Fighting Spirit

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The First Step

Ippo is a high school student who works full time at his mother's fishing though. Because of this, he gets bullied on by the kids at his school. That's when his life turns around, when a professional boxer happens to be jogging along the way, and introduces Ippo to the world of boxing.

Aired: Oct 03, 2000 Genre: Animation Comedy Drama Action & AdventureCasts: Tomokazu Seki Kohei Kiyasu Rikiya Koyama Wataru Takagi Keiji Fujiwara Sanae Kobayashi Kenji Utsumi Toshihiko NakajimaCreated By: George MorikawaProducers: Tatsuhiko Urahata Kenichi KawamuraDuration: 24m Rating: 4.3 Country: Japan Production: Madhouse, MAPPA

Seasons

The First Step New Challenger Rising

Episodes

01: The First Step 02: Fruits of Labor 03: Tears of Joy 04: Shadow Boxing 05: 3 Months to Counter 06: The Opening Bell of the Rematch 07: The Destructive Force Of One CM 08: Promise to Meet Again 09: C Class License 10: Debut Match!11: Obsession for Victory 12: Becoming a Bully's Buddy 13: The Eastern Japan Rookie Championship Tournament Begins 14: Powerful Arms! Hooks vs. Uppercut!15: Test of Endurance 16: Premonition of a Hard Battle 17: Ippo on the Beach 18: Clinch 19: K.O. Dream 20: Threat of Shotgun 21: The Way to Capture a Prodigy 22: Forward! Forward!!23: Another Semi-Final 24: To the Place We Promised...25: Every Emotion 26: Battle for Distance 27: Death Match 28: Victory or Defeat 29: Rocky of Naniwa 30: To Enemy Ground 31: Traces of Intense Battles 32: Throw Your Right!33: Smash Force 34: The Rookie King 35: The Continuing Journey 36: The Champ and I 37: A Thing to Strive For 38: Two Rookies of the Year 39: Challenge in a Foreign Land 40: A Counter to Surpass All Counters 41: Barf-michi's Big Fight 42: Sharing a Dream 43: The Speed Star 44: Blind Spot in the Ring 45: The White Fangs of the Wolf 46: Be the Gazelle 47: The Fighting Spirit Within 48: The Red Wolf 49: The Courage to Believe 50: Something to Convey 51: Group Date 52: The Challenger 53: So That I Can Be Myself 54: Fists of the Champ 55: The Japan Featherweight Title Match 56: The Power that Stands in the Way 57: Conclusion 58: Heartbroken 59: Look of Determination 60: Rival 61: Comeback Anxiety 62: Revival 63: Youth of Fire 64: Hot Rod Era 65: The Summer of the Kamogawa Corps 66: Mr. Takamura's Tears 67: The Kamogawa Gym Swings Into Action 68: The Chief's Peril 69: The Trap of the Southpaw 70: The Young Punk 71: Time for the Showdown 72: Lollapalooza 73: Surpass That Moment 74: Mixup 75: One Step Further