First of All here is the download for the last episode of the series. Thanks to Speedstar and animebreaker which have been my favorite subbers of new challenger and always delivered. Props to them, Nipponmedia.net salutes you!
Speedstar New Challenger episode 26 (english subs)
I Just finished episode 26, which is the last episode of the 1st season in new challenger.
Or probably the last episode of new challenger.
It was a great episode, it was soo good seeing Ippo back in the challenger seat instead of just the dull defending position.
The series ends with an extremely good episode. We see ippo completely focused in miyata and developing as a better boxer. Trying to overcome the weakness of the Dempsey roll.
Aoki will have his first title shot ever.
Itagaki will go for the rookie championship.
Takamura will have his first world tittle match defense.
And finally Miyata the OPBF champion waiting for Ippo.
Rikiya Koyama, the voice actor of the Mamoru Takamura character in the Hajime no Ippo boxing anime franchise, has revealed in his blog on Friday that a sequel to the ongoing Hajime no Ippo: New Challenger television series is being planned. Koyama was posting about the end of dialogue recording for the series, since the cast just finished work on the 26th and final episode. (The final episode, “New Challenger,” will air in Japan on June 30.) At the end of his Friday blog entry, he wrote, “Of course, a sequel is also being planned!!”(Source)
We can expect the third part of the Fighting Spirit anime series to begin with a bang!
Well, new challenger began with quite the action.
Lots of goodness ahead in the Ippo world.
This is one of my top fav anime series of all time. I will surely buy all this on dvd/blu ray when I have the opportunity.
If you havent checked out Hajime No Ippo, your missing a lot!
Completely sure Hajime No Ippo: New Challenger IS and will keep being THE BEST 2009 ANIME.
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July 7th, 2009 at 7:49 pm
I wouldn’t say that the anime is one of the best I have seen but the boxing concept was a good choice to utilize all the usual anime cliches in a way that does not look too forced like in the majority of the anime series. But we have seen this same story unfold so many times… Including the love interest and everything.
You just have to get used to it when you watch anime(the cliché). But still pretty enjoyable! =)
BTW nice site Frank!
July 29th, 2009 at 12:54 pm
Funny, my name is Frank too.
Maybe Ippo ain’t the best anime, but I don’t know of any sport-anime, that is this great.
Hajime no Ippo is atleast my favorite anime show. Many series above 26 episodes gets boring. But Ippo is awesome all the way!!^______^
July 29th, 2009 at 1:27 pm
100% agree man.
And probably early next year we get the third part of the series!
August 23rd, 2009 at 7:31 am
The series was great. Esp the animation. Every episode is like watching a movie quality anime. I wonder when will the next season be released? Can’t wait for it. If anyone has info about next season’s release please inform.. it’ll be sad if the season ends here.. Let’s just hope there’s more to come! Nice work Hajime no ippo staff! Please keep it up.
August 23rd, 2009 at 7:42 am
The next season is 100% confirmed for next year. When? Who knows. But by experience and what the anime says @ the end, I would say it comes out early 2010. January – april. But that’s my opinion as Hajime No Ippo fan. As I get more news on this I will be sure to post em.
August 28th, 2009 at 12:27 am
oh yeah! i watched the anime like 5 times over already from ep 1 of the 1st season to ep 26 of new challenger, including the OVAs! im a complete hardcore diehard fanatic. yeah! more power to anime. and hope the new season comes out soon!
September 8th, 2009 at 2:15 pm
THIS IS THE BEST ANIME EVER ! im a boxer myself.. couldnt think that boxing would be good as anime.. so ignored it first .. but some months later i was bored and thought id try hajime no ippo… , cant say more than this anime is godly.
September 9th, 2009 at 3:21 am
whoa seriously? Ur a boxer?
This is the first time I read a comment regarding hajime no ippo from an actual boxer. Cool stuff man.
September 14th, 2009 at 7:41 am
Im a boxer to and love the hajime no ippo show
, anyone know when the sequel will launch?
September 14th, 2009 at 11:19 am
Im hoping for an early/spring release in 2010! They say something about spring in the anime. But is not sure. But the takamura voice actor confirmed that they are working in a third season. So hang in there!
September 26th, 2009 at 8:54 am
well..im looking forward for the next episode cause H.I is one of my favorite anime
its awesome!
September 30th, 2009 at 5:04 am
these is the first time i had hear the song of Yuuzora No Kami Hikouki: full version
Hajime no ippo ening..i can’t understand what this song means but sounds like nice and awesome..^^
September 30th, 2009 at 5:05 am
i’m from Philippines….
September 30th, 2009 at 6:44 am
Hi Everyone, I really enjoyed this anime/manga, I can wait for each episode, I wish we can have Manny Pacquiao meet the manga artist, hes just a time zone away from japan, I’m not pretty sure if they would love or hate the guy but should be interesting.
Salsalani
September 30th, 2009 at 6:57 am
lol that would be fun. I’m from PR (where cotto is from) and I’m rooting for pacman!
September 30th, 2009 at 8:04 am
I wouldn’t say that the anime is one of the best I have seen.i think it is THE BEST ANIME EVER!I started running 3 times per week because of it.So inspirational and awesome anime.My fav for sure:P
Can’t wait for the next season
September 30th, 2009 at 8:45 am
Great comment Tanel!
Hajime No Ippo is too much win!
I am too anxious for more news about the new season! Hopefully around December they will announce something as my guess is that the anime will air in spring (the anime last ep states something about ippo and spring).
October 5th, 2009 at 12:18 pm
Yea I’m pretty diehard also. i got so many people addicted to hajime no ippo. they all thought it was weird but theya re addicted now lol. im trying to get into a boxing gym only in honor of of the anime. im so addicted.
October 14th, 2009 at 3:53 am
hope that there will be a Character Similar To Manny Pacquaio… that the Author will introduce At manga and Anime!!
October 19th, 2009 at 10:19 am
well, I’m waiting for the next episode. hope it will come out soon. Its really breath taking. I admired Ippo and start to pump up with his toughness. I even do roadwork and bought an sandbag to do little Ippo work. hehe. huge bang fans. robert. sent me email when the next big launch episode. will go out. best wish to the ippo team
October 24th, 2009 at 2:43 pm
Hajime No Ippo is indeed one of the best anime’s out there, it’s even up there with Naruto Shippuuden in my book =]
October 27th, 2009 at 1:08 am
When will be the next season for Hajime no Ippo?
October 27th, 2009 at 5:45 am
not been informed yet.
November 1st, 2009 at 10:02 pm
haha. Kurosaki! Im from Ph and definitely rooting fot pacman too. Mind if I ask, why no root for Cotto man, since he’s your fellow puerto rican? Anyway, thanks a lot for giving info about the next season of Ippo. The important thing for me is there would be a next season. I can manage the waiting. ^.^
November 2nd, 2009 at 12:16 pm
well i got to say hajime no ippo is on par with slam dunk , the initial D series and may even match up great against naruto shippudden and bleach for that matter
November 6th, 2009 at 11:54 am
Some really nice responses on the second series and the anticipation of the third…
I am writing a feature article in which I need to gather results
I am hoping to gather results on the anticipation on the third series of Hajime No ippo and have created a poll: I would appreciate it very much if you could take the time to vote. Any further comments on the first two series or the third series are more than welcome and would be very much appreciated as They may be used in my article
the poll is posted below:
http://www.snappoll.com/poll/314464.php
Thank you very much
Robert
November 6th, 2009 at 8:20 pm
Rob, when I try to vote it says “you cant vote repeatedly”.
November 24th, 2009 at 6:55 am
not to worry Kurosaki, I already have all that I need, thank you for your attempts anyway =)
December 3rd, 2009 at 12:08 am
I freakin love this show!!!! so much inspiration!!!! I am a boxer my self and I love the exposure this Manga is getting it, Hajime no Ippo is one of my favorite Animes
KEEP IT UP HAJIME NO IPPO STAFF!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
December 3rd, 2009 at 5:51 am
Always good to read about people who are into hajime no ippo, and even better if they are actually boxers. Thanks man.
December 7th, 2009 at 7:22 pm
Well, in my honest opinion, for me Ippo is like the best Anime i have ever watched!! when it comes to Action/Comedy/Drama, and yes i have watched over 500 Animes, it even motivated me to get athletic and lose every single fat in my body -_-”! again i am so looking forward to watch season three so please gief gief!
*hugs*
December 8th, 2009 at 1:03 am
i hope ippo will grow to be the perfect boxer out there. he got his signature from tyson, floyd patterson and jack dempsey. i hope next time speedy foot works to allure his opponents movements same as speedy jabs like muhammad ali. especially i hope he would grow as pacman or cotto being southpaw just to confuse his opponent. damn there’s a lot of good stuff that could happen to ippo. i guess this would be like baki the grappler. baki didn’t reach at the top of his game when he was 16 but he did when he was like 10 years after he was 26 yrs old. i hope they make an evolution of each characters growing up. can’t wait for season 3
December 12th, 2009 at 3:36 pm
I looked around for information for the 3rd season, after looking around A LOT of websites. I found out that the third season is starting in early 2010.
December 12th, 2009 at 4:33 pm
Well dan, the anime @ the end says something about spring.
So im Hoping for a februady-may start!
December 17th, 2009 at 7:37 pm
when are they making episodes again?
December 17th, 2009 at 7:38 pm
yea im wondering also when are they?
December 23rd, 2009 at 2:15 am
Me to. I love this show, awesome quality and story plot. The main character is awesome to. I myself practices a lot of boxing, this is inspiring for new moves and tricks. Can’t wait for the thrid season, I think it will be called ‘The Fighter’, looked on Wikipedia.
December 25th, 2009 at 3:47 am
Man. I’m obsessed! can’t get this anime out of my head. I just finished the first 76 episode and the movie: Champion Road. I don’t wanna finish the episode just yet so I’m hanging around waiting for the new episodes to come. I only started on the New Challenger episode and so far. I’m still wanting more of Ippo!
December 26th, 2009 at 9:03 am
man i love this series, to be honest i was a huge critic and hated anime, manga , all of it. but i have always been a fan of boxing and ufc etc, and my cousin was watching some anime and at first i mocked him for it, sometime later ive finished the entire season 1 and went on youtube to finish season 2. hahaha. i regret everything ive said about anime, i love ippo! can’t wait for season 3 right guys?!?!
ps merry xmas from the philippines!
December 26th, 2009 at 7:37 pm
Hello to all ippo Fan Men this anime let me wuth no words you dont gonna to belive me but when i see the first season i Start to practice box and i try to fight like mashiba. O men this series really motivate the people i hope they make all the episodes until the end of the series i never had buy a anime series yet but ippo i want it in DVD
January 6th, 2010 at 6:21 am
Hey, for all you Ippo fans out there, I believe at the very least, the Shimabukuro fight, expected to come in movie form. At Otakon 2009 it was reported that the director of the first Ippo series(the one with way better music, in my opinion), is working on another movie. I am not sure of any other information regarding fights past, but at the very least we have another great fight ahead of us, and for any of those who read the manga, it’s certainly exciting.
January 7th, 2010 at 2:31 am
hajime no ippo is definitely my favorite anime of all time.
January 17th, 2010 at 1:31 am
Ippo may not be the best anime ever… but, it is up there especially in the sports animes, another good one in prince of tennis which I would like to see more of. I hope the third season of Ippo comes out soon, and I would also like to see the fully perfected Demnsey Roll, but I would also like to see him come out with a new weapon or two.
January 17th, 2010 at 7:00 am
Same here Yusuke. I would love to see ippo getting upgrades.
January 24th, 2010 at 8:49 pm
Wew! But I do hope this pushes through. I would like to see Manny Pacquiao quoted or noted maybe in the new season or maybe have a character patterned on him. Hahaha.. This is good news as I like the anime very much too.. Cheers.. XD
January 26th, 2010 at 12:16 am
when is the second season coming….
January 26th, 2010 at 5:00 am
I would also like to see more development between Ippo and i believe its kazumi-chan, they obviously like each other kazumi-chan has hinted towards a future with him more than once, and she’s even prepared for when he fights, so I would like to see them touch base here, and ippo to challenge the world before that mexican boxer retires, it would be the ultimate pick up for Date who passed the baton to Ippo. Also I believe its time for Ippo’s power level to be increased via weights like his rival did to catch him, so there are alot of things that this next season could include I am eagerly awaiting it, hopefully this year.
January 26th, 2010 at 6:55 pm
Oh man i honestly love this anime a lot. i agree with that it is very inspirational, made me.. laziest person in the world go get up and jog a bit. But all seriousness i really look forward to more eps. i want this series to go on as much as possible.
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February 8th, 2010 at 9:48 pm
Just wanted to know if you had any new information on Hajime No Ippo?
February 8th, 2010 at 9:50 pm
I just became a fan last week, caught all the way up from episode 1 of the first season to episode 26 of challenger
February 25th, 2010 at 2:48 am
They are taking way too much time to start the new season, in the manga they have at least 50 caps for anime, and myata and ippo….ufff
February 25th, 2010 at 7:13 am
when hajime no ippo season 3 will come up??
February 25th, 2010 at 1:08 pm
well if you look the time difference between the first series and the second….
lol we still have time. I hope for a this year release.
February 25th, 2010 at 6:38 pm
I sincerely hope so as well. I actually caught ippo when it was first being released because of having a huge interest in boxing. Gotta say, when new challenger came out i nearly crapped myself…but at the same time, they really should get on with putting out the 3rd season. The manga has a ridiculous amount of rounds already drawn…is animation THAT costly? If you ppl havent checked out the manga, check out the David Eagle fight…GREAT fight. But dont spoil it if you havent read the rest of the manga
February 26th, 2010 at 12:24 am
anyone know when they will launch the season 3 of hajime no ippo, my so addicted to this anime,, i love the character of ippo makkunochi
February 26th, 2010 at 12:25 am
please!!!!!!!!!!!! TELL ME if you KNOW………
February 26th, 2010 at 12:35 pm
hmm srry ayuzak
That I know, only comments from takamura voice actor that the sequel was being planned.
But I hope more news this year.
March 4th, 2010 at 8:12 pm
Lool i see lots of good ideas for ippo upgrade…But it seems that you guys don’t read the manga…there ippo will continue challenging the world, but will have a really hard battle against Wolly, a boy that only had 3 fights until fighing ippo,but the guy is like a monkey,or better saying like tarzan, the match is still going on so i can’t say if ippo wins it or not, but if he does it’s a hell of a comeback K.O,the biggest one till now
March 6th, 2010 at 3:10 pm
the manga is longer than one piece so why do they have more episodes
March 7th, 2010 at 8:32 am
I think the reason is just because they put them out faster not really about the size of the manga and also has to do with preparation. I myself have been waiting awhile for this I hope it comes in lik a month or so but I doubt it. I don’t know but one good way to tell when it comes around is to look at the other previous seasons and see around what month or time did they come out. Then it may be close to around those times. I would hate for it to end because then ill be mad like i was with EyeShield 21 and jushin enbu(something like that forgot how to spell it) and kenichi strongest disciple.