Although most anime tend to be very unfunny, Hajime no Ippo, while taking a break from all the seriousness, tends to be somewhat humorous, compared to most anime. The humor is intended for a more male demographic but I also feel like women would enjoy it too. The intro is generic, and it took some time for me to have a connection with the Main Character, but like I said before, it is very realistic in expressing emotion, and so you understand what Ippo feels when he is in adversity.
Apart from being grounded, this anime is realistic in the department of boxing, we do not see Ippo as a broken main character that can defeat everyone, or does he have powers to beat everyone. In actuality Ippo has the inferiority complex in most of his matches, in which he is put in deep adversity.
I will name the downsides of this anime though, to begin with, the length of this anime is longer then most, so if you are looking for an anime that has about 2 seasons max, do not proceed to watch this anime. One more thing, the theme of "do not give up" is always being brought up, and might be annoying (a comment made by a friend, I found it to be very inspirational). One more thing, the first 75 episodes has that 1999 look, even though its been done well, I see a lot of people complaining about it so I just addressed it.
Through and through, this anime is good and has little to no problems, hopefully you enjoy it if you watch it!
