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About
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...
First Aired
Oct 3, 2000
Last Aired
Mar 29, 2014
Seasons
3
Episodes
126
Studio
Madhouse, MAPPA, Nippon Television Network Corporation, D.N. Dream Partners, VAP
Original Title
はじめの一歩
Original Language
Japanese
Cast
Full credits →T
Tomokazu Seki
Ichiro Miyata (voice)
K
Kohei Kiyasu
Ippo Makunouchi (voice)
R
Rikiya Koyama
Mamoru Takamura (voice)
W
Wataru Takagi
Masaru Aoki (voice)
K
Keiji Fujiwara
Tatsuya Kimura (voice)
J
Jurota Kosugi
Ralph Anderson (voice)
K
Kenji Utsumi
Genji Kamogawa (voice)
H
Hidenobu Kiuchi
David Eagle (voice)
H
Hisao Egawa
Iwao Shimabukuro (voice)
T
Toshihiko Nakajima
Haruhiko Yagi (voice)
S
Shin-ichiro Miki
Ryuhei Sawamura (voice)
S
Sanae Kobayashi
Kumi Mashiba (voice)
M
Masaya Onosaka
Takeshi Sendo (voice)
A
Akemi Okamura
Reiko Mikami (voice)
E
Emi Shinohara
Mari Iimura (voice)
H
Hiroyuki Yoshino
Akira Shigeta (voice)
K
Kiyoyuki Yanada
Takuma Saeki (voice)
K
Koji Tsujitani
Ryuichi Hayami (voice)
M
Masahiko Tanaka
Ryo Mashiba (voice)
M
Masaki Aizawa
Date Eiji (voice)
