2002/Drama/Sports/Modern Titles

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Drama: (Genre) Titles that show a state, situation, or series of events involving interesting or intense conflict of forces. See also: "Action Drama".

Sports: (Story/Location) Self-explanatory. These titles should deal with sports.

Modern: (Setting) These are titles which have a modern feel to them; the story takes place in the present day (of the creation of this anime), give or take a few years.

Title Rating Synopsis
F
Fighting Spirit Buy See Hajime no Ippo
Fighting Spirit: Boxer's Fist Rent See Hajime no Ippo: Boxer's Fist
H

Hajime no Ippo
Buy Ippo Makunouchi, a 16 year-old high school student who's mother is a single mother and is his only family. He helps with his mother's rental boat business early in the morning and late at night. He's a very compassionate and friendly young man. Unfortunately, he also has problems with making friends at school and is constantly picked on by a set of bullies. One day, Ippo finds himself getting beaten up by those same bullies, but a stranger who saw this ended up saving Ippo. His name was Mamoru Takamura and Ippo learned that Takamura was a professional boxer. Ippo, being grateful to Takamura and inspired by his strength, decides from that day forward, he wanted to be a boxer. From that day, his life took a dramatic turn...

Hajime no Ippo: Boxer's Fist
Rent Coach Kamogawa recalls the time he first met Takamura as a high school delinquent as the two butt heads during training and Takamura prepares for his first pro boxing match.
はじめの一歩 THE FIGHTING! (Japanese) Buy See Hajime no Ippo
Genre
Action(1) Comedy(2)
Setting
Demographic
Style
Keywords
Fighting(1)
Type
OVA(1) TV(1)
Release Year
2001(1) 2000(1)

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