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Fighting Spirit(2000)

AnimationComedyDramaAction & Adventure
First Air Date: 2000-10-03
Average Runtime: 24m
Rating: 8.7
Votes: 1202
Seasons: 3
Episodes: 126

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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Seasons & Episodes

The First Step

Episodes: 75
E01
The First Step

Air Date: 2000-10-03

24m

Ippo is a high school student who works full time at his mother's fishing though. Because of this, he gets bullied on...

E02
Fruits of Labor

Air Date: 2000-10-10

24m

Ippo succeeds in catching 10 falling leaves, and is granted his first sparring session.

E03
Tears of Joy

Air Date: 2000-10-17

24m

Ippo loses his first sparring session, but shows enough potential to be accepted into the gym.

E04
Shadow Boxing

Air Date: 2000-10-24

24m

Ippo practices shadow boxing.

E05
3 Months to Counter

Air Date: 2000-10-31

24m

Ippo trains for a rematch.

E06
The Opening Bell of the Rematch

Air Date: 2000-11-06

24m

Ippo and Miyata face off in a rematch.

E07
The Destructive Force Of One CM

Air Date: 2000-11-13

24m

Ippo and Miyata are in the last round of the rematch

E08
Promise to Meet Again

Air Date: 2000-11-20

24m

Ippo trains with Takamura and discovers the hardship of pro boxing.

E09
C Class License

Air Date: 2000-11-27

24m

Ippo takes the License Test and meets Mashiba.

E10
Debut Match!

Air Date: 2000-12-04

24m

Ippo and his opponent Yusuke train for Ippo's debut match.

E11
Obsession for Victory

Air Date: 2000-12-11

24m

Ippo defeats Yusuke via K.O.

E12
Becoming a Bully's Buddy

Air Date: 2000-12-18

24m

Ippo fights and wins his second match via K.O.,After the fight he was befriended by Umezawa, his former bully.

E13
The Eastern Japan Rookie Championship Tournament Begins

Air Date: 2000-12-25

24m

Ippo and his opponent Jason prepare for the first match of the Rookie King Tournament.

E14
Powerful Arms! Hooks vs. Uppercut!

Air Date: 2001-01-08

24m

Start of Ippo vs Jason match, both men exchange powerful punches but neither goes down.

E15
Test of Endurance

Air Date: 2001-01-15

24m

Ippo defeats Jason via K.O. after a tough match.

E16
Premonition of a Hard Battle

Air Date: 2001-01-22

24m

Ippo watches the fight videos of Kobashi and Hayami, his future opponents.

E17
Ippo on the Beach

Air Date: 2001-01-29

24m

Ippo joins Takamura, Kimura, and Aoki in a training camp near the beach.

E18
Clinch

Air Date: 2001-02-05

24m

Start of Ippo vs Kobashi match, Ippo is loosing by points because of Kobashi's strategy.

E19
K.O. Dream

Air Date: 2001-02-12

24m

Kobashi abandoned his strategy and loses the match to Ippo via K.O.

E20
Threat of Shotgun

Air Date: 2001-02-19

24m

Takamura wins the Japanese Middleweight Championship belt, Ippo trains with Aoki to counter Hayami's Shotgun punch.

E21
The Way to Capture a Prodigy

Air Date: 2001-02-26

24m

Start of Ippo vs Hayami fight, Hayami takes the advantage during the early rounds.

E22
Forward! Forward!!

Air Date: 2001-03-05

24m

Ippo defeats Hayami via K.O. Ippo's training with Aoki and Kimura's help Ippo win the match.

E23
Another Semi-Final

Air Date: 2001-03-12

24m

Ippos day off. Miyata and Mashiba face off.

E24
To the Place We Promised...

Air Date: 2001-03-19

24m

Miyata and Mashiba continues to fight. Ippo is angred by the outcome.

E25
Every Emotion

Air Date: 2001-03-26

24m

Ippo trains for Mashiba flicker jabs.

E26
Battle for Distance

Air Date: 2001-04-02

24m

Ippo VS Mashiba Round 1

E27
Death Match

Air Date: 2001-04-09

24m

Ippo VS Mashiba continues.

E28
Victory or Defeat

Air Date: 2001-04-16

24m

Ippo defeats Mashiba for Rookie King of Eastren Japan.

E29
Rocky of Naniwa

Air Date: 2001-04-23

24m

Sendo goes to Japan to meet Ippo and make him go to All Japan and gets a chance to spar with Takamura.

E30
To Enemy Ground

Air Date: 2001-04-30

24m

Ippo learns how to heal his right fist and gets ready for the All Japan but something happens his powerful right punc...

E31
Traces of Intense Battles

Air Date: 2001-05-07

24m

Episode 31 is a retrospective on the hope that managed Ippo championship. It is made in the form of a newspaper artic...

E32
Throw Your Right!

Air Date: 2001-05-14

24m

After two straight missed Ippo, the sparring match is abandoned. Meanwhile, Sendo, the great favorites of the match, ...

E33
Smash Force

Air Date: 2001-05-21

24m

Makunouchi takes the smash improved Sendo, and crashed into the ropes, but do not fall! Alas, his legs tremble, Sendo...

E34
The Rookie King

Air Date: 2001-05-28

24m

Sendo Makunouchi and continues to cast powerful blows to turn, but neither weakens, they are very determined !! But a...

E35
The Continuing Journey

Air Date: 2001-06-04

24m

It is the day of graduation, Ippo has also obtained his. At his high school, he became The Star, Idol of all students...

E36
The Champ and I

Air Date: 2001-06-11

24m

Ippo finally meets the champion in its class, Eiji Date. The latter is there to comment on the evening's matches as a...

E37
A Thing to Strive For

Air Date: 2001-06-18

24m

Ippo gets to get up, the game resumes. Date returned, and hardly the match resumed, Ippo is again stuck in the ropes....

E38
Two Rookies of the Year

Air Date: 2001-06-26

24m

Okita also control the blow that had allowed Date set down Ippo 2 times !! Ippo, panicked, took distance, and Okita f...

E39
Challenge in a Foreign Land

Air Date: 2001-07-03

24m

In Thailand, Miyata a draw against a second-class boxer. Decision of the arbitrator although debatable, the Japanese ...

E40
A Counter to Surpass All Counters

Air Date: 2001-07-10

24m

The boxing stadium tremble with excitement, the crowd goes wild and wants to see only one thing, the victory of Jimmy...

E41
Barf-michi's Big Fight

Air Date: 2001-07-17

24m

At sunset, While Ippo's mother prepares the material for fishing, it can hardly his training, sorry for being late to...

E42
Sharing a Dream

Air Date: 2001-07-24

24m

Ippo thinks of quitting boxing.

E43
The Speed Star

Air Date: 2001-07-31

24m

Ippo gets ready for his match against Saeki the Speed Star.

E44
Blind Spot in the Ring

Air Date: 2001-08-07

24m

Ippo fights Saeki.

E45
The White Fangs of the Wolf

Air Date: 2001-08-14

24m

Gero-michi leaves and has to move away.

E46
Be the Gazelle

Air Date: 2001-08-21

24m

Aoki, Kimura & Ippo train hard for their next match of the tournament class A. They linked together jogging, sparring...

E47
The Fighting Spirit Within

Air Date: 2001-08-28

24m

The tactics of the coach against Vorg is based on a succession of sudden melee after which the least enduring two box...

E48
The Red Wolf

Air Date: 2001-09-04

24m

The match between Volg and Ippo begins.

E49
The Courage to Believe

Air Date: 2001-09-18

24m

Volg and Ippo continue to duke it out in a hard-fought and long battle.

E50
Something to Convey

Air Date: 2001-09-25

24m

The end of the Volg match.

E51
Group Date

Air Date: 2001-10-02

24m

Group date, literally. Ippo walks Mashiba's Kumi home.

E52
The Challenger

Air Date: 2001-10-09

24m

Recap episode.

E53
So That I Can Be Myself

Air Date: 2001-10-16

24m

Background episode for Date Eiji.

E54
Fists of the Champ

Air Date: 2001-10-23

24m

"The champions have special powers! "That is what was said to Takamura Ippo before his defense of the title match. Bu...

E55
The Japan Featherweight Title Match

Air Date: 2001-10-30

24m

The episode begins the day before the match for the title of Ippo, during training with mittens. But the latter is sh...

E56
The Power that Stands in the Way

Air Date: 2001-11-06

24m

During the break, Ippo is concerned, he has not had the sensation he usually hit when Date but his coach made him reg...

E57
Conclusion

Air Date: 2001-11-13

24m

"What should I do?". This is the question that arises while Ippo Date street shots, then he remembers that he told Ta...

E58
Heartbroken

Air Date: 2001-11-20

24m

While the coach Okita Date and congratulated the champion, Ippo wishes to thank for this game then goes on a stretche...

E59
Look of Determination

Air Date: 2001-11-27

24m

The match between Sendou Takeshi and Volg Zangief starts.

E60
Rival

Air Date: 2001-12-04

24m

Sendou wins the match versus Volg.

E61
Comeback Anxiety

Air Date: 2001-12-11

24m

Miyata Ichirou defeats Li Chou Bil.

E62
Revival

Air Date: 2001-12-18

24m

Coach returns from the hospital, and Makunochi "hits without being hit".

E63
Youth of Fire

Air Date: 2001-12-25

24m

The past of Aoki and Kimura is shown.

E64
Hot Rod Era

Air Date: 2002-01-08

24m

Second part of Aoki's and Kimura's past.

E65
The Summer of the Kamogawa Corps

Air Date: 2002-01-15

24m

The group go to training camp in the mountains.

E66
Mr. Takamura's Tears

Air Date: 2002-01-22

24m

Takamura fights a bear.

E67
The Kamogawa Gym Swings Into Action

Air Date: 2002-01-29

24m

After this strong hectic camp, we find our boxers at the gym. While the coach told them all to go to rest, two men ha...

E68
The Chief's Peril

Air Date: 2002-02-05

24m

Finally the day of the games of our boxers happens, Kimura very fit explodes his opponent, when Aoki to beat his oppo...

E69
The Trap of the Southpaw

Air Date: 2002-02-12

24m

Ippo and coach arriving in the city where the featherweight champion, Takeshi Sendo must defend his title against Shi...

E70
The Young Punk

Air Date: 2002-02-19

24m

We find our hero in him, in his room, he can not help thinking about the game he has just seen in Osaka, acceleration...

E71
Time for the Showdown

Air Date: 2002-02-26

24m

While the title match approach Ippo trains again and again. As it enters its footing, a crowd gathered in front of th...

E72
Lollapalooza

Air Date: 2002-03-05

24m

What wonder what Dempsey Roll early in the 1st round, Ippo sends his best and most powerful blow while Sendo had not ...

E73
Surpass That Moment

Air Date: 2002-03-12

24m

Ippo happens somehow to join his corner. This end of the second round was very rude for the challenger, the 3rd round...

E74
Mixup

Air Date: 2002-03-19

24m

Takamura has noticed, Ippo has had enough it is burnt and courage in this game is like a time bomb because if Sendo q...

E75
One Step Further

Air Date: 2002-03-26

24m

Ippo and Sendo's match concludes.

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Top Cast

Kohei Kiyasu
Kohei Kiyasu
Ippo Makunouchi (voice)
Rikiya Koyama
Rikiya Koyama
Mamoru Takamura (voice)
Wataru Takagi
Wataru Takagi
Masaru Aoki (voice)
Keiji Fujiwara
Keiji Fujiwara
Tatsuya Kimura (voice)
Jurota Kosugi
Jurota Kosugi
Ralph Anderson (voice)
Hidenobu Kiuchi
Hidenobu Kiuchi
David Eagle (voice)
Hisao Egawa
Hisao Egawa
Iwao Shimabukuro (voice)
Shin-ichiro Miki
Shin-ichiro Miki
Ryuhei Sawamura (voice)