I guess that was some kind of bonus maybe since he didn't have much of a past up to that point, he just was the idiot strong guy. Nobody knew why he started boxing and all that crap.
I guess that was some kind of bonus maybe since he didn't have much of a past up to that point, he just was the idiot strong guy. Nobody knew why he started boxing and all that crap.
yep, Champion's Road before the Mashiba one remember...
And the manga is great also, I wish they freaking hurry up with the second animated series as has been rumored
im reading the manga lol
It would kick ass with a second Ippo series, to see some of the later fights animated, i can hardly wait when i hear stuff like that.
Okay finished Champion Road & the Kimura/Mashiba OVA too. So now I've seen all anime. This stuff was the shit too, I liked Sanada (cool with a fighting doctor) but the OAV was even more awesome... I was teary-eyed 4 or 5 times, outstanding development for both Kimura & Mashiba (especially the prior) and a damn good fight which kept me wondering who'd win all the way through.
Time for the manga!
Hajime no Ippo Reportedly to Return to TV in January
http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news...-tv-in-januaryThis year's 42nd issue of Kodansha's Weekly Shonen Magazine will reportedly announce that George Morikawa's Hajime no Ippo boxing manga will return to television as a new anime series in January of 2009. The story follows the path of Ippo Makunouchi as he rises from a shy high school boy to the ranks of Japan's best boxers — and eventually the world's. The first Hajime no Ippo television series ran in Japan from 2000 to 2002, and no new anime has been produced since then except for a 2003 television special and a 2003 video. The original manga has been continuously running in Shonen Magazine since 1989, and over 73 million copies of the 85 compiled volumes have been published. The magazine's 41st issue had promised last week that a "big surprise" will be announced for Hajime no Ippo in the next issue.
Geneon Entertainment released the first teleivsion series and television special under the name Fighting Spirit on DVD in North America. Three of the videogame adaptations, including a Nintendo Wii game last year, have been released in North America under the series name Victorious Boxers.
Thank you to ParaParaJMo and Matt Ponton for the news tips.
Source: Kakure Ota no Blog
Awesome news! this was one of my early favorites. I dont read the manga so I hope they continue where the original anime left off. I'll be patiently waiting....
Great news, looking forward to it.
Wee awesome news, as this is one of my favourite series of all time
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