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Synopsis
Makunouchi Ippo has been bullied his entire life. Constantly running errands and being beaten up by his classmates, Ippo has always dreamed of changing himself, but never has the passion to act upon it. One day, in the midst of yet another bullying, Ippo is saved by Takamura Mamoru, who happens to be a boxer. Ippo faints from his injuries and is brought to the Kamogawa boxing gym to recover. As he regains consciousness, he is awed and amazed at his new surroundings in the gym, though lacks confidence to attempt anything. Takamura places a photo of Ippo's classmate on a punching bag and forces him to punch it. It is only then that Ippo feels something stir inside him and eventually asks Takamura to train him in boxing. Thinking that Ippo does not have what it takes, Takamura gives him a task deemed impossible and gives him a one week time limit. With a sudden desire to get stronger, for himself and his hard working mother, Ippo trains relentlessly to accomplish the task within the time limit. Thus Ippo's journey to the top of the boxing world begins.
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Production
MADHOUSE
Quick facts
Start date: Oct 4, 2000
Popularity: 136,213
Favorites: 8,733
Source: MANGA
Trailer
Characters
Main cast and voice actors.

Ippo Makunouchi
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Kouhei Kiyasu

Mamoru Takamura
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Rikiya Koyama

Genji Kamogawa
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Kenji Utsumi

Ichirou Miyata
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Tomokazu Seki

Tatsuya Kimura
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Keiji Fujiwara

Masaru Aoki
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Wataru Takagi
Staff
Key production staff.

George Morikawa
Original Creator

Satoshi Nishimura
Director

Kenichi Kawamura
Assistant Director

Tatsuhiko Urahata
Series Composition

Kouji Sugiura
Character Design

Hidetoshi Kaneko
Art Director
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