Title: Fighting Spirit: Rising
Japanese: はじめの一歩 THE FIGHTING! Rising
Airing date: 5/10/2013 (TV series 3rd season, 25 episodes + OVA)
Genres: Sports, Comedy, Drama, Shounen
Original creator: George Morikawa
Director: Jun Shishido
Writted by: Kazuyuki Fudeyasu
Music by: Tsuneo Imahori and Yoshihisa Hirano
Character designer: Koji Sugiura
Producers: VAP
Studios: Madhouse and MAPPA
Network: NTV
Opening theme: "Yakan Hikou (夜間飛行)" by Wasureran nee yo
Ending theme: "Buchikome!! (ブチコメ!!)" by Shikuramen
Main cast: Ippo "Wind God" Makunouchi (幕之内 一歩) voiced by Kohei Kiyasu
Mamoru "Bear slayer, lord of perverts" Takamura (鷹村守) by Rikiya Koyama
Masaru "Leapfrog" Aoki (青木 勝) voiced by Wataru Takagi
Tatsuya Kimura (木村 達也) voiced by Keiji Fujiwara
Manabu "Speed King" Itagaki (板垣 学)http://www.ntv.co.jp/ippo/images/character/itagaki_img.gif voiced by Daisuke Namikawa
Rival boxers: Ichirou "Lightning God" Miyata (宮田 一郎)http://www.ntv.co.jp/ippo/images/character/miyata_img.gif by Tomokazu Seki
Ryō "Shinigami" Mashiba (間柴 了)http://www.ntv.co.jp/ippo/images/character/mashiba_img.gif voiced by Masahiko Tanaka
Takeshi "Naniwa Rocky" Sendō (千堂 武士)http://www.ntv.co.jp/ippo/images/character/sendou_img.gif voiced by Masaya Onosaka
Alexander Volg Zangief (アレクサンドル・ヴォルグ・ザンギエフ) Toshiyuki Morikawa
New boxers: David "Golden" Eagle (デビッド・イーグル) voiced by Hidenobu Kiuchi
Ryuhei "Owari Dragon" Sawamura (沢村 竜平) voiced by Shinichiro Miki
Imae Katsutaka (今江 克孝) voiced by Shuuhei Sakaguchi
Iwao "Ryukyu Warrior, True Seaman" Shimabukuro (島袋岩男) Hisao Egawa
Larry Bernard (ラリー・ベルナルド) voiced by Tetsu Inada
Supporting cast: Genji Kamogawa (鴨川 源二) voiced by Shozo Iizuka
Kumi Mashiba (間柴 久美) voiced by Saori Hayashi
Eiji Date (伊達 英二) voiced by Masaki Aizawa
Masahiko Umezawa (梅沢 正彦) voiced by Mitsuaki Madono
Mari Iimura (飯村 真理) voiced by Emi Shinohara
Minoru Fujii (藤井 稔) voiced by Kenichi Ono
Nanako Itagaki (板垣 菜々子) voiced by Yuu Kobayashi
Dr. Yamaguchi (山口先生) voiced by Yuko Kobayashi
Hiroko Makunouchi (幕之内 寛子) by Yorie Terauchi and Masako Katsuki (young)
Kazuo Makunouchi (幕之内 一男) voiced by Masaki Terasoma
Haruhiko Yagi (八木 晴彦) voiced by Toshihiko Nakajima
Tomoyuki Shinoda (篠田) voiced by Seiji Sasaki
Ginpachi Nekota (猫田 銀八) voiced by Ichirou Nagai
Tomiko (トミ子) voiced by Shouko Tsuda
Bryan Hawk (ブライアン・ホーク) voiced by Akio Ōtsuka
Itagaki's father (板垣父) voiced by Nobuaki Fukuda
Isamu Akamatsu (赤松勇) voiced by Kazuhiro Fusegawa
Hiroshi Kizakura (黄桜 大) voiced by Toru Nara
Kawabe (河辺) voiced by Yūya Murakami
Wanpo (ワンポ) voiced by Wataru Takagi
Sachiko (サチ子) voiced by Maasa Kobayashi
Miyata's father (宮田の父) voiced by Unshou Ishizuka
Yanaoka (柳岡) voiced by Naoki Tatsuta
Commentator (実況アナウンサー) voiced by Masashi Funakoshi
Fanmade PV: http://www.youtube.com/embed/dmwzlCwdx3U
Official website: http://www.ntv.co.jp/ippo/
Season 1 website: http://www.vap.co.jp/ippo/
Champion Road website:
New Challenger website:
Synopsis: Rikiya Koyama, the voice actor of the Mamoru Takamura character in the Hajime no Ippo boxing anime franchise, has revealed in his blog that a sequel to the Hajime no Ippo: New Challenger television series is being planned. Koyama was posting about the end of dialogue recording for the series, since the cast just finished work on the 26th and final episode. (The final episode, "New Challenger," aired in Japan on June 30.) At the end of his Friday blog entry, he wrote, "Of course, a sequel is also being planned!!"
On July 19, 2013, it was reported in the 34th issue of Kondasha's Weekly Shounen Jump magazine that a third season of Hajime no Ippo will air in the Fall 2013 season.
QUOTE (franzoir @ Jul 31 2013, 09:06 PM)OH SWEET LORD. Thank the heavens.
I have been absolutely craving a new sports anime and suddenly the best one (IMO) is returning.
I have watched some shounen's in my time but nothing compared to the octane giddy heights Takamura vs Hawk ascended to.
I spot the grim Sawamura in the poster which is another epic fight. Just really cannot wait.
It is scary to think it has been four years since the last series. Wowzers.my thoughts exactly ^^ it's the series and sequel i'm looking forward most this year by the looks of it we'll see Aoki vs. Imae as well, also Takamura vs. Eagle will be epic (their surnames are based from birds like Hawk ;p)... Shimabukuro isnt shown in the poster but as seen in ep.1 he'll fight ippo in the first episodes, about Sawamura I wonder if this S3 will cover a match against Mashiba too but i doubt it because it'll be only 26 eps like S2; Ex: very high - PS 10/10