Fighting Spirit

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  • : 2000
  • : 130
  • : 172
  • Nippon TV
  • Action Animation Anime Comedy Sport

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The First Step
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03, 2000
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, when .. show full overview
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Fruits of Labor
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10, 2000
Ippo succeeds in catching 10 falling leaves, and is granted his first sparring session.
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Tears of Joy
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17, 2000
Ippo loses his first sparring session, but shows enough potential to be accepted into the gym.
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Shadow Boxing
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24, 2000
Ippo practices shadow boxing.
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3 Months to Counter
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31, 2000
Ippo trains for a rematch.
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The Opening Bell of the Rematch
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07, 2000
Ippo and Miyata face off in a rematch.
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The Destructive Force of 1cm
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14, 2000
Ippo and Miyata are in the last round and Ippo does a short upercut to Miyata's chin, Miyara was knocked down and was unable to get up, Ippo wins the rematch.
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Promise to Meet Again
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21, 2000
Ippo trains with Takamura and discovers the hardship of pro boxing.
1x9
C Class License
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28, 2000
Ippo takes the License Test and meets Mashiba.
1x10
Debut Match!
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05, 2000
Ippo and his opponent Yusuke train for Ippo's debut match.
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Obsession for Victory
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12, 2000
Ippo defeats Yusuke via K.O.
1x12
Becoming a Bully's Buddy
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19, 2000
Ippo fights and wins his second match via K.O.,After the fight he was befriended by Umezawa, his former bully.
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The Eastern Japan Rookie Championship Tournament Begins
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26, 2000
Ippo and his opponent Jason prepare for the first match of the Rookie King Tournament.
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Powerful Arms! Hooks vs. Uppercut!
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09, 2001
Start of Ippo vs Jason match, both men exchange powerful punches but neither goes down.
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Test of Endurance
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16, 2001
Ippo defeats Jason via K.O. after a tough match.
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Anticipating a Fierce Fight
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23, 2001
Ippo watches the fight videos of Kobashi and Hayami, his future opponents.
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Ippo on the Beach
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30, 2001
Ippo joins Takamura, Kimura, and Aoki in a training camp near the beach.
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Clinch
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06, 2001
Start of Ippo vs Kobashi match, Ippo is loosing by points because of Kobashi's strategy.
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Dream of a KO
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13, 2001
Kobashi abandoned his strategy and loses the match to Ippo via K.O.
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The Threat of Shotgun
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20, 2001
Takamura wins the Japanese Middleweight Championship belt, Ippo trains with Aoki to counter Hayami's Shotgun punch.
1x21
The Way to Capture a Prodigy
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27, 2001
Start of Ippo vs Hayami fight, Hayami takes the advantage during the early rounds.
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Forward! Forward!
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06, 2001
Ippo defeats Hayami via K.O. Ippo's training with Aoki and Kimura's help Ippo win the match.
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The Other Semi-Final
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13, 2001
Ippos day off. Miyata and Mashiba face off.
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To the Promised Place...
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20, 2001
Miyata and Mashiba continues to fight. Ippo is angred by the outcome.
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Grudges, Sorrows & Dreams
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27, 2001
Ippo trains for Mashiba flicker jabs
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The Battle for Distance
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03, 2001
Ippo VS Mashiba Round 1
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Death Match
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10, 2001
Ippo VS Mashiba continues
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Victory or Defeat
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17, 2001
Ippo defeats Mashiba for Rookie King of Eastren Japan.
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Rocky of Naniwa
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24, 2001
Sendo goes to Japan to meet Ippo and make him go to All Japan and gets a chance to spar with Takamura.
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To Enemy Ground
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01, 2001
Ippo learns how to heal his right fist and gets ready for the All Japan but something happens his powerful right punches!
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Traces of Intense Battles
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08, 2001
A recap of the boxing matches that have taken place thus far.
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Throw Your Right!
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15, 2001
Ippo is still having trouble with his right fist but his match with Sendo begins.
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Smash Force
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22, 2001
Ippo tries a different fighting stance making his match with Sendo only get more intense.
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The Rookie King
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29, 2001
Ippo and Sendo keep fighting, the crowd starts cheering Sendo on and the match reaches its climax.
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The Continuing Journey
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05, 2001
Ippo graduates and takes photos with people from his school. New people join the gym and are put to the test by running with Takemura, Ippo, Aoki, and Kimura.
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The Champ and I
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12, 2001
Kimura, Aoki, and Takemura each fight their match. Ippo spars with the featherweight champion, Date.
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A Thing to Strive For
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19, 2001
Dante uses his secret weapon on Ippo, the fact that Date used it on Ippo made Okita challenge Ippo to a real match.
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Two Rookies of the Year
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27, 2001
Okita uses moves that makes him unpredictable for Ippo. Okita also uses a fighting style like Dante and he uses a corkscrew.
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Challenge in a Foreign Land
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04, 2001
Miyata's in Thailand and he get's a tough opponent with a great record, Jimmy Sisfa.
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A Counter to Surpass All Counters
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11, 2001
Miyata's fight with Jimmy Sisfa begins, Miyata starts off bad and when that happens Miyata tries a counter punch.
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Barf-michi's Big Fight
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18, 2001
Aoki, Kimura, and Ippo all try going A-class. Yamada has his first fight. All the guys want to go to training camp.
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Sharing a Dream
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25, 2001
Ippo's mother collapses from overworking so Ippo has to look after the family business. Ippo thinks about quitting boxing so that his mother doesn't overwork herself again.
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The Speed Star
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01, 2001
Ippo gets ready for his match against Saeki the Speed Star.
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Blind Spot in the Ring
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08, 2001
Ippo fights Saeki.
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The White Fangs of the Wolf
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15, 2001
Gero-michi leaves and has to move away.
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Become a Gazelle
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22, 2001
Aoki and Kimura fight their matches. Kamogawa wants Ippo to train his legs to get flexible muscles so that he can deliver a more powerful punch that can beat Volg.
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The Fighting Spirit Within
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29, 2001
Ippo meets Volg after Volg gets lost. Volg tells Ippo that he boxes so he can get money for his mother.
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The Red Wolf
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05, 2001
The match between Volg and Ippo begins.
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The Courage to Believe
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19, 2001
Volg and Ippo continue to duke it out in a hard-fought and long battle.
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Something to Convey
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26, 2001
The end of the Volg match.
1x51
The Group Date
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03, 2001
Group date, literally. Ippo walks Mashiba's Kumi home.
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The Challenger
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10, 2001
Recap episode.
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So That I Can Be Myself
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17, 2001
Background episode for Date Eiji.
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Fists of the Champ
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24, 2001
Takemura has real trouble at the beginning of his match. Ippo finds out that Mashiba won the championship and celebrates with him and his sister.
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The Japan Featherweight Title Match
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31, 2001
Ippo's title match with Date has begun, Date is surprised by how much better Ippo is since the last time he sparred with him.
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The Power that Stands in the Way
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07, 2001
Ippo punches Date in the face quite a bit but Date isn't taking the full impact of the punch because he's twists his neck.
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Conclusion
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14, 2001
Both Ippo and Date are beaten up bad. The match reaches the climax.
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Heartbroken
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21, 2001
After Ippo loses he finds out that Sendo and Volg will fight for the title. Kamogawa tells Ippo that he shouldn't go to the gym for three months because of all the damage from his fights. Ippo goes out with Kumi, Mashiba's sister.
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Look of Determination
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28, 2001
The match between Sendou Takeshi and Volg Zangief starts.
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Rival
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05, 2001
Sendou versus Volg concludes.
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Comeback Anxiety
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12, 2001
Miyata Ichirou defeats Li Chou Bil.
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Revival
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19, 2001
Coach returns from the hospital, and Makunochi "hits without being hit".
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Youth of Fire
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26, 2001
The past of Aoki and Kimura is shown.
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Hot Rod Era
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09, 2002
Second part of Aoki's and Kimura's past.
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The Summer of the Kamogawa Corps
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16, 2002
The group go to training camp in the mountains.
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Mr. Takamura's Tears
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23, 2002
Takamura fights a bear.
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The Kamogawa Gym Swings into Action
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30, 2002
Ippo spars with Shigeta who's ranked fourth among Japanese featherweights and who also uses southpaw. People find out about Takemura fight with a bear. There is talk about Takemura getting a world title fight.
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The Chief's Peril
Episode overview
06, 2002
Aoki, Kimura, and Takemura all fight their fights. Before fighting Takemura makes a grand entrance wearing a bear pelt and fight his match only using his left hand. Nekota starts teaching at the gym for a bit.
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The Trap of the Southpaw
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13, 2002
Sendo begins his title defense match with Shigeta the southpaw user. Sendo fights Shigeta but gets more angry with him as the fight goes on.
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The Young Punk
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20, 2002
Ippo invites Kumi to the zoo. Kumi lets Ippo know that she was the one who wrote idiot outside the gym. Sendo's grandma tells Iimura Mari about Sendo's childhood and how he was brought up.
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Time for the Showdown
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27, 2002
Ippo reads Mari's article. Ippo invites Nekota to his fight. Both Sendo and Ippo have their weigh in. Sendo and Ippo begin their rematch with Ippo getting a very early knockdown on Sendo.
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Lollapalooza
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06, 2002
Sendo and Ippo's fight begins guns blazing with the two giving each other blow for blow. Ippo finds out that Sendo has the advantage of having a bigger frame.
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Surpass that Moment
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13, 2002
Ippo starts the third round by charging at Sendo but then hesitates which leads to Sendo beating Ippo all through the third round. The fourth round is a different story being more in the favor of Ippo.
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Mixup
Episode overview
20, 2002
A flashback shows how Sendo joined his gym. Ippo gets knocked down two times but when he gets up the fifth round gets more brutal. The fifth round ends and after that, the sixth round begins and is just as brutal as the last round.
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A Step Further
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27, 2002
The match between Ippo and Sendo finally reaches its conclusion after seven ruthless rounds.
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Boxer's fist
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21, 2003
This episode has no summary.
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Boxer's Fist
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21, 2003
The story about how Kamogawa got Takemura to join his gym and how he trained him. Takemura has his debut match.
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Boxer's Fist
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21, 2003
This episode has no summary.
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Boxer's fist
Episode overview
21, 2003
This episode tells the beginnings of the prodigy Mamoru Takamura. We see the coach Genji Kamogawa meet the future champion on the streets. With a single punch old Kamogawa knew that this man could become the best ... Maybe even The World Champion.

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