
Fighting Spirit
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...
Fighting Spirit
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...
Fighting Spirit
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...

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Episode 1: Boxer's Fist
A special episode included in the DVDs. It tells how Takamura started boxing.

Episode 2: Champion Road
Makunouchi Ippo is the new Featherweight champion of Japan and is now ready for his first title defe...

Episode 3: Kimura vs Mashiba
Kimura finally has his championship match. It takes place at the annual champion carnival. But now h...

Episode 1: The First Step
Ippo is a high school student who works full time at his mother's fishing though. Because of this, h...

Episode 2: Fruits of Labor
Ippo succeeds in catching 10 falling leaves, and is granted his first sparring session.

Episode 3: Tears of Joy
Ippo loses his first sparring session, but shows enough potential to be accepted into the gym.

Episode 4: Shadow Boxing
Ippo practices shadow boxing.

Episode 5: 3 Months to Counter
Ippo trains for a rematch.

Episode 6: The Opening Bell of the Rematch
Ippo and Miyata face off in a rematch.

Episode 7: The Destructive Force Of One CM
Ippo and Miyata are in the last round of the rematch

Episode 8: Promise to Meet Again
Ippo trains with Takamura and discovers the hardship of pro boxing.

Episode 9: C Class License
Ippo takes the License Test and meets Mashiba.

Episode 10: Debut Match!
Ippo and his opponent Yusuke train for Ippo's debut match.

Episode 11: Obsession for Victory
Ippo defeats Yusuke via K.O.

Episode 12: Becoming a Bully's Buddy
Ippo fights and wins his second match via K.O.,After the fight he was befriended by Umezawa, his for...

Episode 13: The Eastern Japan Rookie Championship Tournament Begins
Ippo and his opponent Jason prepare for the first match of the Rookie King Tournament.

Episode 14: Powerful Arms! Hooks vs. Uppercut!
Start of Ippo vs Jason match, both men exchange powerful punches but neither goes down.

Episode 15: Test of Endurance
Ippo defeats Jason via K.O. after a tough match.

Episode 16: Premonition of a Hard Battle
Ippo watches the fight videos of Kobashi and Hayami, his future opponents.

Episode 17: Ippo on the Beach
Ippo joins Takamura, Kimura, and Aoki in a training camp near the beach.

Episode 18: Clinch
Start of Ippo vs Kobashi match, Ippo is loosing by points because of Kobashi's strategy.

Episode 19: K.O. Dream
Kobashi abandoned his strategy and loses the match to Ippo via K.O.

Episode 20: Threat of Shotgun
Takamura wins the Japanese Middleweight Championship belt, Ippo trains with Aoki to counter Hayami's...

Episode 21: The Way to Capture a Prodigy
Start of Ippo vs Hayami fight, Hayami takes the advantage during the early rounds.

Episode 22: Forward! Forward!!
Ippo defeats Hayami via K.O. Ippo's training with Aoki and Kimura's help Ippo win the match.

Episode 23: Another Semi-Final
Ippos day off. Miyata and Mashiba face off.

Episode 24: To the Place We Promised...
Miyata and Mashiba continues to fight. Ippo is angred by the outcome.

Episode 25: Every Emotion
Ippo trains for Mashiba flicker jabs.

Episode 26: Battle for Distance
Ippo VS Mashiba Round 1

Episode 27: Death Match
Ippo VS Mashiba continues.

Episode 28: Victory or Defeat
Ippo defeats Mashiba for Rookie King of Eastren Japan.

Episode 29: Rocky of Naniwa
Sendo goes to Japan to meet Ippo and make him go to All Japan and gets a chance to spar with Takamur...

Episode 30: To Enemy Ground
Ippo learns how to heal his right fist and gets ready for the All Japan but something happens his po...

Episode 31: Traces of Intense Battles
Episode 31 is a retrospective on the hope that managed Ippo championship. It is made in the form of...

Episode 32: Throw Your Right!
After two straight missed Ippo, the sparring match is abandoned. Meanwhile, Sendo, the great favorit...

Episode 33: Smash Force
Makunouchi takes the smash improved Sendo, and crashed into the ropes, but do not fall! Alas, his le...

Episode 34: The Rookie King
Sendo Makunouchi and continues to cast powerful blows to turn, but neither weakens, they are very de...

Episode 35: The Continuing Journey
It is the day of graduation, Ippo has also obtained his. At his high school, he became The Star, Ido...

Episode 36: The Champ and I
Ippo finally meets the champion in its class, Eiji Date. The latter is there to comment on the eveni...

Episode 37: A Thing to Strive For
Ippo gets to get up, the game resumes. Date returned, and hardly the match resumed, Ippo is again st...

Episode 38: Two Rookies of the Year
Okita also control the blow that had allowed Date set down Ippo 2 times !! Ippo, panicked, took dist...

Episode 39: Challenge in a Foreign Land
In Thailand, Miyata a draw against a second-class boxer. Decision of the arbitrator although debatab...

Episode 40: A Counter to Surpass All Counters
The boxing stadium tremble with excitement, the crowd goes wild and wants to see only one thing, the...

Episode 41: Barf-michi's Big Fight
At sunset, While Ippo's mother prepares the material for fishing, it can hardly his training, sorry...

Episode 42: Sharing a Dream
Ippo thinks of quitting boxing.

Episode 43: The Speed Star
Ippo gets ready for his match against Saeki the Speed Star.

Episode 44: Blind Spot in the Ring
Ippo fights Saeki.

Episode 45: The White Fangs of the Wolf
Gero-michi leaves and has to move away.

Episode 46: Be the Gazelle
Aoki, Kimura & Ippo train hard for their next match of the tournament class A. They linked together...

Episode 47: The Fighting Spirit Within
The tactics of the coach against Vorg is based on a succession of sudden melee after which the least...

Episode 48: The Red Wolf
The match between Volg and Ippo begins.

Episode 49: The Courage to Believe
Volg and Ippo continue to duke it out in a hard-fought and long battle.

Episode 50: Something to Convey
The end of the Volg match.

Episode 51: Group Date
Group date, literally. Ippo walks Mashiba's Kumi home.

Episode 52: The Challenger
Recap episode.

Episode 53: So That I Can Be Myself
Background episode for Date Eiji.

Episode 54: Fists of the Champ
"The champions have special powers! "That is what was said to Takamura Ippo before his defense of th...

Episode 55: The Japan Featherweight Title Match
The episode begins the day before the match for the title of Ippo, during training with mittens. But...

Episode 56: The Power that Stands in the Way
During the break, Ippo is concerned, he has not had the sensation he usually hit when Date but his c...

Episode 57: Conclusion
"What should I do?". This is the question that arises while Ippo Date street shots, then he remember...

Episode 58: Heartbroken
While the coach Okita Date and congratulated the champion, Ippo wishes to thank for this game then g...

Episode 59: Look of Determination
The match between Sendou Takeshi and Volg Zangief starts.

Episode 60: Rival
Sendou wins the match versus Volg.

Episode 61: Comeback Anxiety
Miyata Ichirou defeats Li Chou Bil.

Episode 62: Revival
Coach returns from the hospital, and Makunochi "hits without being hit".

Episode 63: Youth of Fire
The past of Aoki and Kimura is shown.

Episode 64: Hot Rod Era
Second part of Aoki's and Kimura's past.

Episode 65: The Summer of the Kamogawa Corps
The group go to training camp in the mountains.

Episode 66: Mr. Takamura's Tears
Takamura fights a bear.

Episode 67: The Kamogawa Gym Swings Into Action
After this strong hectic camp, we find our boxers at the gym. While the coach told them all to go to...

Episode 68: The Chief's Peril
Finally the day of the games of our boxers happens, Kimura very fit explodes his opponent, when Aoki...

Episode 69: The Trap of the Southpaw
Ippo and coach arriving in the city where the featherweight champion, Takeshi Sendo must defend his...

Episode 70: The Young Punk
We find our hero in him, in his room, he can not help thinking about the game he has just seen in Os...

Episode 71: Time for the Showdown
While the title match approach Ippo trains again and again. As it enters its footing, a crowd gather...

Episode 72: Lollapalooza
What wonder what Dempsey Roll early in the 1st round, Ippo sends his best and most powerful blow whi...

Episode 73: Surpass That Moment
Ippo happens somehow to join his corner. This end of the second round was very rude for the challeng...

Episode 74: Mixup
Takamura has noticed, Ippo has had enough it is burnt and courage in this game is like a time bomb b...

Episode 75: One Step Further
Ippo and Sendo's match concludes.
Ippo Makunouchi continues his boxing career and his goal on knowing the meaning of being strong, and the desire on fighting his idol Ichiro Miyata once again. Along him are pro boxers Takamura, Aoki and Kimura that each one of them aspire to their own dreams. the continuation after Ippo won his Japan Championship match.

Episode 1: The New Step
The first episode of the second season starts with mostly the match of Miyata against Arnie. Shows K...

Episode 2: Bloody Cross
The second episode of the second season starts off on Miyata's OPBF Title Match. With it Arnie showi...

Episode 3: To a Promise
The third episode of the second season continues on the OPBF Match with Miyata against Arnie. With a...

Episode 4: Towards The World
Miyata Ichirou wins the title of OPBF Featherweight Champion, but now Ippo feels even further from h...

Episode 5: The Strength of the World
Ippo comes to the sparring match against Ricardo Martinez as focused as if it were a real match, and...

Episode 6: A Figure to Chase After
After seven years Eiji Date will finally have his rematch with Ricardo Martinez, the world featherwe...

Episode 7: The Advent of the Devil
The world featherweight title match has begun, in the first round, neither Date or Martinez use thei...

Episode 8: Spirit For One Last Attack
Date tries the heart-breaker shot but Martinez blocks it with his elbow breaking Date's hand. By the...

Episode 9: Inheritance Qualifications
The Kamogawa Boxing Gym gets a new recruit: Itagaki Manabu, the inter-high national runner up who ha...

Episode 10: Biting Dog
Ippo is reluctant to fight Nao, who used to be his junior and friend. Nao faces his fear of fighting...

Episode 11: Ippo vs. Hammer Nao
The match begins. Ippo goes on an all-out offensive, hoping to end this match as soon as possible, b...

Episode 12: Requirements For A Pro
Ippo lowers his guard and it becomes a blow-for-blow confrontation, with Ippo winning out and knocki...

Episode 13: Ippo At The Beach 2

Episode 14: Two Spars

Episode 15: Itagaki`s Debut Fight!
Takamura and Ippo's next matches are finalized. Itagaki has a jarring introduction to the world of p...

Episode 16: The Two Hawks
Takamura's light punches and decreased stamina have put him at a great disadvantage, but when he see...

Episode 17: Wild Kid
Takamura attacks Hawk in a fit of anger, but Hawk effortlessly blocks his attack, stunning everyone....

Episode 18: Extreme Weight Control
Takamura resolves to reach the top of the world for the sake of his friends and for the coach. In or...

Episode 19: Critical Situation
The coach and Nagi see Hawk's devastating boxing firsthand. Takamura barely makes weight and is taun...

Episode 20: Junior Middleweight World Title Match
Ippo manages to win his title defense with a 1-round KO as per his promise and rushes back to see Ta...

Episode 21: Battle of Hawk
Takamura takes the pace at the beginning of the match, but Hawk unveils his unique style that allows...

Episode 22: Brawl
Takamura is outsped once more and knocked unconscious, but manages to recover just in time. Relying...

Episode 23: Supporting Hand
Despite using all of his remaining energy, Takamura cannot break through Hawk's defense and is left...

Episode 24: The King
Takamura is knocked unconscious while standing yet again, and remembers all of the pain, suffering,...

Episode 25: Please Accept This Bronze Statue
After a gruesome fight, Takamura becomes the WBC Jr. Middleweight World Champion, and orders a giant...

Episode 26: New Challenger
When Miyata confronts Ippo about their promise, it is revealed that Miyata has risen far above Ippo'...
Hajime no Ippo: Rising continues Ippo's quest to become stronger, featuring the same cast of loveable dimwits from Kamogawa Gym, as they put their bodies and hearts on the line to make their way in the harsh world of professional boxing. With a will of iron, Ippo steps into the ring once again.

Episode 1: The Strongest Challenger
Makunouchi Ippo defeated Sendou Takeshi with his Dempsey Roll and became the Japanese Featherweight...

Episode 2: The Dempsey Roll Destroyed
With his title on the line, Ippo goes toe-to-toe with Shimabukuro. The battle is so intense Ippo doe...

Episode 3: A Woman's Battle
Ippo emerges victorious after a vicious war with Shimabukuro, and Itagaki’s sister Nanako comes to p...

Episode 4: The Goddess of Victory
After an infuriating face-off with Imae, Aoki turns to his girlfriend Tomiko for comfort. Meanwhile,...

Episode 5: 100% Fake
Imae’s long hours of research quickly pay off as he decimates Aoki by countering every one of his tr...

Episode 6: The Distance Between Me and Glory
Imae, cowed by Aoki’s fearsome new move, suddenly realizes what it is Aoki has that he lacks. Summon...

Episode 7: Cheese Champion
Sendou Takeshi, the "Naniwa Tiger," returns to the ring! But it's his sparring partner, Sawamura Ryu...

Episode 8: The Mad Dog and the Red Wolf
Ippo's next title defense is confirmed to be against Sawamura Ryuuhei, and after realizing the Demps...

Episode 9: A Savage Scenario
Volg has return to Japan to take back his boxing gloves from Ippo. He hopes to travel to America, bu...

Episode 10: The Face Of Determination
As the fight with Sawamura draws near, Ippo has pinned all his hopes on the newly-evolved Dempsey Ro...

Episode 11: Fearless Challenger
Sawamura's blatant fouls and bullet-like left jabs leave Ippo scrambling to establish some kind of r...

Episode 12: The Anti-Dempsey Perfected
Ippo mounts a desperate, full frontal assault as Sawamura continues to toy with him. Determined to t...

Episode 13: A Fist That Picks You Up
The evolved Dempsey Roll saved Ippo from the jaws of defeat. Bolstered by the cheering fans, he chas...

Episode 14: Empowering Words
Ippo visits Dr. Yamaguchi and learns the full extent of the damage caused by the evolved Dempsey Rol...

Episode 15: A Storm Descends on Makunouchi Fishing Boat
To celebrate Ippo's win and recovery, the whole gym gang hops aboard the Makunouchi Fishing Boat for...

Episode 16: Golden Eagle
While Takamura approaches his physical limits as he cuts weight for his upcoming world title match,...

Episode 17: Eleki's Shocker and Papaya's Coconut
It's time for Kimura and Aoki to step into the ring at the Yokohama Arena! Kimura's up first, and ne...

Episode 18: The Unfinished New Counter
It's the semifinal match, Miyata vs. Dachboy, and the Miyata camp recognizes a familiar face in the...

Episode 19: Hawk vs. Eagle
It's finally time for the main event, Takamura Mamoru vs. David Eagle! The challenger is full of vim...

Episode 20: A Lesson Never Forgotten
Despite being stymied by Eagle, Takamura assures his corner he has a plan for victory. Just as he se...

Episode 21: The End of the Death Match
Blood sprays across the ring as Takamura and Eagle pound at each other's cuts. Takamura's good eye i...

Episode 22: Flower of Hope
And old photo and a little prodding from Ippo and Aoki prompts Coach Kamogawa and Nekota to take a t...

Episode 23: The Courage to Live
Prizefighting turns out to be no match for boxing as Sergeant Ralph Anderson easily manhandles Kamog...

Episode 24: Iron Fist
Kamogawa breathes a sigh of relief as he watches Nekota run circles around Anderson with his spectac...

Episode 25: A Vow
Kamogawa resorts to pounding a log with his bare fists as he trains to face Anderson and avenge Neko...
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