Audience reviews
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Nibmeister
Ippo Makunouchi... the most evil villain who ever lived.
This anime is perfect. If not perfect, then damn near close. It's easy to be skeptical, sounds ridiculous, I know. Over 70 episodes and still gets straight tens? Well believe it, it's real. The sounds and music are epic, memorable, and perfectly on point. The art mixed with the sounds gives real weight to the punches. The characters are nearly all unforgettable and unique. Lastly, the story is so well put together and balanced that I frequently reminisce about the first episode, decide to watch it, and the next thing I know I've re-watched the whole series. Everyone should know what Hajime no Ippo is all about by now. That said, this is my fourth time watching it, and I have developed a bit of a different take on the series. Prepare…
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Hajime no Ippo is widely considered one the greatest if not the greatest sports anime ever made! The manga has been running since the 1980s, but it has managed to avoid feeling too stale or repetitive. Everyone simply can't get enough of this series! I will now try to explain what makes Hajime no Ippo so special to so many.
Hajime no Ippo (which I will now refer to as HNI) starts off using the generic sports movie formula. It is about a troubled kid named Ippo, who is always getting bullied and is considered a loser and outcast at school. He comes from a poor fishing family and smells like fish bait. One day he is getting his ass kicked by a group of bullies, when a boxing champ happens to pass by and save Ippo by chasing off the bullies. Inevitably, he becomes the wise mentor figure for…
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Have you ever watched an Anime where watching each episode made you so excited that you couldn't help but jump around like a maniac? Yeah, Hajime no Ippo did that to me. Don't think I've ever been filled with so much energy as I have with this.
Story(9/10): Our main character, 16 year old Makunouchi Ippo has been bullied for as long as he can remember. One day while he was getting beat up by his high school bullies, comes along a boxer called Takamura, who saves him from the bullies. Takamura then proceeds to take him to the gym where he trains, and from here on out begins Ippo's glorious journey in the field of boxing.
What I really liked about the story was that the passage of time is realistic, no timeleaps or anything. We see Ippo's determination in getting better through countless h…
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"Not everyone who works hard is rewarded, however all those who succeed have worked hard!" — Genji Kamogawa
I was having a discussion with a friend about shounen and how pretty much a lot of the modern day shounen genre seems 60% filler and the main character(S) are unjustifiably over-powered. Shows just seem very lack luster when it comes to an over-all message and
how to deliver it .
I was advised to watch Hajime No Ippo . i hesitated but once
i started watching i got hooked, and all i can say is that this show caught me completely off guard .
If you are looking for a solid shounen with some good humor, exciting fights, burning passion , and extremely lovable characters all around..If you are looking for inspiration then just watch this show. Words can't deliver the excitement that i f…
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“There’s nothing to be scared of, because your penis is of heavyweight class.” – Takamura Mamoru
Oops, sorry, wrong quote.
“Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts”. – Winston Churchill
The English name for Hajime no Ippo is Fighting Spirit, and that’s what the show is about: Fighting spirit and the courage to keep on going. Hajime no Ippo was the first anime I discovered when I finally knew what anime was. It set a standard for the sports genre (which is in my opinion criminally underrated) in character development and pure enjoyment. This is my review.
Contains Minor Spoilers
Story 8
Hajime no Ippo follows a quiet teen named Ippo whose life just consists of going to school and helping his mother out with their fishing business. One day…
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Hajime no ippo will change your view about boxing. This is the perfect example to prove sports anime can be very good and exciting.
It is basically about a boy that wanted to know what it means to be strong. So decided to start boxing to get his answer. From here his career as pro boxer starts. I don't think that further details are needed. This serie lets you see that boxing isn't just beating eachother, they see it more as training to accomplish their goal.
The first episodes are good but the serie really starts for me when volg comes in (think it is around episode 40). Here the anime get's a level up. From here the serie becomes very good and jumped directly in my top 10 without hesitation.
What I really liked about Hajime no ippo is the enjoyment. I found every match from the first…
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Fantastic, Excellent, Superb! - Do not judge by its cover or genre. 10/10!
My review will be kept spoiler free.
Okay, so I know what most of you are probably thinking, "an Anime about Boxing/Sports?! Ugh! Not for me". This would be an extremely bad judgement and you'd miss out on one of the greater Anime's of our time. Whether you are or are not a sports fan, this shouldn't be missed.
I myself am definitely NOT a sports fan, I am however a fight fan, in the respect of video games. For me, Boxing has always been a questionable sport. Its a sport where we as people have allowed each other, to beat each other to an inch of our lives, its almost hilarious that as people we are happy with this, for me... This serves as a borderline between Sport and straight up violence, albeit very technic…
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There are plenty of stories about a young man finding some sort of passion and following it to some sort of logical conclusion, and Hajime no Ippo chooses not to stray from that basic idea very far. Luckily for original creator Morikawa George, not straying far from this premise seems to be the recipe for a successful comic that has lasted more than 1000 chapters week after week since its original Shounen Magazine publishing in 1989. This adaptation by Madhouse and director Nishimura Satoshi is longer than your usual TV anime run, at 75 episodes, but it doesn't quite cover the incredible length of Nishimura's original comic. Instead, it opts for a sort complete story in itself, covering protagonist Makunouchi Ippo's career from its inception until his eventual championship.
This works in…
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Hajime No Ippo Review Review
There are no spoilers in this review
Never have I ever thought that I could find an anime which has ever got me as pumped up as my personal favourite, Initial D. But it's happened. Hajime No Ippo impressed me greatly and got me so pumped up for a sport I had no interest in. I've come out of it with a respect for fighting athletes of all sports. I think highly of this.
Story
The story is pretty average once you think about it. A rise to the top from someone unexpected. It's important to make such a person likeable otherwise people will despise him and his ideals. I have to say they really hit the nail on the head with Makunouchi. A really charismatic character in his own way. They really focused on what was important and that was Makunouchi's fighting spiri…
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So i was sitting at home, alone, bored, watching some crappy documentory about some weird animals on tv or something... Half a sleep, so i thought ok im gonna pop a DVD of Monster or something in and watch a bit of that.
Watched about 2-3 episodes of that, bored from watching, uhhhggg so bored.... Then i remembered this DVD my friend gave me of Hajime no ippo of every episode in Dubs... I thought... hmm i might as well watch it, i been putting it off so long becaue of old graphics.
So i popped it in, and watched the first episode.
Mind = Blown.... I didnt even make a noise, just watched the second episode, then third... "DING DONG" god damit my parents are home, i should be in bed as it was 12 olcock at night....
From then on, all i could thing about that night was the amazing boxin…
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"What? 76 episodes of… boxing? 76 episodes set in a small square ring? Yeah, right."
I had no idea.
What makes this anime special is undoubtedly the characters. How each character is so likeable, so original, and so fully developed that you end up understanding, caring, and rooting for them in the end. How even the ones that only last an episode, even Ippo's opponents can be given such plausible and staggering backstories that you might actually find yourself siding against the main hero for a match or two. And how these characters are just so serious with their lives that you really feel it, and you end up believing that such a world could actually exist out there.
You know you love an anime when it drives you to shout, to hold your breath, and to jump right out of your seat. You kno…
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Rather than try to review a ton of aspects of a 76 episode show, I want to give a few specific criticisms.
My biggest criticism is on sound, or specifically the obvious replication of Trigun's drippy, dramatic, and perfectly fitting music in a place that it does not belong at all and is utterly disruptive, leaving any scene with it utterly bereft of its intended impact. The music in this series is fine when it is just bitchin' guitar solos, and at its best when it reinterprets the Rocky theme, but it is at its absolute worse when it mistakenly transplants Trigun's music.
My second criticism iis that the way they shoot to the audience at fight climaxes or whatever is supposed to be an especially exciting part is extremely disruptive, especially in early fights. It inflates the time that e…
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Well i normally like to watch boxing, but when somebody told me to try watch this anime because i love all kinds of anime, then i thought why not it cant harm.
and i really dont regret watching this anime, it is more fun to watch then normal boxing because you get into Ippo´s life and watch him train and hang out whit his new freinds from the boxing club.
the Anime is not just a great sports anime, but it is also a very funny, since one of his freinds Mamoru Takamura a great heavyweight boxer makes always fun of him.
there is no chance of that you can watch the anime whithout laughing once =D.
the story is like the most animes, it starts whit a weak person that becomes very strong. when you watch the anime you think you know what is going to happend next but you dont and it suprisses one…
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Hajime no Ippo is a series that was very inspiring to me.
The plot begins with a regular, average high school student that's just trying to get through with life and school while trying to help out his mom with their family-owned business. Almost everyday, punks in school always bullies him after school. That changed one day when a pro-boxer came and saved him from receiving more punches and kicks from these punks. From that, Ippo (the main character) strives to become a pro-boxer just like that guy. He suddenly becomes motivated to be a boxer in the future. Throughout this series, he constantly trains and do 'roadwork' in order to maintain his physical strength and stamina. Every now and then, a boxer from a different gym (or a different country) arrives and challenges Ippo to a match. S…
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Animation - 5
I absolutely hate the character design of this show. So unappealing, Hajime no Ippo was an eyesore, and honestly painful to watch the faces of the characters speak, cry, get excited or display any type of emotion. However I will give credit to the rendering of bodies and musculature and especially differentiating characters body types. The quality of animation clearly increases as the episodes go by so that, by the end there was much more polish overall in the quality. This is most notable in boxing matches.
Sound - 7
Hajime no Ippo had a passable foley effects and music. The first opening to the show was quite catchy and set a good tone for the show. Voice acting was pretty good. There were many variations in color and tone of the actors, and all had a good grasp of what was…
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Hajime no Ippo is seriously one of the best anime I have ever watched. It combines my favorite aspects of anime: Action, Story, Comedy, and a great cast of characters. Ippo's growth throughout the story is flawless and smoothly done.
Story-
I loved the story in this show. Unlike other shounens this one isn't about Getting Revenge or stopping some superhuman villain from destroying earth. Nor is this just a typical sports anime. The whole story is to show you the growth of Ippo and how he changes throughout the anime. Although i must say it isn't the most original storyline; it does have the usual introduction to new stronger opponents which triggers a "training spree". It's very similar to Rocky in that way. There are some very emotional parts in the show that keeps watchers hooked and m…
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I base my reviews on my feelings, my thoughts and my enjoyment referring the specific series. So this is not a overly professional critic's review.
Let's start off with the story, no, let's not. The summary is already made by another person right on the series' page. But yet, the plot. The plot's pretty similar to most shounen's. They find something that attracts they're interest in some way, and go all the way for that. Yet, this isn't an everyday's (basic) shounen. This really sticks out, the obstacles Ippo and the other characters go through are daily stuff most people are facing, problems in they're career, love, (at the start) bullying, family, friends and other daily stuff. Although lives are different, most things are still the same, just in a different setting.
The art is somewha…
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Hajime no Ippo (Fighting Spirit) is a fantastic Shounen, Sports, Comedy, Action anime produced by one of the greatest studios ever (Madhouse). Even though it doesn’t tell the entire story, the story it does tell is truly amazing, with all its manliness.
It’s about your classic teenage underdog (Ippo Makunoichi) who’s pretty shy and gets bullied and looked down upon, by some of his peers. Then one fateful day he comes across a boxing gym, with a great pro boxer, and soon attains the desire to become a boxer. Sure this set-up sounds very typical for a shounen sports drama but I personally enjoyed this story about the underdog overcoming continual obstacles. This formula does get pretty repetitive after a while but the flow during and between matches; helps set the steady pace of the develop…
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This is probably the best sports anime I've seen (and I've seen a bunch of them). It isn't gorgeous visually and it isn't original and it isn't unpredictable... and I don't even like boxing. But it's still really really entertaining to watch anyway. And doesn't that say something?
Yeah, yeah, it's got the standard "work hard, have confidence/courage and you'll overcome each seemingly-impossible hurdle one by one" type feel that a lot of anime does (see everything from DBZ, Naruto, Bleach, and to practically every sports anime out there...). And I'm sure there's people out there who are going to find the repetitive struggle-struggle-comeback pattern annoying...
But if you like that sort of thing anyway (and don't we all sometimes?), this is definitely worth checking out. Hajime's your pro…
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First, let me say that I\'m not a fan of boxing. In fact, I pretty much hate the sport. Honestly, who likes seeing people getting their head beat in every day?
With that being said, this series is brilliantly done. There\'s comedy, romance, and plenty, plenty, plenty of plot. Follow Ippo as he grows as a person and as a professional boxer. You\'ll laugh, and you\'ll probably cry here or there. The fact that I don\'t even like boxing never came in to play. You\'ll probably find yourself doing some jabs here and there while watching the show too. It\'s that captivating.
The supporting characters are awesome. Takamura, Kimura and Aoki are all equally hilarious. Each has a distinct personality that make them all very lovable. They also support Ippo as he meets his trials of boxing and life.…
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