From Satoshi Nishimura director of TRIGUN comes the boxing Anim? FIGHTING SPIRIT (HAJIME NO IPPO aka THE FIRST STEP). Outcast teenager Magunochi Ippo meets ex-prize fighter Takamura who teaches him to become one of the best amateur boxers in Japan. Along the way Ippo learns the value of hard work and tenacity but still manages to keep his sense of humor. In DREAM OF A K.O. collecting five episodes of the series Ippo's skills and resolve will be severely tested. His enemy Miyata is moving quickly up the ranks of the Japan Rookie League and it appears as if he may be unstoppable. But before he can take on Miyata Ippo must first defeat Kobashi. But Kobashi has a plan up his sleeve that may prevent Ippo from getting the chance to fight Miyata. FIGHTING SPIRIT is a series that proves that not all Anim? need be fantastical to be successful.