In 1989,
George Morikawa released his only anime,
Hajime no Ippo, a boxing manga that won fans over from the first capter. The anime for the series released in 2000 and has been running with multiple sequels up until 2013. With such a long running series, many fans have speculated that
Morikawa may have run out of ideas. Well a reporter on
Abema TV recently asked
Morikawa this same question and he had this as a response;
"when I think about the [story] material, I've probably only covered about half of it." With that, he also added that he has no plans to spend another 30 years to finish as that would be "troublesome".
With 124 compiled volumes, so far, this news definitely makes fans happy that the series will most assuredly be having a strong conclusion, when the time comes. Excited for more Ippo? Planning on diving into the story? Share your thoughts in the usual spot!