![]() One of the series’ weaknesses is how it tends to drag it’s feet, being shonen and all, but when this says “anime adaptation,” it more means “anime compression.” Shimabukuro’s match had far more pre-fight build up in the manga, and parts of the fight itself felt sluggish at times, but this anime took all that, jammed it into some side commentary, and got through half the fight and some of Ippo’s backstory in a single episode. Shimabukuro would have been the first fight I ever read in the manga as I caught up with the series in the middle of New Challenger‘s original run, and this differs from the source material in a beautiful way. The manga is very slightly older than me, it’ll turn 24 years old this month, and this new anime shows it. An anime, the longest adaptation to date, in 2000, then a movie and OVA in 2003, then another series in 2009, and now here we are again in 2013. One of the odder bumps is the infrequency of anime adaptations. I’ve stuck with it for a long time, which can be a bumpy road. One of the characters running in this group is the bear Takamura boxed so long ago.Īs I talked about before, Hajime no Ippo was my first sports anime. ![]() Here’s the introductory pamphlet for anyone not caught up. I ran a better quality video, but I still apologize for any lacking quality in the images.
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