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Hajime no Ippo

Fighting Spirit

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Synonyms: The First Step, Hajime no Ippo: The Fighting

Japanese: はじめの一歩 THE FIGHTING!

Information

Type: TV

Episodes: 75

Status: Finished Airing

Aired: Oct 4, 2000 to Mar 27, 2002

Premiered: Fall 2000

Broadcast: Tuesdays at 00:50 (JST)

Producers: VAP

Licensors: Discotek Media, Geneon Entertainment USA

Studios: Madhouse

Source: Manga

Genre: Sports

Theme: Combat Sports

Demographic: Shounen

Duration: 23 min. per ep.

Rating: PG-13 - Teens 13 or older

Statistics

Score: 8.78¹ (scored by 313,096 users)

¹ indicates a weighted score.

Ranked: #36²

² based on the top anime page. Please note that 'Not yet aired' and 'R18+' titles are excluded.

Popularity: #361

Members: 633,843

Favorites: 23,401

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Maruyama, Masao

Producer

Ooshima, Mitsuru

Producer

Tamura, Manabu

Producer

Nishimura, Satoshi

Director, Storyboard

Mima, Masafumi

Sound Director

Hata, Yoshito

Episode Director

Ishiyama, Takaaki

Episode Director

Iwamoto, Yasuo

Episode Director

Kawamura, Kenichi

Episode Director, Storyboard, Assistant Director

Kojima, Masayuki

Episode Director, Storyboard

Masaki, Shinichi

Episode Director

Masuhara, Mitsuyuki

Episode Director, Storyboard

Matsumura, Yasuhiro

Episode Director, Storyboard

Nanba, Hitoshi

Episode Director

Ogiwara, Rokou

Episode Director, Storyboard

Satou, Shinji

Episode Director, Storyboard, Animation Director

Satou, Yuuzou

Episode Director, Storyboard

Shimazaki, Nanako

Episode Director, Storyboard

Shino, Masanori

Episode Director, Storyboard, Key Animation, Animation Director, Chief Animation Director

Shishido, Jun

Episode Director

Takahashi, Atsushi

Episode Director

Takei, Yoshiyuki

Episode Director

Tsuji, Shinichi

Episode Director, Storyboard

Yamaguchi, Yuuji

Episode Director

Fudeyasu, Kazuyuki

Script

Kamo, Yasuko

Script

Nakamura, Ryousuke

Script

Sugihara, Kenji

Script

Urahata, Tatsuhiko

Script, Series Composition

Abe, Noriyuki

Storyboard

Himaki, Yuji

Storyboard

Hiratsuka, Sumio

Storyboard

Kobayashi, Osamu

Storyboard

Koujina, Hiroshi

Storyboard, Animation Director

Niidome, Toshiya

Storyboard

Sasaki, Mamoru

Storyboard

Sugii, Gisaburou

Storyboard

Takayanagi, Shigehito

Storyboard

Yano, Hiroyuki

Storyboard

Zen, Soichiro

Storyboard

Naoya, Mori

Theme Song Arrangement, Theme Song Performance, Theme Song Composition, Theme Song Lyrics

Taniuchi, Hideki

Theme Song Lyrics, Theme Song Arrangement, Theme Song Composition

Aoi, Kiyotoshi

Key Animation

Aoyagi, Shigemi

Key Animation

Endou, Eiichi

Key Animation

Epcar, Richard

ADR Director

Fukuda, Noriyuki

Animation Director

Fukushi, Mayumi

Key Animation

Furihata, Masahiro

Key Animation

Hara, Masaharu

Key Animation

Hasebe, Atsushi

Animation Director

Hasegawa, Toshio

Special Effects

Honda, Takeshi

Key Animation

Hori, Takafumi

Key Animation

Horikawa, Kouichi

Animation Director, Key Animation

Hosoyama, Masaki

Key Animation, Animation Director

Ijima, Keiko

Key Animation

Imahori, Tsuneo

Music

Inoue, Yuuko

Key Animation

Itagaki, Shin

Key Animation

Itaoka, Nishiki

Key Animation

Kado, Tomoaki

Animation Director

Kamiguchi, Masaki

Key Animation

Kaneko, Hidetoshi

Art Director

Kanno, Toshiyuki

Animation Director, Key Animation

Kase, Masahiro

Key Animation

Katou, Yuu

Key Animation

Katsuragi, An

Key Animation

Kawaguchi, Hiroaki

Key Animation

Kimura, Masahiro

Key Animation

Kinoshita, Yumiko

Key Animation

Kodama, Kenji

Key Animation

Koike, Takeshi

Key Animation

Komatsu, Eiji

Key Animation

Komori, Takahiro

Key Animation

Kubo, Tadashi

Key Animation

Kusumoto, Naoki

Key Animation

Lee, Si-min

In-Between Animation

Matsuoka, Kenji

Key Animation

Matsuzaka, Sadatoshi

Key Animation

Miura, Takahiro

Key Animation

Miura, Kazuya

Animation Director

Morikawa, George

Original Creator

Morishita, Hiromitsu

Key Animation

Nakahara, Hisafumi

Key Animation

Nakajima, Hiroaki

Key Animation

Nakajima, Yoshiko

Key Animation

Nakamoto, Nao

Key Animation

Noda, Takuo

Key Animation

Noguchi, Takayuki

Key Animation

Noji, Kiyoshi

Key Animation

Nouchi, Masahiro

Planning

Okada, Toshiyasu

Animation Director

Osaka, Hiroshi

Animation Director

Saijou, Takashi

Animation Director

Satou, Chiharu

Animation Director

Shimizu, Katsuhiro

Key Animation

Shimizu, Hiroyuki

Key Animation

Shirai, Hisao

Director of Photography

Sin, Jae Ik

Animation Director

Suehiro, Yoshikazu

Background Art

Sugawara, Hiroki

Key Animation

Sugie, Toshiharu

Key Animation

Sugiura, Kouji

Animation Director, Character Design, Key Animation

Takahashi, Takeo

Key Animation

Takahashi, Mika

Key Animation

Takahashi, Noriko

Key Animation

Tamagawa, Makoto

Key Animation

Terauchi, Satoshi

Editing

Tomioka, Takashi

Key Animation

Uno, Ichirou

In-Between Animation, Key Animation

Watanabe, Akira

Key Animation

Watanabe, Kenichi

In-Between Animation

Watanabe, Kazuo

Animation Director

Yagi, Motoki

Key Animation

Yamagata, Aki

Animation Director

Yoshida, Jun

Key Animation

Yukawa, Jun

Key Animation