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Fighting Spirit: Champion Road
6.9 / 10• 2003• 1h 30m•NR• Japanese
AnimationActionComedyTV Movie
Storyline
Makunouchi Ippo is the new Featherweight champion of Japan and is now ready for his first title defense. His opponent, the former Jr. Featherweight champion and a medical student, Sanada Kazuki. In addition to this feud, Sanada is being coached by Kamogawa's former rival, Hama Dankichi. What makes things worse is that Sanada works at the same hospital where Kumi is a nurse at and everybody at the hospital wants Sanada to win. Not only does Ippo have to defend his title, he has to reclaim his love.
Cast & Crew
Kohei Kiyasu
Ippo Makunouchi (voice)
Lead
Rikiya Koyama
Mamoru Takamura (voice)
Kenji Utsumi
Genji Kamogawa (voice)
Masaya Onosaka
Takeshi Sendo (voice)
Tomokazu Seki
Ichirou Miyata (voice)
Wataru Takagi
Masaru Aoki (voice)
MT
Masahiro Tanaka
Ryo Mashiba (voice)
Keiji Fujiwara
Tatsuya Kimura (voice)
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Satoshi Nishimura's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. Fighting Spirit: Champion Road is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
