Hajime no Ippo / Fighting Spirit
Genres: action, comedy, drama, tournament
Themes: boxing, coming-of-age, sports
Objectionable content: Significant
Plot Summary: Ippo, a timid highschooler, is one day saved from being beaten up by Takamura, a boxer. Enthralled by Takamura’s skills Ippo begins to learn boxing, soon finding love for the sport and a drive to challenge the boxing world.
Number of episodes: 76
Vintage: 2000-10-03 to 2002-03-27
Hajime no Ippo: New Challenger
Genres: comedy, drama, tournament
Themes: boxing
Objectionable content: Significant
Plot Summary: Ippo Makunouchi continues his boxing career and his goal on knowing the meaning of being strong, and the desire on fighting his idol Ichiro Miyata once again. Along him are pro boxers Takamura, Aoki and Kimura that each one of them aspire to their own dreams.
Number of episodes: 26
Vintage: 2009-01-06
Hajime no Ippo Rising
Genres: comedy, drama, tournament
Themes: boxing, Sports
Objectionable content: Significant
Plot Summary: Ippo continues to defend his Japanese Featherweight title from an ever stronger pool of challengers. Meanwhile, Takamura challenges for his second WBC title in the middleweight class, and Aoki challenges for the Japanese Lightweight title and Coach Kamogawa and Nekota reminisce about their days as prizefighters after WWII.
Number of episodes: 25
Vintage: 2013-10-05
Hajime no Ippo - Champion Road (special) - Vintage: 2003-06-25
Hajime no Ippo - Mashiba vs. Kimura (OAV) - Vintage: 2003-09-05