Fighting Spirit: The First Step
Episode Guide
Season 1 Progress Shield
The First Step
Oct 3, 2000 · 24 min
Ippo is a high school student who works full time at his mother's fishing though. Because of this, he gets bullied on by the kids at his school. That's when his life turns around,
Fruits of Labor
Oct 10, 2000 · 24 min
Ippo succeeds in catching 10 falling leaves, and is granted his first sparring session.
Tears of Joy
Oct 17, 2000 · 24 min
Ippo loses his first sparring session, but shows enough potential to be accepted into the gym.
The Opening Bell of the Rematch
Nov 6, 2000 · 24 min
Ippo and Miyata face off in a rematch.
The Destructive Force Of One CM
Nov 13, 2000 · 24 min
Ippo and Miyata are in the last round of the rematch
Promise to Meet Again
Nov 20, 2000 · 24 min
Ippo trains with Takamura and discovers the hardship of pro boxing.
Debut Match!
Dec 4, 2000 · 24 min
Ippo and his opponent Yusuke train for Ippo's debut match.
Becoming a Bully's Buddy
Dec 18, 2000 · 24 min
Ippo fights and wins his second match via K.O.,After the fight he was befriended by Umezawa, his former bully.
The Eastern Japan Rookie Championship Tournament Begins
Dec 25, 2000 · 24 min
Ippo and his opponent Jason prepare for the first match of the Rookie King Tournament.
Powerful Arms! Hooks vs. Uppercut!
Jan 8, 2001 · 24 min
Start of Ippo vs Jason match, both men exchange powerful punches but neither goes down.
Test of Endurance
Jan 15, 2001 · 24 min
Ippo defeats Jason via K.O. after a tough match.
Premonition of a Hard Battle
Jan 22, 2001 · 24 min
Ippo watches the fight videos of Kobashi and Hayami, his future opponents.
Ippo on the Beach
Jan 29, 2001 · 24 min
Ippo joins Takamura, Kimura, and Aoki in a training camp near the beach.
Clinch
Feb 5, 2001 · 24 min
Start of Ippo vs Kobashi match, Ippo is loosing by points because of Kobashi's strategy.
K.O. Dream
Feb 12, 2001 · 24 min
Kobashi abandoned his strategy and loses the match to Ippo via K.O.
Threat of Shotgun
Feb 19, 2001 · 24 min
Takamura wins the Japanese Middleweight Championship belt, Ippo trains with Aoki to counter Hayami's Shotgun punch.
The Way to Capture a Prodigy
Feb 26, 2001 · 24 min
Start of Ippo vs Hayami fight, Hayami takes the advantage during the early rounds.
Forward! Forward!!
Mar 5, 2001 · 24 min
Ippo defeats Hayami via K.O. Ippo's training with Aoki and Kimura's help Ippo win the match.
To the Place We Promised...
Mar 19, 2001 · 24 min
Miyata and Mashiba continues to fight. Ippo is angred by the outcome.
Victory or Defeat
Apr 16, 2001 · 24 min
Ippo defeats Mashiba for Rookie King of Eastren Japan.
Rocky of Naniwa
Apr 23, 2001 · 24 min
Sendo goes to Japan to meet Ippo and make him go to All Japan and gets a chance to spar with Takamura.
To Enemy Ground
Apr 30, 2001 · 24 min
Ippo learns how to heal his right fist and gets ready for the All Japan but something happens his powerful right punches!
Traces of Intense Battles
May 7, 2001 · 24 min
Episode 31 is a retrospective on the hope that managed Ippo championship. It is made in the form of a newspaper article commented and written Fuuji, journalist of the monthly "boxi
Throw Your Right!
May 14, 2001 · 24 min
After two straight missed Ippo, the sparring match is abandoned. Meanwhile, Sendo, the great favorites of the match, continues to train. Just before the game, the pain in the fist
Smash Force
May 21, 2001 · 24 min
Makunouchi takes the smash improved Sendo, and crashed into the ropes, but do not fall! Alas, his legs tremble, Sendo and the opportunity to boost its smash. Ippo then chooses the
The Rookie King
May 28, 2001 · 24 min
Sendo Makunouchi and continues to cast powerful blows to turn, but neither weakens, they are very determined !! But after a few moments, Sendo eventually take the lead, and pushes
The Continuing Journey
Jun 4, 2001 · 24 min
It is the day of graduation, Ippo has also obtained his. At his high school, he became The Star, Idol of all students. This awareness leads logically significant upsurge in new box
The Champ and I
Jun 11, 2001 · 24 min
Ippo finally meets the champion in its class, Eiji Date. The latter is there to comment on the evening's matches as a guest. It turns out that date and Takamura are old friends. It
A Thing to Strive For
Jun 18, 2001 · 24 min
Ippo gets to get up, the game resumes. Date returned, and hardly the match resumed, Ippo is again stuck in the ropes. Date then returns its corkscrew, trying to anticipate where Ip
Two Rookies of the Year
Jun 26, 2001 · 24 min
Okita also control the blow that had allowed Date set down Ippo 2 times !! Ippo, panicked, took distance, and Okita feints put the uncomfortable, it can not predict its moves. Ippo
Challenge in a Foreign Land
Jul 3, 2001 · 24 min
In Thailand, Miyata a draw against a second-class boxer. Decision of the arbitrator although debatable, the Japanese are not welcome there, and Miyata seems to be the target of com
A Counter to Surpass All Counters
Jul 10, 2001 · 24 min
The boxing stadium tremble with excitement, the crowd goes wild and wants to see only one thing, the victory of Jimmy Sisfer, and the defeat of Ichiro Miyata ... While the gong is
Barf-michi's Big Fight
Jul 17, 2001 · 24 min
At sunset, While Ippo's mother prepares the material for fishing, it can hardly his training, sorry for being late to help his mother. The next day at Kamogawa club, while everybod
The Speed Star
Jul 31, 2001 · 24 min
Ippo gets ready for his match against Saeki the Speed Star.
The White Fangs of the Wolf
Aug 14, 2001 · 24 min
Gero-michi leaves and has to move away.
Be the Gazelle
Aug 21, 2001 · 24 min
Aoki, Kimura & Ippo train hard for their next match of the tournament class A. They linked together jogging, sparring and Shadow Boxing to be at their best. It is time for the semi
The Fighting Spirit Within
Aug 28, 2001 · 24 min
The tactics of the coach against Vorg is based on a succession of sudden melee after which the least enduring two boxers will drop his guard for breath. The victory Ippo so upon hi
The Courage to Believe
Sep 18, 2001 · 24 min
Volg and Ippo continue to duke it out in a hard-fought and long battle.
Fists of the Champ
Oct 23, 2001 · 24 min
"The champions have special powers! "That is what was said to Takamura Ippo before his defense of the title match. But after weight problems and a passage in a sauna that has signi
The Japan Featherweight Title Match
Oct 30, 2001 · 24 min
The episode begins the day before the match for the title of Ippo, during training with mittens. But the latter is shortened, the coach looks ill. While Aoki asks Ippo to reach him
The Power that Stands in the Way
Nov 6, 2001 · 24 min
During the break, Ippo is concerned, he has not had the sensation he usually hit when Date but his coach made him regain confidence in him. The beginning of the 3rd round is the pe
Conclusion
Nov 13, 2001 · 24 min
"What should I do?". This is the question that arises while Ippo Date street shots, then he remembers that he told Takamura just give the maximum for this fight. It resumes and con
Heartbroken
Nov 20, 2001 · 24 min
While the coach Okita Date and congratulated the champion, Ippo wishes to thank for this game then goes on a stretcher to applause from the audience ... We then see Takeshi Sendo r
Look of Determination
Nov 27, 2001 · 24 min
The match between Sendou Takeshi and Volg Zangief starts.
Revival
Dec 18, 2001 · 24 min
Coach returns from the hospital, and Makunochi "hits without being hit".
The Summer of the Kamogawa Corps
Jan 15, 2002 · 24 min
The group go to training camp in the mountains.
The Kamogawa Gym Swings Into Action
Jan 29, 2002 · 24 min
After this strong hectic camp, we find our boxers at the gym. While the coach told them all to go to rest, two men have one a shin-coach nihon club and the other being Shigeta Akir
The Chief's Peril
Feb 5, 2002 · 24 min
Finally the day of the games of our boxers happens, Kimura very fit explodes his opponent, when Aoki to beat his opponent but as usual with a little more difficulty. But hey go to
The Trap of the Southpaw
Feb 12, 2002 · 24 min
Ippo and coach arriving in the city where the featherweight champion, Takeshi Sendo must defend his title against Shigeta Akira, 4th category. At the beginning of the match, we see
The Young Punk
Feb 19, 2002 · 24 min
We find our hero in him, in his room, he can not help thinking about the game he has just seen in Osaka, acceleration Sendo, his blows so powerful and his expression bloodthirsty k
Time for the Showdown
Feb 26, 2002 · 24 min
While the title match approach Ippo trains again and again. As it enters its footing, a crowd gathered in front of the room, there are people coming to buy their tickets for this m
Lollapalooza
Mar 5, 2002 · 24 min
What wonder what Dempsey Roll early in the 1st round, Ippo sends his best and most powerful blow while Sendo had not yet had time to get into position. The champion is found on lan
Surpass That Moment
Mar 12, 2002 · 24 min
Ippo happens somehow to join his corner. This end of the second round was very rude for the challenger, the 3rd round starts in exactly the same way as has finished the second. Ipp
Mixup
Mar 19, 2002 · 24 min
Takamura has noticed, Ippo has had enough it is burnt and courage in this game is like a time bomb because if Sendo quite put down Ippo, it will never recover. 5th round begins wit