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Fighting Spirit

Original title: はじめの一歩

The moment you back down is the moment you lose!

  • TV series
  • 2000
  • TV-PG
  • 3 seasons
  • 126 episodes
8.7

TMDB audience rating
8.7 out of 10 from 1,245 votes

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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...

Roughly 50h 24m to watch every episode. This is an estimate: 126 episodes at the typical episode runtime of 24 minutes.

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Series cast and crew

  • Kohei Kiyasu

    Kohei KiyasuIppo Makunouchi (voice)
    126 episodes

  • Rikiya Koyama

    Rikiya KoyamaMamoru Takamura (voice)
    126 episodes

  • Wataru Takagi

    Wataru TakagiMasaru Aoki (voice)
    126 episodes

  • Keiji Fujiwara

    Keiji FujiwaraTatsuya Kimura (voice)
    126 episodes

  • Tomokazu Seki

    Tomokazu SekiIchiro Miyata (voice)
    101 episodes

  • Kenji Utsumi

    Kenji UtsumiGenji Kamogawa (voice)
    101 episodes

  • Toshihiko Nakajima

    Toshihiko NakajimaHaruhiko Yagi (voice)
    101 episodes

  • Sanae Kobayashi

    Sanae KobayashiKumi Mashiba (voice)
    101 episodes

  • Masaya Onosaka

    Masaya OnosakaTakeshi Sendo (voice)
    101 episodes

  • Akemi Okamura

    Akemi OkamuraReiko Mikami (voice)
    101 episodes

  • Emi Shinohara

    Emi ShinoharaMari Iimura (voice)
    101 episodes

  • Hiroyuki Yoshino

    Hiroyuki YoshinoAkira Shigeta (voice)
    101 episodes

  • Kiyoyuki Yanada

    Kiyoyuki YanadaTakuma Saeki (voice)
    101 episodes

  • Koji Tsujitani

    Koji TsujitaniRyuichi Hayami (voice)
    101 episodes

  • Masahiko Tanaka

    Masahiko TanakaRyo Mashiba (voice)
    101 episodes

  • Masaki Aizawa

    Masaki AizawaDate Eiji (voice)
    101 episodes

  • Nobutoshi Canna

    Nobutoshi CannaYusuke Oda (voice)
    101 episodes

  • Unsho Ishizuka

    Unsho IshizukaMiyata's father (voice)
    101 episodes

Network
Nippon TV

Seasons and episodes