"They don't make them like used to", nothing echoes this phrase more than the second anime series adaption for the popular Hajime no Ippo manga. Coming out aproximately six years after the last animated work on the franchise, New Challenger is the most modernized incarnation of the franchise yet. What that means for the series is that there are some marked improvements and some more traditional pitfalls that modern series tend to fall into as well. While the series gets an amazingly fresh coat of pain in the visuals, audio and overall production, it also loses a lot of the slow build up and long length that made the first series so engrossing and easy to get lost in.
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