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Fighting Spirit: Rising
Hajime no Ippo: Rising · はじめの一歩 Rising · 2013
Ippo faces championship-caliber fighters, and himself.
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StatusFinished Airing
SeasonFall 2013
StudioMadhouse, MAPPA
SourceManga
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Ippo Makunouchi keeps climbing toward the top of the featherweight division, but Rising throws increasingly elite, technically gifted opponents in his path, forcing him to grow past the raw power and grit that carried him this far. Every fight demands he think harder, adapt faster, and confront doubts about whether his fighting style can actually hold up against the very best. True to the franchise's reputation, the boxing itself stays meticulously choreographed and genuinely tense, treating every round as a real athletic and psychological battle worth taking seriously.
⚠ Background — may contain spoilers
Hajime no Ippo: Rising is the third television season of the anime adaptation of George Morikawa's manga, produced by Madhouse, and airing in 2013 to 2014. It continued the franchise's decades-long reputation for exceptionally researched, technically grounded boxing storytelling, maintaining the same patient character work and escalating stakes that made the earlier seasons genre benchmarks. Even years into its run, Hajime no Ippo remained one of the most respected and consistently well-regarded sports anime franchises, a testament to how carefully its creative team kept raising the bar fight after fight.
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1132nd Key Animation2
ADR Director1
Animation Director17
Art Director1
Assistant Animation Director2
Assistant Producer2
Background Art1
Character Design1
Chief Animation Director1
Color Design1
Director1
Director of Photography1
Episode Director7
In-Between Animation2
Inserted Song Performance1
Key Animation38
Music2
OP1
Original Creator1
Producer6
Recording Assistant1
Series Composition1
Sound Effects1
Special Effects1
Storyboard11
Theme Song Composition1
Theme Song Lyrics1
Theme Song Performance1
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