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Hajime no Ippo

Also known as Hajime no Ippo: Fighting Spirit!.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Action , Comedy , Drama , Sports

Makunouchi Ippo has been bullied his entire life. Constantly running errands and being beaten up by his classmates, Ippo has always dreamed of changing himself, but never has the passion to act upon it. One day, in the midst of yet another bullying, Ippo is saved by Takamura Mamoru, who happens to be a boxer. Ippo faints from his injuries and is brought to Takamura boxing gym to recover. As he regains consciousness, he is awed and amazed at his new surroundings in the gym, though lacks confidence to attempt anything. Takamura places a photo of Ippo’s classmate on a punching bag and forces him to punch it. It is only then that Ippo feels something stir inside him and eventually asks Takamura to train him in boxing. Thinking that Ippo does not have what it takes, Takamura gives him a task deemed impossible and gives him a one week time limit. With a sudden desire to get stronger, for himself and his hard working mother, Ippo trains relentlessly to accomplish the task within the time limit. Thus Ippo’s journey to the top of the boxing world begins.



Tags: Boxing , Shounen , Male Protagonist , Primarily Male Cast , Primarily Adult Cast , Ensemble Cast , Coming of Age , Heterosexual , Bullying , Delinquents

Rikudou

Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Drama , Sports

Riku experienced a lot of pain and tragedy in his early life. After his father's death, a former-boxer Yakuza man taught him how to do a basic punch, and that punch saved his life when he had to defend himself from his mom's drug dealer. He ended up taking the drug dealer's life, marking him as a killer. Criminals continued to come after him, leading to more tragedy for the people who attempted to care for him. All of this drove him to ask that same former boxer to teach him to become stronger, which led him to a rundown gym, his door to the world of pro boxing!

Tags: Boxing , Seinen , Male Protagonist , Primarily Male Cast , Ensemble Cast , Tragedy , Yakuza , Prostitution , Gore , Time Skip

Ashita no Joe

Also known as Ashita no Joe: Fighting for Tomorrow.

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Slice of Life , Sports

Joe Yabuki is a troubled young man who runs away from an orphanage. Wandering through the Tokyo slums, he meets former boxing trainer Danpei. Joe is later arrested and goes to a temporary jail where he fights Nishi, his future best friend, ​and leader of a group of hooligans. He and Nishi then go to a juvenile prison miles away from Tokyo. There Joe meets Rikiishi, a former boxing prodigy, and a rivalry develops between them. They face each other in a match in which Rikiishi dominates Joe until the latter hits him with a cross-counter, resulting in both being knocked out. This inspires the other prison inmates to take up boxing. Joe and Rikiishi vow to fight again.



Tags: Boxing , Tragedy , Coming of Age , Male Protagonist , Rehabilitation , Orphan , Urban , Athletics , Class Struggle , Shounen , Primarily Male Cast , Delinquents , Prison , Foreign , Yakuza , War

Holyland

Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Psychological

Yuu is a high school kid who doesn't really fit anywhere. To find a place he can belong, be accepted, he will do anything. However one thing leads to another and he is forced to fight to keep his place, his holyland.

Tags: Martial Arts , Gangs , Delinquents , Philosophy , Boxing , Coming of Age , Primarily Male Cast , Bullying , Male Protagonist , Seinen , Educational , Drugs , Suicide , Tragedy , Meta

Kamen Boxer

Also known as Kamen Boxer.

Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Comedy , Fantasy , Sports

One day, Kenichiro, a commissioner of the Boxing Association, was kidnapped by the "World Domination Gym". Kenichiro returns safely a few days later, but his personality has changed, and he begins to accept the World Domination Gym's demands one after another, even though they deviate from the rules of boxing. As the boxing world is on the verge of an unprecedented crisis caused by boxers wearing the suspiciously approved gear, a boxer stands up to stop the ambitions of the World Domination Gym. Shimamoto's parody of Kamen Rider and Ashita no Joe.



Tags: Parody , Boxing , Shounen , Tokusatsu , Male Protagonist

Mongrel

Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Sports

Growing up, Wataru and his younger brother have both done gymnastics, much like their parents. At first, Wataru, being the older brother, could out-perform his younger sibling in the sport, but everyone quickly came to notice the large gap in talent between the two brothers. Now, his younger brother has been nominated to represent Japan in the Olympics, while Wataru lives his day-to-day life not knowing what to strive for. Wataru began attending a kick boxing gym, initially to just relieve stress. With the help of his gym mates and rivals, he begins to understand that hard work can surpass talent in the realm of kick boxing.

Tags: Seinen , Martial Arts , Boxing

Degausser

Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Drama

Yaguchi, who got on board the ship as a cargo ship temporary worker to repay debts. But that was the beginning of a spectacular human experiment. Suddenly, the ship shook greatly and the scene in front of it began to distort with a fierce headache. Before the request to move to grasp the situation, a disastrous scene unimaginable has spread .... Astonishing national overturn suspense where the world's largest urban legend "Philadelphia Project" and the modern world are intertwined!

Tags: Male Protagonist , Seinen , Gore , Crime

Hinomaru-Zumou

Also known as Hinomaru Sumo.

Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Drama , Sports

The weak sumo club of Odachi High School welcomes a new "small" member, Hinomaru Ushio. Everyone thinks he's too small for this sport, where having a "big" and "heavy" body is crucial, until they reveal his past! The goal is to become a yokozuna, the highest rank in sumo wrestling. Fired up high school sumo begins now!



Note: Includes 1 bonus chapter.

Tags: Sumo , Shounen , Martial Arts , Primarily Male Cast , Male Protagonist , Time Skip , School Club , Wrestling , Politics , Dissociative Identities , Coming of Age

Susanoou

Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Ecchi , Supernatural

Plot revolves around high school freshman Shingo Susa as he is invited by his crush from middle school Sayuri Shiroyuki to the school's supernatural club. Over the course of the series Susa begins to gain supernatural powers, something that prodigy Rei Uryu, attempts to awaken to bring out the psychic giant, Susano Oh to destroy humanity and establish a new world order.

Note: Won the 4th Kodansha Manga Award for Shounen in 1980.

Tags: School , Shounen , Revenge , Boxing , Cosmic Horror , Delinquents , Demons , Urban Fantasy , School Club , Swordplay , Male Protagonist , Super Power , Mythology , Amnesia , Gods , Lost Civilization , Aliens , Nudity , Time Manipulation , Clone , Crime , Motorcycles , Slavery , Space , Gender Bending , Shapeshifting