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Fighting Spirit

  • Watchlist
  • 2000-2002
  • 1 Season
  • Netflix
  • Animation, Action & Adventure, Comedy, Sports
  • TV-PG
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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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Cast & Crew See All

Rikiya Koyama
Mamoru Takamura
Kôhei Kiyasu
Ippo Makunouchi
Steve Staley
Ippo Makunouchi

Season 1 Episode Guide See All

Episode 1

Hajime no ippo

Wed, Oct 4, 200023 mins

Ippo gets invited to see a movie with his new classmates but can't go since he has to work at his mothers fishing store. On the way home he gets beaten up by some of his bullies before a boxer, Takamura Mamoru, steps in. Ippo faints and is brought to the Kamogawa boxing gym. When Ippo wakes up Takamura draws a picture of one of the bullies, places it on a punching bag and forces him to punch it. Doing that, Ippo feels something stir inside him and he later starts to watch videos and buys magazines about boxing. Eventually Ippo asks Takamura to train him in boxing. Takamura says he will accept if Ippo manage to succeed with a seemingly impossible task.

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