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The best ‘Hajime no Ippo’ watch order

Step into the ring and watch this fantastic boxing anime the right way!
Allie Capps
Allie Capps
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Published: Oct 20, 2023 12:29 pm

Hajime no Ippo is part of an amazing history of creating incredible boxing anime. Since it started in the early aughts, the adventures of Ippo Makunouch in the ring have captivated viewers across several seasons of anime, specials, and an OVA.

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With such a wide variety of releases this creates a unique problem — what order should they all be watched in, anyway? There are two strong arguments for which order to watch this bombastic boxing series.

Should you watch Hajime No Ippo in chronological order?

The simplest choice for watch order would be to simply watch things in order of release. Viewers get a complete story, there isn’t any serious jumping around, and it keeps things extremely simple and easy to keep track of. Here’s how to watch Hajime no Ippo chronologically:

  • Hajime no Ippo (Season 1)
  • Hajime no Ippo: Boxer no Kobushi
  • Hajime no Ippo: Champion Road
  • Hajime no Ippo: Mashiba vs. Kimura
  • Hajime no Ippo: New Challenger
  • Hajime no Ippo: Rising

However, this watch order does present a few parts of the story out of order, compared to how they came in the original manga series it’s based on.

How to watch Hajime no Ippo — The Manga Way

The events that take place in the OVA, Hajime no Ippo: Mashiba vs. Kimura, actually take place before those in the Hajime no Ippo: Champion Road special. So for those who want to see a story closer to that which mangaka George Morikawa intended, this is the best way to watch.

  • Hajime no Ippo (Season 1)
  • Hajime no Ippo: Boxer no Kobushi
  • Hajime no Ippo: Mashiba vs. Kimura
  • Hajime no Ippo: Champion Road
  • Hajime no Ippo: New Challenger
  • Hajime no Ippo: Rising

So which way is the best way to watch Hajime no Ippo?

Honestly, it just comes down to preference. Either way, viewers will get to experience the entire story, and it’s not going to make the story confusing, no matter which option is chosen. It all depends on how important the mangaka’s original intentions are for the story to each individual choosing. Just don’t let anyone make you feel bad no matter which way you choose. The important part is getting enjoying one of the best sports anime ever to exist.

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Allie Capps
Allie Capps is the Assigning Editor at We Got This Covered. Her over 10 years of experience include editing rulebooks for board games, writing in the world of esports, and being an award-winning author and poet published in several anthologies and her own standalone books. Her work has been featured at GameRant, Anime Herald, Anime Feminist, SmashBoards, PokeGoldfish, and more. In her free time, she's likely gallantly trying to watch Groundhog Day once a day, every day, for a year for its 30th anniversary.
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