Fighting Spirit 2000
- Animation, Comedy, Drama, Action & Adventure
- 24 min episodes
- 3 seasons
- 126 episodes
- Ended
- TV-PG
The moment you back down is the moment you lose!
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...
AnimationComedyDramaAction & Adventurerags to richesfriendshipsportsbased on comictournamentbased on mangachampionshipcombat sportscomradeshipshounenboxinganimeNippon TV
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Classical in form, earnest, resolved and contemporary.
- classical in formformally daring
- earnestironic
- resolvedopen-ended
- contemporarynostalgic
- unpretentiousprestige
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Cast
- Kohei KiyasuIppo Makunouchi (voice)
- Rikiya KoyamaMamoru Takamura (voice)
- Wataru TakagiMasaru Aoki (voice)
- Keiji FujiwaraTatsuya Kimura (voice)
- Jurota KosugiRalph Anderson (voice)
- Hidenobu KiuchiDavid Eagle (voice)
- Hisao EgawaIwao Shimabukuro (voice)
- Shin-ichiro MikiRyuhei Sawamura (voice)
Crew
- Tatsuhiko UrahataWriter
- Yuya KumazawaDirector of Photography
- Tsuneo ImahoriOriginal Music Composer
- Yoshihisa HiranoOriginal Music Composer
- Yumi JingujiEditor
- Tomohiro ShindoProducer
- Toshio NakataniProducer
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Seasons
- The First Step75 eps · 2000
- New Challenger26 eps · 2009
- Rising25 eps · 2013
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