Animation
Comedy
Drama
Action & Adventure
Overview
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...
Cast
Tomokazu Seki
as Ichiro Miyata (voice)
101 episodes
Kenji Utsumi
as Genji Kamogawa (voice)
101 episodes
Sanae Kobayashi
as Kumi Mashiba (voice)
101 episodes
Hidenobu Kiuchi
as David Eagle (voice)
Wataru Takagi
as Masaru Aoki (voice)
Koji Tsujitani
as Ryuichi Hayami (voice)
101 episodes
Hisao Egawa
as Iwao Shimabukuro (voice)
Akemi Okamura
as Reiko Mikami (voice)
101 episodes
Kenichi Ono
as Minoru Fujii (voice)
101 episodes
Yorie Terauchi
as Hiroko Makunōchi (voice)
101 episodes
Jurota Kosugi
as Ralph Anderson (voice)
Masaki Aizawa
as Date Eiji (voice)
101 episodes
Keiji Fujiwara
as Tatsuya Kimura (voice)
Masahiko Tanaka
as Ryo Mashiba (voice)
101 episodes
Shin-ichiro Miki
as Ryuhei Sawamura (voice)
Toshiyuki Morikawa
as Alexander Vorg Zangief (voice)
101 episodes
Unsho Ishizuka
as Miyata's father (voice)
101 episodes
Akio Otsuka
as Bryan Hawk (voice)
26 episodes
Toshihiko Nakajima
as Haruhiko Yagi (voice)
101 episodes
Rikiya Koyama
as Mamoru Takamura (voice)
Kiyoyuki Yanada
as Takuma Saeki (voice)
101 episodes
Kohei Kiyasu
as Ippo Makunouchi (voice)
Hiroyuki Yoshino
as Akira Shigeta (voice)
101 episodes
Nobutoshi Canna
as Yusuke Oda (voice)
101 episodes
Emi Shinohara
as Mari Iimura (voice)
101 episodes
Masaya Onosaka
as Takeshi Sendo (voice)
101 episodes
Crew
Director
Kim Dong-jun
Atsushi Takahashi
Mihiro Yamaguchi
Yuzo Sato
Yoshiyuki Takei
Fujiaki Asari
Saburo Hashimoto
Masami Hata
Hisato Shimoda
Yoshito Hata
Yasuhiro Matsumura
Mitsuyuki Masuhara
Yukina Hiiro
Kim Min-sun
Tadao Okubo
Fumie Muroi
Kenichi Kawamura
Art Direction
Yuka Okamoto
Hidetoshi Kaneko
Storyboard Artist
Mihiro Yamaguchi
Yuzo Sato
Shinichi Fukuyama
Yasuhiro Matsumura
Mitsuyuki Masuhara
Hideo Hayashi
Yukina Hiiro
Masayoshi Nishida
Rokou Ogiwara
Director of Photography
Yuya Kumazawa
Hisao Shirai
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rags to riches
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comradeship
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Where to Watch
Details
- First Aired
- October 03, 2000
- Status
- Ended
- Episode Runtime
- 24 minutes
- Origin
- JP
- TMDB Votes
- 1,159