Hajime no Ippo: The Fighting! New Challenger
Finished Airing Winter 2009

Hajime no Ippo: The Fighting! New Challenger

  • TV Series
  • 2009
  • 26 episodes

© MADHOUSE

Genres

  • Comedy
  • Drama
  • Sports

Themes & Elements

  • Boxing
  • Shounen
  • Primarily Male Cast
  • Ensemble Cast

Broadcast Info

Aired From
January 6, 2009
Aired To
June 30, 2009
Format
TV Series
Episodes
26
Studio
MADHOUSE
Source Material
Manga
Streaming

Synopsis

Ippo, now the Japanese featherweight champion, still hopes to face his idol, Ichiro Miyata, again. Alongside him, Takamura, Aoki and Kimura chase their own goals, and the season builds to Takamura's world title fight against Bryan Hawk.

Cast

  • Ippo Makunouchi Kouhei Kiyasu
  • Mamoru Takamura Rikiya Koyama
  • Masaru Aoki Wataru Takagi
  • Tatsuya Kimura Keiji Fujiwara
  • Manabu Itagaki Daisuke Namikawa
  • Genji Kamogawa Kenji Utsumi
  • Kumi Mashiba Yuka Hirata
  • Takeshi Sendo Masaya Onosaka

Staff

Original Creator
George Morikawa
Series Composition
Kazuyuki Fudeyasu
Director
Jun Shishido
Animation Director
Tetsuya Wakano
Art Director
Hidetoshi Kaneko
Sound Director
Toshihiko Nakajima
Music
Yoshihisa Hirano
Script
Kotono Watanabe / Jun Nakagawa
Storyboard
Kotono Watanabe / Kenichi Kawamura
Episode Director
Kotono Watanabe / Satoshi Oosedo / Kenichi Kawamura / Yoshifumi Sueda / Takahiro Natori
Theme Song Performance
LAST ALLIANCE / coldrain

In this series

Entry 4 of 6 in the recommended watch order for Hajime no Ippo.

  1. Hajime no Ippo: The Fighting!
  2. Hajime no Ippo: The Fighting! – Champion Road
  3. Hajime no Ippo: The Fighting! – Mashiba vs Kimura
  4. Hajime no Ippo: The Fighting! New Challenger
  5. Hajime no Ippo: The Fighting! Rising
  6. Hajime no Ippo: The Fighting! – Boxer’s Fist
Watch Order See the full watch order for Hajime no Ippo →