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Hajime no Ippo: New Challenger (TV)

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Alternative title:
Knock Out: New Challenger (Tagalog)
はじめの一歩 New Challenger (Japanese)
第一神拳New Challenger (Chinese (Taiwan))
더 파이팅 뉴 챌린저 (Korean)
Genres: tournament
Themes: boxing
Objectionable content: Significant
Plot Summary: Ippo Makunouchi continues his boxing career and his goal on knowing the meaning of being strong, and the desire on fighting his idol Ichiro Miyata once again. Along him are pro boxers Takamura, Aoki and Kimura that each one of them aspire to their own dreams.
Ratings: 739 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 237 votes (sub:223, dub:8, others:6
4 Portuguese subtitled
2 Spanish subtitled
)
 Excellent: 224 votes (sub:193, dub:13, raw:3, ?:2, others:13
8 Spanish subtitled
3 Portuguese subtitled
1 Tagalog dubbed
1 Arabic subtitled
)
 Very good: 160 votes (sub:142, dub:3, ?:1, others:14
5 Spanish subtitled
4 French subtitled
2 Russian subtitled
1 Portuguese subtitled
1 German subtitled
1 Polish subtitled
)
 Good: 70 votes (sub:57, dub:9, ?:1, raw:1, others:2
1 Portuguese subtitled
1 Spanish subtitled
)
 Decent: 25 votes (sub:19, dub:5, others:1
1 Russian subtitled
)
 So-so: 10 votes (sub:9, others:1
1 Tagalog dubbed
)
 Not really good: 1 vote (sub:1)
 Weak: 4 votes (sub:4)
 Bad: 1 vote (sub:1)
 Awful: -
 Worst ever: 7 votes (sub:6, dub:1)
Seen in part or in whole by 1239 s, rank: #973 (of 9996)
Median rating: Excellent
Arithmetic mean: 8.625 (Excellent−), std. dev.: 1.5358, rank: #137 (of 10154)
Weighted mean: 8.573 (Excellent−), rank: #125 (of 10154) (seen all: 8.62 / seen some: 8.26 / won't finish: 4.15)
Bayesian estimate: 8.554 (Excellent−), rank: #46 (of 7635)
Running time: 23 minutes per episode
Number of episodes: 26
Episode titles: We have 26
Vintage:
2009-01-06
2010-03-17 to 2010-04-14 (Philippines - GMA, Anime Authority)
Opening Theme:
#1: "Hekireki" by Last Alliance
Ending Theme:
#1: "8 AM" by coldrain
Trivia: We have 2
Review:
Hajime no Ippo: New Challenger Anime Series Review (Apr 3, 2025)
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Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Director: Jun Shishido
Series Composition: Kazuyuki Fudeyasu
Script:
Yasuhiro Kadowaki (ep 16)
Storyboard:
Kenichi Kawamura (9 episodes
eps 6-9, 12, 14, 16, 22, 25
)
Yukina Hiiro (ep 23)
Unit Director:
Yukina Hiiro (ep 23)
Music: Yoshihisa Hirano
Original creator: George Morikawa
Character Design: Kōji Sugiura
Animation Director:
Yutaka Kawasuji (ep 17)
Sound Director: Toshihiko Nakajima

2nd Key Animation: Ai Yokoyama (ep 18)
Assistant Animation Director:
Noriyuki Fukuda (ep 8)
In-Between Check: Jong Youl Lim (ep 22)
Key Animation:
Chihiro Hayashi (6 episodes
eps 1, 3, 5, 8, 13, 23
)
Daisuke Niitsuma (4 episodes
eps 5, 8, 24, 26
)
Kenichi Shimizu (ED; 5 episodes
eps 3, 11, 13, 21, 24
)
Kiyotoshi Aoi (4 episodes
eps 13-14, 18, 25
)
Kunihiko Inoue (OP; 6 episodes
eps 3, 10, 14, 18, 24-25
)
Masafumi Nakagawa (5 episodes
eps 1, 3, 5, 13, 21
)
Moon Soo Kim (DR MOVIE; 4 episodes
eps 6, 11, 16, 19
)
Natsuko Shimizu (4 episodes
eps 21, 23-24, 26
)
Noriyuki Fukuda (4 episodes
eps 8, 14, 23, 26
)
Tomohiro Kamitani (4 episodes
eps 5, 13, 18, 26
)
Yosuke Jinbo (8 episodes
eps 5, 8, 11, 13, 18, 21, 24, 26
)
Yūsuke Uda (eps 17, 25)
Production Advancement: Satoshi Itō (eps 17, 25)
Sound Effects: Kenji Koyama (Sound Box)
Theme Song Performance:
Last Alliance (OP)
Kenichi Shimizu (7 episodes
eps 9, 11, 15, 17, 19, 22, 25
)
Kohei Kiyasu as Ippo Makunouchi

Keiji Fujiwara as Tatsuya Kimura
Kenji Utsumi as Genji Kamogawa
Masahiko Tanaka as Ryo Mashiba
Rikiya Koyama as Mamoru Takamura
Tomokazu Seki as Ichiro Miyata
Wataru Takagi as Masaru Aoki
Yuka Hirata as Kumi Mashiba

Akimitsu Takase as
Domestic Fights Announcer (ep 4)
Ring Announcer (eps 10, 15-16)
Akio Ōtsuka as Brian Hawk
Dai Matsumoto as World Championship Referee (eps 8, 20-24)
Daisuke Namikawa as Manabu Itagaki
Daisuke Sakaguchi as Hammer Nao/Naomichi Yamada
Emi Shinohara as Mari Iimura
Hisashi Izumi as
Domestic Fights Referee (ep 4)
Referee
Ichirō Nagai as Ginpachi Nekota
Issei Futamata as Hachinohe Gym Coach (eps 9-12)
Jin Horikawa as Announcer
Keiichi Sonobe as Otowa Gym Coach (ep 14)
Kenichi Ono as Minoru Fujii
Kenji Nomura as World Championship Ring Announcer (eps 6-8, 20-25)
Kenyū Horiuchi as Suguru Takamura
Kikuko Inoue as Kyouka Takamura
Kiyoshi Katsunuma as
Customer (ep 1)
Makino's Trainer (ep 15)
Mari Yokoo as Yamada's Mother
Masaki Aizawa as Eiji Date
Masashi Sugawara as Ricardo Martinez
Masaya Onosaka as Takeshi Sendo
Masayuki Katō as
Customer (ep 1)
OPBF Referee (eps 2-4)
Masayuki Omoro as Bill Stewart
Megumi Matsumoto as Wataru Takamura
Mie Sonozaki as Mother Itagaki (no first name given)
Minoru Inaba as Mr. Sakaguchi
Mitsuaki Madono as Masahiko Umezawa
Mitsuru Ogata as Nakadai Gym Coach (eps 5-8)
Naomi Wakabayashi as Yuuji Date
Nobuaki Fukuda as Father Itagaki
Nobuyuki Furuta as OPBG Ring Announcer (eps 1-3)
Ryuuta Morikawa as Arman Algeria (ep 15)
Sakiko Tamagawa as Aiko Date
Seiji Sasaki as Tomoyuki Shinoda
Shoko Tsuda as Tomiko
Shōzō Iizuka as Miguel Zeel
Takaya Kuroda as Arnie Gregory
Takuma Suzuki as Morris's Cornerman (ep 16)
Takuya Satō as Makino Fumito (ep 15)
Tomoyuki Shimura as Morris West (eps 15-16)
Tōru Ōkawa as Kida
Toshihiko Nakajima as Haruhiko Yagi
Unshō Ishizuka as Miyata-san
Yorie Terauchi as Hiroko Makunouchi
Yū Kobayashi as Nanako Itagaki
Yūichi Nakamura as Kyosuke Imai

Aki Nakajima (ep 13)
Ayaka Shimizu (ep 18)
Biichi Satō (ep 25)
Chikara Ōsaka (eps 9, 18)
Fuminori Komatsu (ep 19)
Genta Fukuda (ep 16)
Goblin
Ikumi Nakagami (ep 2)
Katsunori Kobayashi (eps 10-11, 18)
Kazumi Makabe (eps 13, 16-17)
Kazutoshi Hatano (5 episodes
eps 2-3, 7-8, 16
)
Kenji Takahashi (ep 12)
Kensuke Nishi (ep 21)
Kiyoshi Katsunuma (6 episodes
eps 2-3, 5-7, 22
)
Kunio Ida (6 episodes
eps 2, 5-7, 12, 19
)
Kunpei Sakamoto (eps 19, 21, 26)
Mari Kanou (ep 2)
Masaki Aizawa (ep 9)
Masayuki Katō (ep 5)
Misaki Sekiyama (ep 2)
Naoko Sugiura (eps 13, 16-17)
Noriko Fujimoto (eps 3, 12, 15)
Noriko Obata (ep 13)
Raimai Yamashita (eps 8, 11-12)
Satoru Inoue (eps 16, 18)
Seiko Ueda (ep 15)
Shin Mori (eps 19, 21)
Tadashi Miyazawa (eps 5-6)
Takashi Oohara (eps 3, 24)
Takuya Satō (eps 9, 22)
Tomoharu Suzuki (eps 5-6)
Tomoko Nakamura (ep 15)
Tsutomu Densaka (ep 12)
Yoriko Nagata (ep 2)
Yuu Amano (eps 2, 25)
Japanese companies
2nd Key Animation:
Yuhodo
Animation Production: Madhouse
Broadcaster: Nippon Television Network (2009-01-06)
Key Animation:
Yuhodo
Production:
VAP
Sound Effects: Sound Box
English staff
English companies
(none)
Internet Streaming: Netflix
English cast
(none)
Spanish staff
Spanish companies
(none)
Dubbing: MilVox (Latin America)
Internet Streaming: AnimeOnegai (Latin America)
Licensed by: REMOW (Latin America)
Spanish cast
(none)
Tagalog staff
Tagalog cast
Dubbing Director: Montreal Repuyan

Script/Translation:
Nica Rojo
Fourth Lee as Ippo Makunochi
Vincent Gutierrez as Takeshi Sendō

Bon Reyes as
Genji Kamogawa
Tatsuya Kimura
Grace Cornel as Kumi Mashiba
Louie Paraboles as Masaru Aoki
Montreal Repuyan as Mamoru Takamura
Vincent Gutierrez as Ichiro Miyata

Bon Reyes as
Ricardo Martinez
Takeshi Sendō 
Grace Cornel as
Dr. Yamaguchi
Manabu Itagaki
Nanako Itagaki
Lloyd Navera as
Arnie Gregory
Brian Hawk
Minoru Fujii
Louie Paraboles as Kyosuke Imai
Montreal Repuyan as Hammer Nao/Naomichi Yamada
Vincent Gutierrez as
Eiji Date
Ichiro's Father
Tagalog companies
Chinese (Taiwan) staff
Chinese (Taiwan) companies
(none)
Chinese (Taiwan) cast
(none)

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