Hajime no Ippo: Mashiba vs. Kimura


Fighting Spirit: Mashiba vs. Kimura

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Alternative Titles

Japanese: はじめの一歩 間柴vs木村 死刑執行
English: Fighting Spirit: Mashiba vs. Kimura
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Information

Type: OVA
Episodes: 1
Status: Finished Airing
Aired: Sep 5, 2003
Producers: None found, add some
Licensors: Discotek Media
Studios: Madhouse
Source: Manga
Genre: SportsSports
Theme: Combat SportsCombat Sports
Demographic: ShounenShounen
Duration: 1 hr. 1 min.
Rating: PG-13 - Teens 13 or older

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Score: 8.241 (scored by 7205672,056 users)
1 indicates a weighted score.
Ranked: #3432
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Popularity: #1965
Members: 116,962
Favorites: 214

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Synopsis

Tatsuya Kimura is beginning to feel left behind. With his friends Ippo Makunouchi and Mamoru Takamura holding the championship belt in their respective weight classes, Kimura's inability to become Japan's Junior Lightweight boxing champion eats away at him. Scheduled to fight with the current champion Ryo Mashiba, Kimura begins to train with Ippo's rival Ichirou Miyata, who previously suffered a crushing defeat from Mashiba's signature "Hitman" style of boxing.

But Mashiba has his own desire to hold onto the belt, hoping to soon shoot for the World title and secure financial stability for his sister Kumi. Will Kimura's overwhelming drive to prove his strength as a boxer overcome Mashiba's desperate wish to provide a better life for Kumi?

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Staff

Kobayashi, Mikiko
Assistant Producer
Nanba, Hitoshi
Director, Storyboard


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Reviews

Oct 12, 2008
Remember how I say that when you get to the end of the first anime series, it’s truly the beginning? This oav is a perfect example of what I’m talking about. It finally further gives the other characters deeper opportunities to develop and to be taken seriously. Especially in the case of Kimura who’s primary function has always been comic relief. It’s nice that the oav of course centers around on Kimura and you only view Ippo from a 3rd hand perspective which I thought was an interesting twist since he’s the main character. You really get to see how much boxing really means to ...
Apr 20, 2011
What can I say? I loved it. This is what Hajime no Ippo's all about. Boxing isn't just some uncivil sport; it's physically and mentally challenging, everyone has their own reasons for doing it, and it takes some serious dedication and guts. When I saw Mashiba's name in the title, I thought it would just be some hilarious spin-off with Kimura getting beaten up by that crazy SOB, but the story was quite intense and touching.

The animation was smooth and stuff. There were maybe a few recycled fighting sequences, but this series always does it in a tasteful way, unlike DBZ. I love that about ...
Aug 29, 2024
Mixed Feelings
While the idea to have this specific OVA focused on another character was full of potential, I feel like it was not done as well as it could've been. Getting to experience the story through Kimura's perspective was interesting but the changes made on the typical fight preparation on top of that made the episode fall a little bit flatter than it could've been, especially in exploring Kimura's side of the relationship with the rest of the gang (the relationship with Aoki being a bit of an exception), which made the first half of the episode feel a bit disjointed.

Furthermore, what really brings this OVA's ...

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