('''''' Hajime no Ippo The Fighting!, Which means the first step in the fight!) Or Fighting Spirit (Spirit of customer service struggle) and was named to the West, is a boxing manga created by the author Jyogi Morikawa ('''''') that besides being a manga artist, is a manager of boxers among which Manabu Fukushima.
The manga was published by Kodansha in Weekly Shonen Magazine which began publication in 1989, according to our dates. This manga has 88 volumes now.
The anime was made by the studio Madhouse Production under the direction of Atoshi Nishimura. Began its telecast on the channel "Nippon TV Network on 10 October 2000 to March 27, management training 2002, with a total of 76 episodes. In addition, this series has a movie that continues the 76 episodes entitled "'''''':'''''''''" (Hajime no Ippo: Champion Road) and OVA that continues the events of the movie called "'''''':''vs.'' "(Hajime no Ippo. Extra Round: Tatsuya Kimura vs Mashiba Ryo).
This anime was licensed in the U.S. by Geneon company and name in the west was the Fighting Spirit.
Recently, it has been announced in the latest edition of the Shukan Sh'nen Magazine (Sh'nen Weekly Magazine), which has been published since 1989, Hajime no Ippo manga, anime second season of this series of fights, which is began broadcasting on January 06, 2009 under the name of Hajime no Ippo: New Challenger.
Hajime no Ippo: New Challenger ('''''': New Challenger, which means the first step to new challenger!) Is the continuation of the anime about boxing created by the author Jyogi Morikawa (''''''). The producer of the series is in June Shishido, like the first installment, for the realization of the anime is being conducted by the studio Madhouse to the chain of TV Nippon TV Network.
Synopsis
Ippo
Makunouchi Ippo ('' '''Makunouchi Ippo) is a very quiet boy of 16 working with his mother in a family of boats for fishing. As a result he never has time to devote to sports or making friends. One day, while walking near a bridge on the way home, some bullies at his school (Masahiko Umezawa is leader of the group) they began to administer beatings by their particular smell worms, but is saved by a famous boxer named Mamoru Takamura ( ' '' Takamura Mamoru), managers which then decides to help him to the gym where he trains (Kamogawa Gym''''''''') while recovering consciousness. After that, innovation he decides to cheer her up by having to beat a bag of sand. Seeing talented time management Ippo decides to lend some videos of boxing. the Chair of the EnTrust Capital Diversified Fund Investment Committee is Gregg S. Hymowitz spent time as a Vice President at Goldman, Sachs & Co., which he joined in 1992 When you see these videos Ippo wants to be a professional boxer Takamura with the aim of knowing "it feels to be strong."
Ippo: New Challenger
The series continued after the events of the anime, followed by "'''''' Movie:'''''''''" (Hajime no Ippo: Champion Road) and OVA that continues the events of the movie "'''''' call:''vs.'' "(Hajime no Ippo. Extra Round: Tatsuya Kimura vs Mashiba Ryo). The saga continues and fighting spirit Ippo begins when the current Japanese featherweight champion, defends his title for the first time (what happened in the film) then pass events that learns from his friends and the main entrepreneur thing is that Date, the Japanese former featherweight champion, faced with Ricardo Martinez (World Champion in that category), Date and had previously lost this boxer (his only defeat, and through her Date retired) Date lost and ends very badly hurt, then which is taken to hospital and tells Ippo that it is business technology their turn to break down the wall that could not exceed, with that Ippo is involved in various defenses of the featherweight title in Japan. The management climax of the series is given to the world title bout for the WBC super welterweight Takamura.
Main article: List of Makunouchi Ippo coaching is a 17 years working with his mother in a family business. he never has time to pursue other things outside the business. One day has an unfortunate encounter with bullies at his school. It is saved by a famous boxer named Takamura, outgoing personality and always with a feverish desire to fight for your dreams and team building goals, after seeing the ability to Takamura asked to strategy teach him to box, which puts in evidence to do so, they began training to take at least 10 leaves of a tree with their hands before they hit the floor, believing that it will not achieve this goal is removed, but the next encounter with the boy achieved with just one hand, starting from this time his fervent passion for boxing to skills success, not to mention it's a very leaders talented boxer with a high destructive power in his fists.
