Fighting Spirit

Fighting Spirit (aka Hajime no Ippo) the boxing manga returned to television this month in a new anime series.

the original 76 episode boxing anime (released in 2000 through 2002) tells the story of Ippo Makunouchi. a shy high school student who helps his mom with the family fishing business and gets frequently picked on by a group of bullies. Ippo joins a boxing gym and becomes awesome. i know i got lazy with that last sentence but does it really matter? the new series will pick up where the previous one left off.

two Fighting Spirit movies were released as well. the following clip is a recap of the last round of the fight between Sendo Takeshi and Makunouchi Ippo from the movie 'Hajime no Ippo: Champion Road'
WARNING: the level of awesome found in this video may be too much for sensitive viewers. do not view if you have heart disease, high blood pressure, malaria, typhoid fever, or difficult urinations due to an enlarged prostate gland.