First debuting in 1989 under the pen of mangaka George Morikawa, Hajime No Ippo is still continuing to this day with new stories on the printed page, following Ippo’s career as a boxer ...

Can Ippo even survive the first round?” The latest anime series, Hajime No Ippo: Rising, debuted in 2013 and had 25 episodes to its name, giving the franchise a fresh upgrade in terms of ...

While the story of Hajime no Ippo is a straightforward sports anime plot about becoming the best, watching it play out is anything but. The series’ anime adaptation has multiple series ...

Hajime no Ippo's beauty lies in its representation of raw human strength and determination, setting itself aside as one of the few mainstream shonen that sidesteps the flashy anime theatrics in ...