Wakfu
2008 · Animation · Action & adventure
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TV series / 2000
Fighting Spirit
Episode directors
Akira ManoYukina HiiroNanako ShimazakiKenichi Kawamura
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Mitsuyuki MasuharaShun KudoKentaro NakamuraJun ShishidoMasami HataKim Min-sunMinoru YamaokaTakatoshi SuzukiTomoya TakahashiKim Dong-junFujiaki AsariFumie MuroiSatoshi OsedoMihiro YamaguchiAtsushi Takahashi杉村泰弘Yoshiyuki TakeiYoshito HataTadao OkuboShin'ichi MasakiHisato ShimodaYasuhiro MatsumuraYuzo SatoChiharu SatoTakahiro NatoriMasato JimboSaburo HashimotoMasayoshi NishidaRyosuke NakamuraTakaaki IshiyamaHitoshi NanbaHideo HayashiYoshio SuzukiKotono WatanabeYasuo IwamotoMana UchiyamaFutoshi HigashideYoshifumi SuedaKenji MutoEiichi KuboyamaTatsuma MinamikawaShin'ichi TsujiRokou OgiwaraMasayuki KojimaYuji YamaguchiHiromitsu MoritaKeiji HayakawaTakahiro IkezoeShinji SatohSatoshi NishimuraToshiharu Sato
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 …
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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...
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The seasons
Season 1
The First Step
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Season 2
New Challenger
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Ippo Makunouchi continues his boxing career and his goal on knowing the meaning of being strong, and the desire on fighting his idol Ichiro Miyata once again. Along him are pro boxers Takamura, Aoki and Kimura that each one of them aspire to their own dreams. the continuation after Ippo won his Japan Championship match.
Season 3
Rising
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Hajime no Ippo: Rising continues Ippo's quest to become stronger, featuring the same cast of loveable dimwits from Kamogawa Gym, as they put their bodies and hearts on the line to make their way in the harsh world of professional boxing. With a will of iron, Ippo steps into the ring once again.
Special episodes
Specials
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Cast
Kohei KiyasuIppo Makunouchi (voice)
Rikiya KoyamaMamoru Takamura (voice)
Wataru TakagiMasaru Aoki (voice)
Keiji FujiwaraTatsuya Kimura (voice)
Tomokazu SekiIchiro Miyata (voice)
Kenji UtsumiGenji Kamogawa (voice)
Toshihiko NakajimaHaruhiko Yagi (voice)
Sanae KobayashiKumi Mashiba (voice)
Masaya OnosakaTakeshi Sendo (voice)
Akemi OkamuraReiko Mikami (voice)
Emi ShinoharaMari Iimura (voice)
Hiroyuki YoshinoAkira Shigeta (voice)
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Kiyoyuki YanadaTakuma Saeki (voice)
Koji TsujitaniRyuichi Hayami (voice)
Masahiko TanakaRyo Mashiba (voice)
Masaki AizawaDate Eiji (voice)
Nobutoshi CannaYusuke Oda (voice)
Unsho IshizukaMiyata's father (voice)
Yorie TerauchiHiroko Makunōchi (voice)
Toshiyuki MorikawaAlexander Vorg Zangief (voice)
Kenichi OnoMinoru Fujii (voice)
Akio OtsukaBryan Hawk (voice)
Jurota KosugiRalph Anderson (voice)
Hidenobu KiuchiDavid Eagle (voice)
Hisao EgawaIwao Shimabukuro (voice)
Shin-ichiro MikiRyuhei Sawamura (voice)
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