Fighting Spirit (2000) — TV series
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...
Genres: Action, Animation, Comedy, Sport
Cast: Kohei Kiyasu, Rikiya Koyama, Wataru Takagi, Keiji Fujiwara, Jurota Kosugi, Hidenobu Kiuchi, Hisao Egawa, Shin-ichiro Miki
First aired 2000-10-03. 126 episodes. Rated TV-PG in the US.
Where to watch: Netflix — subscription (region US); Philo — subscription (region US); Crunchyroll Amazon Channel — subscription (region US); RetroCrush Amazon Channel — subscription (region US); Cineverse Amazon Channel — subscription (region US); Fawesome — free (region US); Retrocrush — free (region US); AsianCrush — free (region US); Plex — free (region US); Plex Channel — free (region US); Cineverse — free (region US)
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IMDb: tt0481256. Rating 8.8/10 on IMDb.
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