is Hajime No Ippo a good show to watch for the first time in 2022 or is it some 'you had to be there' generic shonen shit like Yuyuhakusho, Inuyasha, or DBZ that people only like because nostalgia
i want to get into boxing(for fitness) and liked Ashita No Joe / Megalo Box if that elps
fuck off
You'll like it. It's more focused on the sport aspect and training so it easily motivated you to start working out yourself. Ashita no Joe was more of a coming of age drama (which is why I find it better than Ippo) but for what you're looking for, Ippo is good.
It does play out like a typical shounen, mc is a weakling at first and gets bullied, then it turns out he has a talent for boxing, joins a gym, starts training and entering tournaments, moves up the rankings etc but it has a lot of good points. The comedy is good (it's similar to GTO if you've seen that), Ippo's rivals and in general most of his opponents (even those who show up for 1-2 eps) get fleshed out and feel like they could be the main character, there's specific training and strategy for each match etc. I would suggest dropping it after the first season because the characters became stale and the story is moving in circles and the matches start to play out in the same way, but I'm sure if you make it to episode 75 you'll want to keep watching. But just a heads up that it does get worse.
HnI boxing is fantasy bullshit but the first anime + the movie and the Kimura OVA are really good. The later seasons aren't any good because they have shit sound design and shit soundtrack.
I watched it for the first time a couple of years back and thought it was great up until the 2013 series which I dropped 5 episodes in.
>you had to be there' generic shonen shit like Yuyuhakusho, Inuyasha, or DBZ that people only like because nostalgia
Filtered
im fine watching only the 1st season, it's hard to bring myself to watch any show
my one final question is, should i watch the SUB or DUB? they're both on youtube
Watched it for the first time in 2020. It's the best show ever.
Sub. If only because the dub take liberties a lot more than it needs to and at times tries to present it as Rocky if it were an anime. If you enjoy it, there's nothing stopping you from watching the dub later.
>youtube
>sub or dub
Get the fuck off this board
Look at this thread, user. You seriously think someone who would make of thread and list YYH, Inuyasha and DBZ within the same post as Ashita no Joe wouldn't be watching anime on Youtube?
>and list YYH, Inuyasha and DBZ within the same post as Ashita no Joe
What's wrong with that? He likes the good one and shits on the mediocrities.
Amazing comedy
I'd actually want my memories of it deleted so I can watch Ippo again. It's really that great
ippo S1 was a great mix of of everything comedy, action, drama, "real" anecdotes, animation, OP - even the OVA with kimura was goat
then the digicrap conversation for s2 / s3 i didnt bother to watch, what a slog. you could easily ignore those entries
One of my favorite anime of all time and I'm really not into older shonen usually
>youtube
I respect it. I used to watch anime on YouTube when I was like 10/11 years old (pokemon, Naruto, one piece, etc). Those were good days, before youtube went to shit
>Missing out on the best fight in the series Takamura vs Hawk
Yikes
It's good. Give it a watch.
S2 has the best fight in all of anime.
Watch it all subbed. It's set in Japan, go with the native language, always.
Yes