Level Comics hauls out its stash of manga heavy-hitters before month's close, with four best-selling titles—the fourth-ranked Hajime no Ippo among them—included in this release list. And while Over Rev!, the new manga premiering has yet to prove itself in the tills, the seinen series was created by Yamaguchi Katsumi-sensei whose My Favorite Bike occupies the #17 spot on the bestselling
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About the Mangaka Morikawa Jyoji is another mangaka I couldn’t find anything out about. If you have any info please use the Contact Me page at the top and let me know. About the Manga Ippo is awesome, no that’s not doing it justice, Ippo is beyond awesome!! Sadly it’s also one of those that will [...]
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Just like the post title sez, these three are among the manga, manhwa, manhua, and makita we can expect from Elex Media and Level Comics this month. It's worth noting that close to 15 percent of the 102 manga due out in May (excluding the mangazine anthologies) are series premieres and standalones. If you think that share's still on the low side, by comparison, series conclusions at eight
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After waiting 160 days or nearly half a year, we finally get the next installment of the Level Comics-licensed xxxHOLiC, but it's still a long way away from Del Rey's volume 11, much less the Japanese volume 13. I guess Gramedia is taking that 'xxx' denotes a variable unknown quantity thingy seriously when it comes to the publication schedule of this CLAMP series. By contrast, the elapsed time
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Director: Satoshi Nishimura Music: Tsuneo Imahori Character Design: Koji Sugiura Vintage: 2000-2002 Episode Count: 76 Studio: Madhouse Original Creator: George Morikawa The sports genre seems to be the “black horse” of anime. It’s the genre that doesn’t exactly receive blatant hate (such as the poor shounen genre), but tends to receive the most sheer bias from viewers. Many people feel that one [...]
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Name: Hajime no Ippo Genre: Action, Comedy, Sport Year: 2000 Rating: Must See Based on the famous and popular shounen manga by Jyoji "George" Morikawa, Hajime no Ippo is the animated adaption of the story about a young and talented boxer. Makunouchi Ippo was an ordinary high school student in Japan, one who often spends time away from his studies to assist his mother with her family business. Unlike other teenagers he doesn't get to enjoy the fun of being a youth however he doesn't complain and helps his mother with a smile. Ippo is a kind hearted boy who is picked on by bullies at school. One day he is being beaten up by a group of school bullies however he is saved by a boxer. The boxer turns out to be the Japanese middle weight champion. Ippo is inspired by this person and decides to train to become a boxer.
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Running time: 24 minutes Number of episodes: 76 Vintage: 2000-10-03 to 2002-03-27 Age rating: Teenagers (May contain bloody violence, bad language, nudity) Genres: Comedy, Drama, Shounen, Sports Animation: Madhouse Studios Broadcaster: NTV Production: VAP Source: Anime News Network The Good: Many exciting fights early on. The Bad: The same formula with little variation gets old very fast. Status: Dropped My impressions and review: Hajime no Ippo is a [...]
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What can I say? It's the best sports-themed anime I've seen so far! The first episode didn't impress me much, especially Ippo, but I was sure glad I watched till the end. Our hero, Makunouchi Ippo actually starts out as a wimp, but after being saved by boxing champion Takamura and taking up boxing, [...]
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