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Top 20 Boxing anime you should watch right now. [2024 List]
- 20. Hajime no Ippo
- 19. Mignon
- 18. Hajime No Ippo: The Fighting! - Rising -
- 17. Hajime no Ippo: New Challenger
- 16. NOMAD: Megalo Box 2
- 15. Megalo Box
- 14. Ashita no Joe
- 13. Hajime no Ippo: Champion Road
- 12. Hajime no Ippo: Mashiba vs. Kimura
- 11. Ashita no Joe 2
- 10. Cestvs: The Roman Fighter
- 9. Honoo no Tenkousei
- 8. Slow Step
- 7. One Pound Gospel
- 6. NOMAD: Megalo Box 2 - Hachidori to tabibito.
- 5. "Eiji"
- 4. Nozomi Witches
- 3. Heavy
- 2. Lastman
- 1. Ring ni Kakero 1: Kage Dou-hen
20. Hajime no Ippo
Makunouchi Ippo has been bullied his entire life. Constantly running errands and being beaten up by his classmates, Ippo has always dreamed of changing himself, but never has the passion to act upon it. One day, in the midst of yet another bullying, Ippo is saved by Takamura Mamoru, who happens to be a boxer. Ippo faints from his injuries and is brought to the Kamogawa boxing gym to recover. As he regains consciousness, he is awed and amazed at his new surroundings in the gym, though lacks confidence to attempt anything. Takamura places a photo of Ippo's classmate on a punching bag and forces him to punch it. It is only then that Ippo feels something stir inside him and eventually asks Takamura to train him in boxing. Thinking that Ippo does not have what it takes, Takamura gives him a task deemed impossible and gives him a one week time limit. With a sudden desire to get stronger, for himself and his hard working mother, Ippo trains relentlessly to accomplish the task within the time limit. Thus Ippo's journey to the top of the boxing world begins.
Fighting Spirit has finished airing and it has 75 Episodes. It is also Known as: はじめの一歩 THE FIGHTING!, The First Step, Hajime no Ippo: The Fighting
19. Mignon
Mignon is an original BL anime from South Korea. The animation follows a complex and exciting story of drama and desires. It revolves around a boxer named Mignon, and a vampire doctor Young-on Oh, who find solace in the presence of one another through an aggressive and romantic affair.
Mignon has finished airing and it has 12 Episodes. It is also Known as: Mignon
18. Hajime No Ippo: The Fighting! - Rising -
Japanese Featherweight Champion Makunouchi Ippo has defended his title belt once more with the help of his devastating signature move: the Dempsey Roll. However, new challengers are rising up left and right, claiming to have an answer for the move responsible for crushing his opponents. Will Ippo be able to step up to the challenge, or will the weight of his pride destroy him before he finds out just what it means to be strong? Meanwhile, fellow Kamogawa Gym mate Aoki Masaru is just a hop, skip, and a Frog Punch away from claiming his own belt, ready to take on the Japanese Lightweight Champion!Hajime no Ippo: Rising continues Ippo's quest to become stronger, featuring the same cast of loveable dimwits from Kamogawa Gym, as they put their bodies and hearts on the line to make their way in the harsh world of professional boxing. With a will of iron, Ippo steps into the ring once again.
Fighting Spirit: Rising has finished airing and it has 25 Episodes. It is also Known as: はじめの一歩 THE FIGHTING! Rising, Hajime no Ippo 3
17. Hajime no Ippo: New Challenger
Japanese Featherweight Champion Ippo Makunouchi has successfully defended and retained his title. Meanwhile, his rival, Ichirou Miyata, has resurfaced in Japan, aiming for his own Featherweight belt in the Oriental Pacific Boxing Federation. When the rest of the world comes knocking, however, will Japan's best fighters rise to the challenge and achieve glory at the top? Or will the small island nation be crushed under the weight of greater entities? This time, champions will become challengers issuing a call to the rest of the world and ready to show off their fighting spirit!
Fighting Spirit: New Challenger has finished airing and it has 26 Episodes. It is also Known as: はじめの一歩 新シリーズ, Hajime no Ippo New Series, Hajime no Ippo Season II, Hajime no Ippo 2
16. NOMAD: Megalo Box 2
In the end, “Gearless” Joe was the one that reigned as the champion of Megalonia, a first ever megalobox tournament. Fans everywhere were mesmerized by the meteoric rise of Joe who sprung out from the deepest underground ring to the top in mere three months and without the use of gear. Seven years later, “Gearless” Joe was once again fighting in underground matches. Adorned with scars and once again donning his gear, but now known only as Nomad…
MEGALOBOX 2: NOMAD has finished airing and it has 13 Episodes. It is also Known as: NOMAD メガロボクス2, Megalo Box 2, メガロボクス2
15. Megalo Box
An original story based on Takamori Asaki and Chiba Tetsuya's Ashita no Joe boxing manga.
A desolate land stretches out from the city of poverty. A motorcycle speeds recklessly, blowing clouds of sand and dust. The rider is the protagonist of this story – he has neither a name nor a past.
All he has is his ring name, Junk Dog and a technique for rigging MEGALOBOX matches with his pal Nanbu Gansaku, which they use to support their hand-to-mouth lives. Although he has the skill, he isn't dissatisfied enough to change his ways- but he's not satisfied with his life either. JD is bored, resigned, and unfulfilled. He lives with frustration in a life of shadows beneath the lights of fame.
Meanwhile, under the bright sun is Shirato Yukiko, the daughter of Shirato Konzern - the reigning family of the wealthy class. Yukiko decides to advance her career by using MEGALOBOX to organize a large fighting event, MEGALONIA: the tournament to determine the champion of MEGALOBOX. She creates a scenario: MEGALOBOXER Yuri, under her control, will win and become the champion to further promote the Shirato brand gear and expand business. Yuri has been the reigning champion of MEGALOBOX for the past few years. Driven by self-discipline and his strong will to practice, he has the skills and presence of a true champion. The man himself is a shining exemplar of virtuosity.
This is a story of JD and his rival, Yuri. An encounter between shadow and light; a fast-paced story begins when their paths cross.
MEGALOBOX has finished airing and it has 13 Episodes. It is also Known as: メガロボクス, Megalo Box
14. Ashita no Joe
Joe, a teenage orphan in the slums of the Doya streets, meets Danpei, a homeless, alcoholic ex-boxing coach. Danpei, seeing Joe's boxing talent, decides to train him. When Joe is sent to a terrible juvenile home for petty crimes, he meets Rikiishi who becomes his boxing rival. Danpei arrives at the home to help Joe to train in order to defeat Rikiishi. When Joe decides to seriously pursue boxing, Danpei cannot get a coaching license because of his reputation as a drunk.
Tomorrow's Joe has finished airing and it has 79 Episodes. It is also Known as: あしたのジョー, Rocky Joe, Champion Joe
13. Hajime no Ippo: Champion Road
As the new Champion, Ippo must protect his title against some of the best boxers available.
Makunouchi Ippo is the new Featherweight champion of Japan and is now ready for his first title defense. His opponent, the former Jr. Featherweight champion and a medical student, Sanada Kazuki. In addition to this feud, Sanada is being coached by Kamogawa's former rival, Hama Dankichi. What makes things worse is that Sanada works at the same hospital where Kumi is a nurse at and everybody at the hospital wants Sanada to win. Not only does Ippo have to defend his title, he has to reclaim his love.
Fighting Spirit: Champion Road has finished airing and it has 1 Episodes. It is also Known as: はじめの一歩 -Champion Road-, The First Step - Champion Road
12. Hajime no Ippo: Mashiba vs. Kimura
Kimura finally has his championship match. It takes place at the annual champion carnival. But now he must face the intense champion, Mashiba for the Junior Lightweight championship.
Hajime no Ippo: Mashiba vs. Kimura has finished airing and it has 1 Episodes. It is also Known as: はじめの一歩 間柴vs木村 死刑執行, Fighting Spirit: Mashiba vs. Kimura
11. Ashita no Joe 2
Yabuki Joe is left downhearted and hopeless after a certain tragic event. In attempt to put the past behind him, Joe leaves the gym behind and begins wandering. On his travels he comes across the likes of Wolf Kanagushi and Goromaki Gondo, men who unintentionally fan the dying embers inside him, leading him to putting his wanderings to an end. His return home puts Joe back on the path to boxing, but unknown to himself and his trainer, he now suffers deep-set issues holding him back from fighting. In attempt to quell those issues, Carlos Rivera, a world renowned boxer is invited from Venezuela to help Joe recover.
Rocky Joe 2 has finished airing and it has 47 Episodes. It is also Known as: あしたのジョー２, Tomorrow's Joe 2
10. Cestvs: The Roman Fighter
54 AD. Cestus, a young boy orphaned by the Roman empire and made a slave, is placed into a training school for pugilists. It is here that he begins his journey to defy fate and fight for his own freedom.
CESTVS -The Roman Fighter- has finished airing and it has 11 Episodes. It is also Known as: セスタス-The Roman Fighter-, Cestus: The Roman Fighter, Kentou Ankokuden Cestv, Cestus: The Legend of Boxing in the Dark Ages
9. Honoo no Tenkousei
Transfer student Takisawa Noboru quickly learns that all disputes at his new school are settled in the boxing ring. Now he finds himself in a series of showdowns with the local top dog, Ibuki Saburo, for the love and respect of the beautiful Yukari.
Honoo no Tenkousei has finished airing and it has 2 Episodes. It is also Known as: 炎の転校生, Blazing Transfer Student
8. Slow Step
Based on the Adachi manga of the same name. The story revolves around a romantic triangle formed by the girl Minatsu Nakazato, a young student and softball player; Shu Akiba, a schoolmate; and Naoto Kadomatsu, an up-and-coming boxer. In reality the three-way relationship is more like three-and-a-half, considering that Naoto is in love with Maria... actually Minatsu herself, who'd once disguised herself to escape some evildoers.
Slow Step has finished airing and it has 5 Episodes. It is also Known as: スローステップ, Slow Step
7. One Pound Gospel
Hatanaka Kosaku, a hopeful boxer, has a mean KO punch. Unfortunately, his dietary willpower is weak, and he eats even greasy hamburgers right before a bout. As a result, he has to compete in higher weight classes, and as soon as he takes an abdomenal punch, he vomits, which causes him to lose the match in shame. As he tries to grapple with his weak will, he meets Sister Angela, a novitiate at a local convent. While Sister Angela strives to help Hatanaka in his endeavor, he seems to make her training to be a nun more difficult.
One Pound Gospel has finished airing and it has 1 Episodes. It is also Known as: １ポンドの福音, Ichi Pound no Fukuin
6. NOMAD: Megalo Box 2 - Hachidori to tabibito.
A short anime included in the NOMAD: Megalo Box 2 Blu-ray Disc box set, based on the "Las alas del viajero" story that was featured in the anime
NOMAD: Megalo Box 2 - Hachidori to tabibito. has finished airing and it has 1 Episodes. It is also Known as: NOMAD メガロボクス2『ハチドリと旅人。』, NOMAD: Megalo Box 2 - Hachidori to tabibito.
5. "Eiji"
Legendary boxer Keijiro Akagi's second son, Eiji, is a high school dropout and the world's worst rock guitarist. Though his father and elder brother are both boxers, he hates the sport but suddenly takes an interest in it when he meets the local champion's little sister.
"Eiji" has finished airing and it has 1 Episodes. It is also Known as: 「エイジ」, "Eiji"
4. Nozomi Witches
Ryoutaro Shiba and his family have just moved into a new housing neighborhood. He soon discovers he is lucky enough to be living next to a beautiful and bewitching girl named Nozomi Egawa. Nozomi is athletic, an actress, and surprisingly more than anything else, she wants Ryoutaro to become a boxer so that he can fulfil her dream. Ryoutaro isn't exactly sure what Nozomi's dream is, but he definitely does not want to become a boxer. Unfortunately for Ryoutaro, he finds himself being dragged to the high school boxing club because Nozomi has written a resume for him claiming that he is a boxing genius! It actually seems that Ryoutaro has a special gift for boxing that he has never known about before. Ryoutaro soon finds himself in the winners' circle. But for how long can he last, and can he really live up to Nozomi's expectations?
Nozomi Witches has finished airing and it has 3 Episodes. It is also Known as: のぞみ ウィッチィズ, Bewitching Nozomi
3. Heavy
Gai, a karate expert in the New York slum, is trained to be a boxing champion by a cancer-strucken doctor and a transvestite suffering from AIDS. Based on the manga by Motoka Murakami.
Heavy has finished airing and it has 1 Episodes. It is also Known as: ヘヴィ, Heavy
2. Lastman
Who’s Richard Aldana? A poor bastard who’s the last man for the job. Watch him fight his way through hell in Mondo’s new series Lastman.
Lastman has finished airing and it has 26 Episodes. It is also Known as: Lastman
1. Ring ni Kakero 1: Kage Dou-hen
After defeating Black Shaft's makeshift Team America, the Golden Japan Jr. team returns to training for the World Tournament that will be held in Tokyo. But during training the Shadow Clan, which uses boxing as an assassination technique, kidnaps Kiku in order to lure Ryuji and the others into a fight to see who's truly the better representatives of Japan's junior boxers.
Ring ni Kakero 1: Kage Dou-hen has finished airing and it has 6 Episodes. It is also Known as: リングにかけろ1 影道編, Put It All in The Ring 1 Episode: Shadow Road, Ring ni Kakero 1: Shadow, Ring ni Kakero 1: Shadow-hen
