Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- ~24 min/episode
- Length
- 3 seasons · 126 episodes
- Status
- Ended · complete
- Age rating
- TV-PG
- Language
- Japanese
- Country
- Japan
Why tonight?
- One of the best-reviewed series Cue holds.
- In Japanese — subtitles on.
The story
Makunouchi Ippo is an ordinary high school student in Japan. Since he spends most of his time away from school helping his mother run the family business, he doesn't get to enjoy his younger years like most teenagers. Always a target for bullying at school (the family fishing business grants him a distinct odor), Ippo's life is one of hardship. One of these after-school bullying sessions turns Ippo's life around for the better, as he is saved by a boxer named Takamura. He decides to follow in Takamura's footsteps and train to become a boxer, giving his life direction and purpose. Ippo's path to perfecting his pugilistic prowess is just beginning...
- rags to riches
- friendship
- sports
- based on comic
- tournament
- based on manga
- championship
- combat sports
- comradeship
- shounen
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
- Jurota Kosugi
- Keiji Fujiwara
- Kenji Utsumi
- Hidenobu Kiuchi
- Hisao Egawa
- Toshihiko Nakajima
- Sanae Kobayashi
- Shin-ichiro Miki
- Masaya Onosaka
- Akemi Okamura
- Emi Shinohara
- Directed
- Ryosuke Nakamura, Hitoshi Nanba, Nanako Shimazaki, Rokou Ogiwara, Masayuki Kojima, Tadao Okubo & 49 more
- Written
- Ryosuke Nakamura, Atsuo Ishino, Tatsuro Inamoto, Hideo Takayashiki, Kenichi Kawamura, Yasuko Kamo & 16 more
Production
- Rating
- 8.7 / 10 · 1,231 ratings
- Network & studio
- Nippon TV, Madhouse, MAPPA, Nippon Television Network Corporation, D.N. Dream Partners, VAP
If this stayed with you
Then these are the nearest things Cue holds — chosen for what they share with it, not for what happens to be popular.
