Hajime no Ippo: Rising was streamed on Crunchyroll. The third season, titled Hajime no Ippo: Rising, ran for 25 episodes from Octoto March 29, 2014. In July 2013, it was reported in that year's 34th issue of Kodansha's Weekly Shōnen Magazine that a third season of Hajime no Ippo would air in the fall 2013 season. At the end of his blog entry, he wrote, 'Of course, a sequel is also being planned!!'. In 2009, Rikiya Koyama, the voice actor of Mamoru Takamura, revealed in his blog that a sequel to the Hajime no Ippo: New Challenger television series was being planned. Ī second series titled Hajime no Ippo: New Challenger aired on Nippon TV from January 6 to June 30, 2009. Kimura was released on September 5, 2003. An original video animation (OVA) titled Hajime no Ippo Mashiba vs. A television film titled Hajime no Ippo: Champion Road aired on April 18, 2003. The last DVD includes a special episode which did not air in Japan, numbered 76.
The episodes were collected into twenty-five DVDs released by VAP from Mato March 21, 2003. The first 75-episode anime television series, produced by Madhouse, Nippon Television and VAP and directed by Satoshi Nishimura, aired on Nippon TV between October 4, 2000, and March 27, 2002. Hajime no Ippo is a 2000 Japanese anime series based on the manga written by George Morikawa.
