The first season with 76 episodes, Hajime no Ippo: The Fighting!, ran on the Nippon Television Network from Octoto March 26, 2002.
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The anime series is produced by Madhouse, Nippon TV and VAP, directed by Satoshi Nishimura. A total of 150 people can win, with a lucky 100 people winning a set of two Quo Cards of the Weekly Shōnen Magazine's 26th issue cover and colour double page of Round 1300. In celebration, a "Wonderful Present Campaign" was held, where buyers of the issue would take part in a lottery to win prizes consisting of Quo Cards and Clear Files of Hajime no Ippo illustrations. Hajime no Ippo reached its 1300th chapter on in the Weekly Shōnen Magazine's 26th issue. The Ohara art exhibition showed raw manuscripts of Hajime no Ippo and colour original drawings. The play featured the beginning of the manga.įrom Novemto December 1, 2019, an original art exhibition was set to be held to commemorate the 30th anniversary of the Hajime no Ippo serialisation in Seibu Shibuya Branch Movida Building 6F in the Special Venue. It was revealed in the issue 36-37 of Weekly Shōnen Magazine in 2019 that George Morikawa's Hajime no Ippo boxing manga was inspiring its first stage play, Hajime no Ippo: The Glorious Stage!! in January 2020. The Hajime no Ippo exhibit offers a person the chance to catch ten leaves with jabs.
It was just one of a hundred different sports manga series involved with the event, where it had interactive exhibits. Hajime no Ippo took part of an exhibit, Sports x Manga, that combines sports manga and technology to help promote the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics from to 9/29/19. To honour the occasion, a series of books called Best Bout of Hajime no Ippo! were published based on the favourite matches and spars in the series. In 2019, Hajime no Ippo celebrated its 30th year of serialisation. However, in July 2021, the series began going digital on the magazine. So Hajime no Ippo was not included with digital Weekly Shōnen Magazine released online, or in digital volumes sold. However, Morikawa didn't want his series to be included with it. In June 2015, Kodansha started publishing their various magazines in a digital issues. Morikawa did a few autograph signings, where he displayed some of his work. In December 5th, 2012, the first 2013 issue of Weekly Shōnen Magazine, Morikawa reached Round 1000 in volume 104. Friends and fellow mangaka of Morikawa helped celebrate the occasion. Only 23 years after he started the series. A website was set up to help promote the event. In July 17, 2012, Morikawa released volume 100 of Hajime no Ippo. Weekly Shōnen Magazine goes on sale every Wednesday, each week in Japan unless there is a double issue for holidays ( Christmas, New Years, or Golden Week in late April/early May.) Each chapter of the series is marked as a " Round". The manga began serialisation in Kodansha's Weekly Shōnen Magazine in 1989, Issue 43, and is currently still running.
The Hajime no Ippo manga currently has 132 volumes and 1300+ chapters and counting.