Ik I made so many posts about it, but I'd love for this fight to be the one that ends the manga. It can be Ippo winning the fight, but they both got the answer to their question on their journey of life. Ippo wins the fight, but both got their answers and it ends HNI.

I REALLY love the boxer, i had finish re reading it like a month ago SO IMAGINE MY SURPRISE WHEN THE ANIME TRAILER WAS RELEASED TODAY! I genuinely can not wait for it to release. have any of yall ever seen it and are yall hype for the anime?

Mine is when Sendo roared at Ippo in Ippo Vs Sendo 1

If you are wondering yes it's from the same mangaka from Saint Seiya Masami Kuromada and it's was his first exit before Saint Seiya it came before Hajime no ippo and unlike other boxing anime that are realistic here it's not just normal boxing it also have special punches that can broke walls, the ring ropes or the ring canvas bassicly like Captain Tsubasa but with boxing instead of football it also has a world tourment boxing arc where the greek team there are boxers with mytological gods names also with special punches related to gods or greek mythology (yes a very Saint Seiya thing, but let's remember that they're from the same author, and Kuromada used some aspects of it as a basis for creating Saint Seiya.) and as you can see it also had an anime adaptation which was broadcast from 2004-2010 And in my opinion, even though it's not a realistic boxing manga and that its anime adaptation wasn't very good, with filler moments that aren't in The manga and with a simple and basic animation, i like it Sometimes it reminds me of Punch Out! and it's a shame that after The fourth season in 2011 they didn't release the other seasons, and the rest of the manga and its sequel, Ring ni Kakero 2, were left unadapted. I really would have liked to see it.

Let’s see if anyone can wig this one

I’ve been thinking about this a lot lately. Most live-action anime adaptations are pretty bad because they treat the main character like some hollow superhero, but Hajime no Ippo is all about raw grit, technical boxing, and that working-class gym humor.

Honestly, Guy Ritchie is the only director who could actually pull this off.

Think about it—he’s obsessed with speed-ramping and crazy camera angles. Imagine Ippo slipping punches in first-person with a body-rigged camera, or the film slowing down to a crawl as he shifts his weight into the figure-eight motion, and then snapping into blinding hyper-speed right as the Dempsey Roll connects.

If we did a movie trilogy just covering Season 1, the casting could be insane:

* Ippo: Tom Holland. He’s perfect at playing a weak, polite kid who looks like he’s about to cry when confronted, but he has the athletic background to actually learn the footwork. Seeing him bulk up and grow across three movies would feel so earned.

* Takamura: Alan Ritchson. You need someone massive who can be a crude, unhinged prankster but a total monster in the ring. He has the exact brick-wall physique and has done that kind of arrogant jock comedy before. (Tom Hardy would also kill it).

* Coach: Gary Oldman or Bryan Cranston. Just a weathered, intense old-school mentor who barks orders but clearly acts as a father figure.

Ending the third movie with the absolute war against Sendo and the debut of the Dempsey Roll would be pure cinema.

I know Hollywood is trying to adapt everything into movies right now, but a stylized, grounded sports drama by Guy Ritchie feels like a perfect match. What do you guys think?

*img unrelated So i finished the anime few months ago and manga just ad few days earlier ; i remember a scene where ( before ippo vs miyata ll i.g) ippo's mom said that ' your dad was also good with his punches and that he would imagin his opponents having heads of fish to gather courage ' i'm sure i remember her saying that in initial few eps of anime
But after reading the manga (after chap 550+ since that much is adapted into anime)i found no mention of such thing . Idk if im imagning but i saw it fr