Hajime No Ippo

I normally don't like "sports" anime, but I got hooked on HNI. After the anime was over I started reading the manga...

Hajime no Ippo is basicly like an anime version of Rocky, it's about the main characters quest to learn "what it means to become strong" and how he, in the process, takes up Boxing. More info:

http://www.animenfo.com/animetitle,1...e_no_ippo.html

It's #11 on the top 200 anime list currently...



One of the things I love about this series is that, in most of the fights, you actually want both fighters to win. Pretty much all the characters are likeable.

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a great example of this was the match where Ippo fights Date for the Japanese title, I really wanted to see Ippo become the champion, but at the same time I didn't want Date to lose, I wanted to see him challenge the world champion

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Yay, I guess I'm not the only one here who's actually seen HNI...

Anyway, the girl, I forget her name. She's only in one episode, she works for a TV station thats doing interviews with the fighters at some of the local gyms, and she "spars" with Ippo while she's there...

Ippo ends up tapping her in the boobs, and then Aoki licks his glove... oh man that made me laugh...

There's nowhere I can't reach.

I get my HNI form Ignition One now... got tired of waiting for SC.

Speaking of the Manga, the more I read, the more I wish that the anime had keept going. There are some awsome fights that would have been great in anime form (Date's world title fight anyone?).

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.

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I hope the fights will be as exciting as the game's in HnG.

IMHO, the fights in the second half of the series are much better than the early ones. If you like the first 10 episodes, I think you'll like the rest even more.

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But Snoopy Cool is further ahead.

There was a point where they hadn't relased anything in about a year. I got tired to waiting, so I went to someone else. Since then SC has started working on HNI again, but I'll stick with Ignition One as they seem to do a good job and are much more consistent with their releases...

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