

In North America, the first series was distributed by Geneon Entertainment under the name Fighting Spirit after they obtained permission to do so in the year 2003. The anime series Hajime no Ippo: Rising was shown on Crunchyroll. Hajime no Ippo: Rising is the name of the third season, which ran from October 5, 2013, to March 29, 2014, and consisted of a total of 25 episodes.

At the conclusion of his most recent blog article, he stated, “Of course, a sequel is also being prepared!!” It was revealed that the third season of Hajime no Ippo would begin airing during the fall 2013 season in the 34th issue of Kodansha’s Weekly Shnen Magazine, which was published in July 2013. Mamoru Takamura’s voice actor, Rikiya Koyama, announced on his blog in 2009 that a sequel to the television series Hajime no Ippo: New Challenger was now in production. Nippon Television aired a second series, Hajime no Ippo: New Challenger, from January 6 to June 30, 2009. On September 5, 2003, the original video animation (OVA) titled Hajime no Ippo Mashiba vs. A film for television titled Hajime no Ippo: Champion Road was first shown on television on April 18, 2003. The complete series is presented on DVD, and it contains one episode (number 76) that was never broadcast in Japan. The episodes that aired between March 16, 2001, and March 21, 2003, were included on the twenty-five DVDs that were released by VAP. The initial broadcast of the first anime television series, which consisted of 75 episodes and was directed by Satoshi Nishimura and produced by Madhouse, Nippon Television, and VAP, took place on Nippon TV between October 4, 2000, and March 27, 2002.

It was adapted from the manga written by George Morikawa. The anime series Hajime no Ippo was produced in Japan in the year 2000.
