About this series
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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Quick facts
First aired
2000
Seasons
3
Episodes
126
TMDB Rating
⭐ 8.6/10
Votes
1,191
Genre
Animation, Comedy, Drama, Action & Adventure
Status
Ended
Network
Nippon TV
Language
JA
Seasons & Episodes
S01E01
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, …
S01E02
Fruits of Labor
Ippo succeeds in catching 10 falling leaves, and is granted his first sparring session.
S01E03
Tears of Joy
Ippo loses his first sparring session, but shows enough potential to be accepted into the gym.
S01E04
Shadow Boxing
Ippo practices shadow boxing.
S01E05
3 Months to Counter
Ippo trains for a rematch.
S01E06
The Opening Bell of the Rematch
Ippo and Miyata face off in a rematch.
S01E07
The Destructive Force Of One CM
Ippo and Miyata are in the last round of the rematch
S01E08
Promise to Meet Again
Ippo trains with Takamura and discovers the hardship of pro boxing.
S01E09
C Class License
Ippo takes the License Test and meets Mashiba.
S01E10
Debut Match!
Ippo and his opponent Yusuke train for Ippo's debut match.
S01E11
Obsession for Victory
Ippo defeats Yusuke via K.O.
S01E12
Becoming a Bully's Buddy
Ippo fights and wins his second match via K.O.,After the fight he was befriended by Umezawa, his former bully.
S01E13
The Eastern Japan Rookie Championship Tournament Begins
Ippo and his opponent Jason prepare for the first match of the Rookie King Tournament.
S01E14
Powerful Arms! Hooks vs. Uppercut!
Start of Ippo vs Jason match, both men exchange powerful punches but neither goes down.
S01E15
Test of Endurance
Ippo defeats Jason via K.O. after a tough match.
S01E16
Premonition of a Hard Battle
Ippo watches the fight videos of Kobashi and Hayami, his future opponents.
S01E17
Ippo on the Beach
Ippo joins Takamura, Kimura, and Aoki in a training camp near the beach.
S01E18
Clinch
Start of Ippo vs Kobashi match, Ippo is loosing by points because of Kobashi's strategy.
S01E19
K.O. Dream
Kobashi abandoned his strategy and loses the match to Ippo via K.O.
S01E20
Threat of Shotgun
Takamura wins the Japanese Middleweight Championship belt, Ippo trains with Aoki to counter Hayami's Shotgun punch.
S01E21
The Way to Capture a Prodigy
Start of Ippo vs Hayami fight, Hayami takes the advantage during the early rounds.
S01E22
Forward! Forward!!
Ippo defeats Hayami via K.O. Ippo's training with Aoki and Kimura's help Ippo win the match.
S01E23
Another Semi-Final
Ippos day off. Miyata and Mashiba face off.
S01E24
To the Place We Promised...
Miyata and Mashiba continues to fight. Ippo is angred by the outcome.
S01E25
Every Emotion
Ippo trains for Mashiba flicker jabs.
S01E26
Battle for Distance
Ippo VS Mashiba Round 1
S01E27
Death Match
Ippo VS Mashiba continues.
S01E28
Victory or Defeat
Ippo defeats Mashiba for Rookie King of Eastren Japan.
S01E29
Rocky of Naniwa
Sendo goes to Japan to meet Ippo and make him go to All Japan and gets a chance to spar with Takamura.
S01E30
To Enemy Ground
Ippo learns how to heal his right fist and gets ready for the All Japan but something happens his powerful right punches!
S01E31
Traces of Intense Battles
Episode 31 is a retrospective on the hope that managed Ippo championship. It is made in the form of a newspaper article commented and written Fuuji, journalist of the monthly "boxi…
S01E32
Throw Your Right!
After two straight missed Ippo, the sparring match is abandoned. Meanwhile, Sendo, the great favorites of the match, continues to train. Just before the game, the pain in the fist …
S01E33
Smash Force
Makunouchi takes the smash improved Sendo, and crashed into the ropes, but do not fall! Alas, his legs tremble, Sendo and the opportunity to boost its smash. Ippo then chooses the …
S01E34
The Rookie King
Sendo Makunouchi and continues to cast powerful blows to turn, but neither weakens, they are very determined !! But after a few moments, Sendo eventually take the lead, and pushes …
S01E35
The Continuing Journey
It is the day of graduation, Ippo has also obtained his. At his high school, he became The Star, Idol of all students. This awareness leads logically significant upsurge in new box…
S01E36
The Champ and I
Ippo finally meets the champion in its class, Eiji Date. The latter is there to comment on the evening's matches as a guest. It turns out that date and Takamura are old friends. It…
S01E37
A Thing to Strive For
Ippo gets to get up, the game resumes. Date returned, and hardly the match resumed, Ippo is again stuck in the ropes. Date then returns its corkscrew, trying to anticipate where Ip…
S01E38
Two Rookies of the Year
Okita also control the blow that had allowed Date set down Ippo 2 times !! Ippo, panicked, took distance, and Okita feints put the uncomfortable, it can not predict its moves. Ippo…
S01E39
Challenge in a Foreign Land
In Thailand, Miyata a draw against a second-class boxer. Decision of the arbitrator although debatable, the Japanese are not welcome there, and Miyata seems to be the target of com…
S01E40
A Counter to Surpass All Counters
The boxing stadium tremble with excitement, the crowd goes wild and wants to see only one thing, the victory of Jimmy Sisfer, and the defeat of Ichiro Miyata ... While the gong is …
S01E41
Barf-michi's Big Fight
At sunset, While Ippo's mother prepares the material for fishing, it can hardly his training, sorry for being late to help his mother. The next day at Kamogawa club, while everybod…
S01E42
Sharing a Dream
Ippo thinks of quitting boxing.
S01E43
The Speed Star
Ippo gets ready for his match against Saeki the Speed Star.
S01E44
Blind Spot in the Ring
Ippo fights Saeki.
S01E45
The White Fangs of the Wolf
Gero-michi leaves and has to move away.
S01E46
Be the Gazelle
Aoki, Kimura & Ippo train hard for their next match of the tournament class A. They linked together jogging, sparring and Shadow Boxing to be at their best. It is time for the semi…
S01E47
The Fighting Spirit Within
The tactics of the coach against Vorg is based on a succession of sudden melee after which the least enduring two boxers will drop his guard for breath. The victory Ippo so upon hi…
S01E48
The Red Wolf
The match between Volg and Ippo begins.
S01E49
The Courage to Believe
Volg and Ippo continue to duke it out in a hard-fought and long battle.
S01E50
Something to Convey
The end of the Volg match.
S01E51
Group Date
Group date, literally. Ippo walks Mashiba's Kumi home.
S01E52
The Challenger
Recap episode.
S01E53
So That I Can Be Myself
Background episode for Date Eiji.
S01E54
Fists of the Champ
"The champions have special powers! "That is what was said to Takamura Ippo before his defense of the title match. But after weight problems and a passage in a sauna that has signi…
S01E55
The Japan Featherweight Title Match
The episode begins the day before the match for the title of Ippo, during training with mittens. But the latter is shortened, the coach looks ill. While Aoki asks Ippo to reach him…
S01E56
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 coach made him regain confidence in him. The beginning of the 3rd round is the pe…
S01E57
Conclusion
"What should I do?". This is the question that arises while Ippo Date street shots, then he remembers that he told Takamura just give the maximum for this fight. It resumes and con…
S01E58
Heartbroken
While the coach Okita Date and congratulated the champion, Ippo wishes to thank for this game then goes on a stretcher to applause from the audience ... We then see Takeshi Sendo r…
S01E59
Look of Determination
The match between Sendou Takeshi and Volg Zangief starts.
S01E60
Rival
Sendou wins the match versus Volg.
S01E61
Comeback Anxiety
Miyata Ichirou defeats Li Chou Bil.
S01E62
Revival
Coach returns from the hospital, and Makunochi "hits without being hit".
S01E63
Youth of Fire
The past of Aoki and Kimura is shown.
S01E64
Hot Rod Era
Second part of Aoki's and Kimura's past.
S01E65
The Summer of the Kamogawa Corps
The group go to training camp in the mountains.
S01E66
Mr. Takamura's Tears
Takamura fights a bear.
S01E67
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 rest, two men have one a shin-coach nihon club and the other being Shigeta Akir…
S01E68
The Chief's Peril
Finally the day of the games of our boxers happens, Kimura very fit explodes his opponent, when Aoki to beat his opponent but as usual with a little more difficulty. But hey go to …
S01E69
The Trap of the Southpaw
Ippo and coach arriving in the city where the featherweight champion, Takeshi Sendo must defend his title against Shigeta Akira, 4th category. At the beginning of the match, we see…
S01E70
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 Osaka, acceleration Sendo, his blows so powerful and his expression bloodthirsty k…
S01E71
Time for the Showdown
While the title match approach Ippo trains again and again. As it enters its footing, a crowd gathered in front of the room, there are people coming to buy their tickets for this m…
S01E72
Lollapalooza
What wonder what Dempsey Roll early in the 1st round, Ippo sends his best and most powerful blow while Sendo had not yet had time to get into position. The champion is found on lan…
S01E73
Surpass That Moment
Ippo happens somehow to join his corner. This end of the second round was very rude for the challenger, the 3rd round starts in exactly the same way as has finished the second. Ipp…
S01E74
Mixup
Takamura has noticed, Ippo has had enough it is burnt and courage in this game is like a time bomb because if Sendo quite put down Ippo, it will never recover. 5th round begins wit…
S01E75
One Step Further
Ippo and Sendo's match concludes.
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Questions about Fighting Spirit
How many seasons does Fighting Spirit have?
Fighting Spirit has 3 seasons and 126 episodes total.
What genre is Fighting Spirit?
Fighting Spirit is a Animation, Comedy, Drama, Action & Adventure series.
Who stars in Fighting Spirit?
The cast of Fighting Spirit includes Kohei Kiyasu, Rikiya Koyama, Wataru Takagi, Keiji Fujiwara, Jurota Kosugi.
What is the TMDB rating for Fighting Spirit?
Fighting Spirit has a TMDB rating of 8.6/10 based on 1,191 votes.
