Hajime no Ippo: The Fighting! (TV) Reviews
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| Title(s): |
Hajime no Ippo: The Fighting!
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| Creator: |
George Morikawa
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| Genres: |
Action,
Comedy,
Drama,
Slice of Life,
Tournament
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| Age Group: |
Teenagers (May contain bloody violence, bad language, nudity) |
| Vintage: |
October 3, 2000 |
| Status: |
Completed |
| Summary: |
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 Takamura 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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Inspirational...
Written by stevodevo on October 3, 2011 at 12:01 PM |
Overall Rating
Excellent
Story: 5
Dialogue: 4
Animation: 4
Entertainment: 5
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I remember watching 'Rocky' as a kid and when it was over both me and my brother immediately grabbed our boxing gloves, ran outside, and started pounding the crap out of each other!
Well, I'm not a kid any more but this anime has the same effect! This is one of the few anime series that I've found myself up off the couch cheering as I'm watching - don't laugh! Watch the first 16 episodes and you'll have a hard time not doing the same thing.
This was one of the first 'long' series my wife and I watched together many moons ago and we are currently in the process of rewatching it. It still holds up as one of the most exciting, heart-pounding anime we've watched together.
Technically the animation, although dated, is very well done. The artwork itself is fairly bold and simplistic but the animated fight sequences (matches) are amazingly fluid and do an outstanding job of portraying the physicality and emotion of fighting.
Since this is a longer series there are several OP and ED pieces, which, while I'm not particular about all of them, several are great and definite stand-outs. The background music is excellent and I love the 'Rocky-esque' trumpet fanfare whenever Ippo wins a match!
There is tons of humour in this series as well as many emotional moments so you'll be swinging the pendulum of emotions. I thought this was particularly well portrayed from an athlete's perspective as the characters remind me of several of my cousins who wrestled in the NCAA level - tough guys, but so emotional! They cry just as quickly as they laugh!
I've noticed that there's an English dub version available and I've since seen episodes in both English and the original Japanese w/subs. Let me say, I enjoy a good English dub but this series should be watched in the original Japanese. No offense to the English dubbers, but on this one they just couldn't capture the flare and emotions of these characters (Takamura!)...
Overall, whether you enjoy 'sports' anime or not, this series is not to be missed!
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