Fighting Spirit (2000)

About This Series

Fighting Spirit is an animation and comedy series. Its leading cast includes Kohei Kiyasu, Rikiya Koyama and Wataru Takagi. It premiered on October 3, 2000 on Nippon TV. TMDB lists 3 seasons and 126 episodes so far and has ended. Its original language is Japanese.

Synopsis

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...

Synopsis from TMDB.

Cast

• Kohei Kiyasu Ippo Makunouchi (voice) 126 episodes
• Rikiya Koyama Mamoru Takamura (voice) 126 episodes
• Wataru Takagi Masaru Aoki (voice) 126 episodes
• Keiji Fujiwara Tatsuya Kimura (voice) 126 episodes
• Tomokazu Seki Ichiro Miyata (voice) 101 episodes
• Kenji Utsumi Genji Kamogawa (voice) 101 episodes
• Toshihiko Nakajima Haruhiko Yagi (voice) 101 episodes
• Sanae Kobayashi Kumi Mashiba (voice) 101 episodes
• Masaya Onosaka Takeshi Sendo (voice) 101 episodes
• Akemi Okamura Reiko Mikami (voice) 101 episodes
• Emi Shinohara Mari Iimura (voice) 101 episodes
• Hiroyuki Yoshino Akira Shigeta (voice) 101 episodes
• Kiyoyuki Yanada Takuma Saeki (voice) 101 episodes
• Koji Tsujitani Ryuichi Hayami (voice) 101 episodes
• Masahiko Tanaka Ryo Mashiba (voice) 101 episodes
• Masaki Aizawa Date Eiji (voice) 101 episodes
• Nobutoshi Canna Yusuke Oda (voice) 101 episodes
• Unsho Ishizuka Miyata's father (voice) 101 episodes

Seasons

• The First Step2000 · 75 episodes
• New Challenger2009 · 26 episodes
• Rising2013 · 25 episodes
• Specials2003 · 3 episodes