Fighting Spirit (2000)
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Yoshitaka Yasuda — Key Animation
Episodes 8
Ippo on the Beach
Ippo joins Takamura, Kimura, and Aoki in a training camp near the beach.
Read MoreAnother Semi-Final
Ippos day off. Miyata and Mashiba face off.
Read MoreBattle for Distance
Ippo VS Mashiba Round 1
Read MoreTo Enemy Ground
Ippo learns how to heal his right fist and gets ready for the All Japan but something happens his powerful right punches!
Read MoreBarf-michi's Big Fight
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 everybody is training, the coach delivers some news: Aoki and Kimura are registered in Class A tournament - a competition of the highest level. Ippo learns with astonishment that it is also registered for this tournament. But always with astonishment, Geromichi learns that he was included in Pro test.
Read MoreSomething to Convey
The end of the Volg match.
Read MoreThe Trap of the Southpaw
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 very manhandled by the champion challenger. Indeed, as Ippo, Sendo is struggling to impose its style of boxing against a southpaw boxer, that is to say a southpaw boxer. Sendo tries to put his best shots Shigeta, but it dodges every time and even manages to outsmart his famous fatal blow, the Smash.
Read MoreTime for the Showdown
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 match promises to be memorable. Yagi advertisement for Ippo that all match tickets were sold in one day, amazing. The next day is the day of the weigh-in. Ippo enters the room, always a little anxious, he sees Sendo, the defending champion has not changed, still relaxed too.
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