option to create your own boxer and control his training, diet, weight etc. The second Western title, Fighting Spirit, gives the player a choice of over 70 fighters for VS play. Each title has its own story mode which closely follows that of the manga. Ippo and Takamura have also appeared in the 2009 crossover video game Sunday vs Magazine: Shūketsu! Chōjō Daikessen as playable characters. Hajime no Ippo: Victorious Boxers was nominated for The Electric Playgrounds 2001 Blister Awards for "Best Console Fighting Game", and D.I.C.E. Awards for "Best Fighting Game of the Year" nomination but lost all to Dead or Alive 3 for Xbox. Reception Hajime no Ippo won the 15th Kodansha Manga Award in the shōnen category in 1991. The series also received a Special Award at the 43rd Kodansha Manga Award, commemorating 110 years since Kodansha's founding in 2019. On TV Asahi's Manga Sōsenkyo 2021 poll, in which 150.000 people voted for their top 100 manga series, Hajime no Ippo ranked 47th. By September 2008, the Hajime no Ippo manga had over 73 million copies in circulation. By November 2019, it had over 96 million copies in circulation. By December 2021, it had over 100 million copies in circulation. Anime Academy gave the first anime series a glowing response; all five reviewers rated it above 90%, with one referring to the series as "the cream of the crop" of the sports genre in anime, and another stating that "fighting and character development have never tangoed so well together". Gia Manry of Fanboy.com listed the series as one of their "Top Ten Underrated Manga". IGN listed : Rising among the best anime series of the 2010s. See also References External links Hajime no Ippo anime official website at VAP Hajime no Ippo 1989 manga 2000 anime television series debuts 2003 anime films 2009 anime television series debuts 2013 anime television series debuts Action anime and manga Anime series based on manga Boxing in anime and manga Comedy anime and manga Discotek Media Geneon USA Kodansha manga Madhouse (company) Manga adapted into films MAPPA Nippon TV original programming Shōnen manga Winner of Kodansha Manga Award (Shōnen)