Fighting Spirit (2000)

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The moment you back down is the moment you lose!

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...

• Released: 2000-10-03
• Genres: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Action & Adventure
• Seasons: 3, 126 episodes
• Episode length: 24m
• Network: Nippon TV
• Status: Ended
• TMDB rating: 8.7/10 from 1,235 votes

Top cast

• Kohei Kiyasu as Ippo Makunouchi (voice)
• Rikiya Koyama as Mamoru Takamura (voice)
• Wataru Takagi as Masaru Aoki (voice)
• Keiji Fujiwara as Tatsuya Kimura (voice)
• Jurota Kosugi as Ralph Anderson (voice)
• Hidenobu Kiuchi as David Eagle (voice)
• Hisao Egawa as Iwao Shimabukuro (voice)
• Shin-ichiro Miki as Ryuhei Sawamura (voice)

Full cast & crew

Where to watch Fighting Spirit

• United States: stream on Netflix, Philo, Crunchyroll Amazon Channel, Netflix Standard with Ads, RetroCrush Amazon Channel, Cineverse Amazon Channel; watch free on Fawesome, Retrocrush, AsianCrush, Plex, Plex Channel, Cineverse
• United Kingdom: stream on Netflix, Netflix Standard with Ads
• India: stream on Netflix, Anime Times Amazon Channel; watch free on Amazon Prime Video
• Canada: stream on Amazon Prime Video, Netflix, Crunchyroll Amazon Channel, Netflix Standard with Ads, Amazon Prime Video with Ads; watch free on Retrocrush, AsianCrush, Plex, Cineverse
• Australia: stream on Netflix, Netflix Standard with Ads

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