Hajime no Ippo

When you first look at this anime, you would think its some cheap imitation of the glorious sport called boxing. The beginning scenes would seem bland due to the old and odd character designs. However, when the plot kicks in you will soon discover, one of the greatest sport animes ever made. The main character in this story is Ippo Makounochi, the son of a simple fisherman helper. All his life all he did was help his parents with heavy labor. To make things worse, he get bullied in school, but he never fights back. He thinks fighting back will only escalate the situation and he will only get beat up worse. In class, he has a crush on a girl to whom he could never build up the courage to ask out. Going along pretty much the same routine day after day, his life pretty much sucked. However, one seemingly normal day, when Ippo was being bullied like usual, Takamura a rising boxer in the middle weight division sees the situation going on. Only God knows what urged the usually careless Takamura to go down there and help him out in some way. Ippo sees Takamura dodge the amateurish punches of his bullies. One crucial thing happened to Ippo when he saw Takamura's amazing strenth. A fire started inside of him. His dormant fighting spirit has started to kindle. In this anime you will witness the power of his unstoppable fighting spirit as he becomes faced with increasingly powerful and unique individuals.