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Netflix Streams Hajime no Ippo Anime in U.S.

dub. The extra 76th episode is also streaming only in Japanese with English subtitles.

The company describes the series:

Rescued from bullies by professional boxer Mamoru Takamura, young Ippo Makunouchi takes up boxing to pursue what it means to be strong.

The television anime adaptation of Morikawa's manga debuted in 2000, followed by the ceased operations in 2007.

OVA and 76th episode. Neither the OVA nor the anime's 76th episode had been previously available in the U.S. and Canada until Crunchyroll added them. The 76th episode originally premiered on the final DVD for the original television anime series.

Morikawa launched Hajime no Ippo in 1989, and the series is his only manga. The series commemorated over 100 million copies in circulation in July 2023.

releasing the manga digitally in 2021. The manga's 140th compiled book volume shipped on February 16.

The manga inspired its first stage play adaptation in 2020.

Source: Netflix via @WTK