Its here! The long awaited return of Hajime no Ippo in anime form. There's a wealth of manga source material to cover and a good 24 episode run to cover it, so why then.. did the first episode of Rising feel like more a highlights reel than anything else? No one could be more excited about a third season of Ippo than myself. I only got into Hajime no Ippo a few years ago, and bulk watched the first series, the OVAs, and followed the second series as it was airing. Since then, not ever expecting a third season (everyone kind of seemed to forget about Ippo in the main stream anime industry), I also read through the manga and am pretty close to the current chapter. The transition from anime to manga was pretty seamless for me, mostly because Madhouse has done such an exceptional job with their Ippo adaptions.
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