Fighting Spirit

Fighting Spirit (2000 – 2014)

2000 • 3 seasons • Animation, Comedy • TV-PG

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Episode 37 — A Thing to Strive For

Season 1 • Fighting Spirit

Released: 2001-06-18 • Animation/Comedy/Drama/Action & Adventure

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Ippo gets to get up, the game resumes. Date returned, and hardly the match resumed, Ippo is again stuck in the ropes. Date then returns its corkscrew, trying to anticipate where Ippo Date will strike, and protects his body. But the blow-out date is very accurate and comes crashing right in the heart of Ippo. The latter is then locked again, and again takes the left of Date. Our young boxer collapses into the ring for the 2nd time. Date who just wanted to test this one, decided to no longer use and Sparring resumes...

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Episodes

Episode 1
The First Step
2000-10-03

Episode 2
Fruits of Labor
2000-10-10

Episode 3
Tears of Joy
2000-10-17

Episode 4
Shadow Boxing
2000-10-24

Episode 5
3 Months to Counter
2000-10-31

Episode 6
The Opening Bell of the Rematch
2000-11-06

Episode 7
The Destructive Force Of One CM
2000-11-13

Episode 8
Promise to Meet Again
2000-11-20

Episode 9
C Class License
2000-11-27

Episode 10
Debut Match!
2000-12-04

Episode 11
Obsession for Victory
2000-12-11

Episode 12
Becoming a Bully's Buddy
2000-12-18

Episode 13
The Eastern Japan Rookie Championship Tournament Begins
2000-12-25

Episode 14
Powerful Arms! Hooks vs. Uppercut!
2001-01-08

Episode 15
Test of Endurance
2001-01-15

Episode 16
Premonition of a Hard Battle
2001-01-22

Episode 17
Ippo on the Beach
2001-01-29

Episode 18
Clinch
2001-02-05

Episode 19
K.O. Dream
2001-02-12

Episode 20
Threat of Shotgun
2001-02-19

Episode 21
The Way to Capture a Prodigy
2001-02-26

Episode 22
Forward! Forward!!
2001-03-05

Episode 23
Another Semi-Final
2001-03-12

Episode 24
To the Place We Promised...
2001-03-19

Episode 25
Every Emotion
2001-03-26

Episode 26
Battle for Distance
2001-04-02

Episode 27
Death Match
2001-04-09

Episode 28
Victory or Defeat
2001-04-16

Episode 29
Rocky of Naniwa
2001-04-23

Episode 30
To Enemy Ground
2001-04-30

Episode 31
Traces of Intense Battles
2001-05-07

Episode 32
Throw Your Right!
2001-05-14

Episode 33
Smash Force
2001-05-21

Episode 34
The Rookie King
2001-05-28

Episode 35
The Continuing Journey
2001-06-04

Episode 36
The Champ and I
2001-06-11

Episode 37
A Thing to Strive For
2001-06-18

Episode 38
Two Rookies of the Year
2001-06-26

Episode 39
Challenge in a Foreign Land
2001-07-03

Episode 40
A Counter to Surpass All Counters
2001-07-10

Episode 41
Barf-michi's Big Fight
2001-07-17

Episode 42
Sharing a Dream
2001-07-24

Episode 43
The Speed Star
2001-07-31

Episode 44
Blind Spot in the Ring
2001-08-07

Episode 45
The White Fangs of the Wolf
2001-08-14

Episode 46
Be the Gazelle
2001-08-21

Episode 47
The Fighting Spirit Within
2001-08-28

Episode 48
The Red Wolf
2001-09-04

Episode 49
The Courage to Believe
2001-09-18

Episode 50
Something to Convey
2001-09-25

Episode 51
Group Date
2001-10-02

Episode 52
The Challenger
2001-10-09

Episode 53
So That I Can Be Myself
2001-10-16

Episode 54
Fists of the Champ
2001-10-23

Episode 55
The Japan Featherweight Title Match
2001-10-30

Episode 56
The Power that Stands in the Way
2001-11-06

Episode 57
Conclusion
2001-11-13

Episode 58
Heartbroken
2001-11-20

Episode 59
Look of Determination
2001-11-27

Episode 60
Rival
2001-12-04

Episode 61
Comeback Anxiety
2001-12-11

Episode 62
Revival
2001-12-18

Episode 63
Youth of Fire
2001-12-25

Episode 64
Hot Rod Era
2002-01-08

Episode 65
The Summer of the Kamogawa Corps
2002-01-15

Episode 66
Mr. Takamura's Tears
2002-01-22

Episode 67
The Kamogawa Gym Swings Into Action
2002-01-29

Episode 68
The Chief's Peril
2002-02-05

Episode 69
The Trap of the Southpaw
2002-02-12

Episode 70
The Young Punk
2002-02-19

Episode 71
Time for the Showdown
2002-02-26

Episode 72
Lollapalooza
2002-03-05

Episode 73
Surpass That Moment
2002-03-12

Episode 74
Mixup
2002-03-19

Episode 75
One Step Further
2002-03-26

Information

Episode air date	18.06.2001
Episode runtime	24 min
Episode rating	9.00
Genres	Animation / Comedy / Drama / Action & Adventure
TMDB series rating	8.6
IMDb series rating	8.8
Series status	Ended
Age rating	6+
Country	JP

Trailer

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Cast

Kohei Kiyasu
Ippo Makunouchi (voice)

Rikiya Koyama
Mamoru Takamura (voice)

Wataru Takagi
Masaru Aoki (voice)

Keiji Fujiwara
Tatsuya Kimura (voice)

Jurota Kosugi
Ralph Anderson (voice)

Hidenobu Kiuchi

Hidenobu Kiuchi
David Eagle (voice)

Hisao Egawa
Iwao Shimabukuro (voice)

Shin-ichiro Miki

Shin-ichiro Miki
Ryuhei Sawamura (voice)

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