Hajime no Ippo: The Fighting! - Champion Road
はじめの一歩 -Champion Road-
As the new Champion, Ippo must protect his title against some of the best boxers available. Makunouchi Ippo is the new Featherweight champion of Japan and is now ready for his first title defense. His opponent, the former Jr. Featherweight champion and a medical student, Sanada Kazuki. In addition to this feud, Sanada is being coached by Kamogawa's former rival, Hama Dankichi. What makes things worse is that Sanada works at the same hospital where Kumi is a nurse at and everybody at the hospital wants Sanada to win. Not only does Ippo have to defend his title, he has to reclaim his love. (Source: Anime News Network)
Hajime no Ippo: The Fighting! - Champion Road is a special with 1 episode, from Spring 2003, produced by MADHOUSE, rated 8.0/10 on AniList.
Synopsis
As the new Champion, Ippo must protect his title against some of the best boxers available. Makunouchi Ippo is the new Featherweight champion of Japan and is now ready for his first title defense. His opponent, the former Jr. Featherweight champion and a medical student, Sanada Kazuki. In addition to this feud, Sanada is being coached by Kamogawa's former rival, Hama Dankichi. What makes things worse is that Sanada works at the same hospital where Kumi is a nurse at and everybody at the hospital wants Sanada to win. Not only does Ippo have to defend his title, he has to reclaim his love. (Source: Anime News Network)
Main Characters
Tags
- Boxing — Centers around the sport of boxing.
- Martial Arts — Centers around the use of traditional hand-to-hand combat.
- Shounen — Target demographic is teenage and young adult males.
- Male Protagonist — Main character is male.
- Coming of Age — Centers around a character's transition from childhood to adulthood.