Fighting Spirit is a boxing manga and anime series created by Joji George Morikawa which is serialized by Kodansha in Weekly Shonen Magazine.The manga has been running since 1989, spans 90 tankōbon. A 76-episode anime adaption, titled Hajime no Ippo: The Fighting! was produced by Madhouse, the Nippon TV Network and VAP, directed by Satoshi Nishimura and ran on the Nippon TV Network from October 2000 to March 2002.