A Huge Congratulations to George Morikawa
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I didn't happen to see a thread about this at all, so I decided I would show some praise for my favorite anime/on-going manga series.
Hajime No Ippo reached has finally reached a thousand chapters which is truly a spectacle feat. As much as I know, HNI is the fifth longest manga which is numbered in chapters. I'm almost certain Kochikame is still upfront with like 1700+ chapters.
But here's a little excerpt from populationgo:
Perfectly titled “The Soul of a Wolf,” the chapter starts with congratulatory messages from many famous mangaka and celebrities — just to name a few contributors, we have Aoyama Gosho-sensei, the mangaka of Detective Conan, Itagaki Keisuke-sensei, the creator of Grappler Baki, Takehiko Inoue-sensei of Slam Dunk fame, Takahashi Rumiko-sensei, writer and author of Ranma 1/2 and Inuyasha, and Miura Kentarou-sensei, the mangaka of Berserk and past assistant of Morikawa-sensei’s. (MAD RESPECT)
So I'd like to honor this thread to Morikawa in respect for creating my favorite series. Especially being a hardcore HNI fan, I've read every chapter of the manga, which was honestly a great time. I would go through them again, but a thousand chapters is hefty. The anime is even better in my opinion... even though they should have more seasons in the making... but you can never know. (I wished for more seasons for Christmas last year.. and I will this year too. :))
So! Congratulations to Morikawa once again for being a great and consistent artist!
And let's go for 1500 chapters now!
Hajime No Ippo reached has finally reached a thousand chapters which is truly a spectacle feat. As much as I know, HNI is the fifth longest manga which is numbered in chapters. I'm almost certain Kochikame is still upfront with like 1700+ chapters.
But here's a little excerpt from populationgo:
Perfectly titled “The Soul of a Wolf,” the chapter starts with congratulatory messages from many famous mangaka and celebrities — just to name a few contributors, we have Aoyama Gosho-sensei, the mangaka of Detective Conan, Itagaki Keisuke-sensei, the creator of Grappler Baki, Takehiko Inoue-sensei of Slam Dunk fame, Takahashi Rumiko-sensei, writer and author of Ranma 1/2 and Inuyasha, and Miura Kentarou-sensei, the mangaka of Berserk and past assistant of Morikawa-sensei’s. (MAD RESPECT)
So I'd like to honor this thread to Morikawa in respect for creating my favorite series. Especially being a hardcore HNI fan, I've read every chapter of the manga, which was honestly a great time. I would go through them again, but a thousand chapters is hefty. The anime is even better in my opinion... even though they should have more seasons in the making... but you can never know. (I wished for more seasons for Christmas last year.. and I will this year too. :))
So! Congratulations to Morikawa once again for being a great and consistent artist!
And let's go for 1500 chapters now!
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A thousand chapters. Madness. :O
That said, I don't follow Hajime no Ippo, but still, to push forward with his work so far, the author deserves respect.
...then again, those who actually read the manga (not online, the real-life tankobon) would be in a bit of a pinch, as in "where the heck do I put all this stuff?" .
That said, I don't follow Hajime no Ippo, but still, to push forward with his work so far, the author deserves respect.
...then again, those who actually read the manga (not online, the real-life tankobon) would be in a bit of a pinch, as in "where the heck do I put all this stuff?" .
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pihip wrote...
A thousand chapters. Madness. :OThat said, I don't follow Hajime no Ippo, but still, to push forward with his work so far, the author deserves respect.
...then again, those who actually read the manga (not online, the real-life tankobon) would be in a bit of a pinch, as in "where the heck do I put all this stuff?" .
So true in so many ways.
Maybe you should give it a try! It's really amazing. At least try the anime. :D
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I have never read or seen Hajime no Ippo, but I have read it is pretty good. 1000 chapters makes me think both, "Wow, maybe I should read it..." and at the same "There is no way I am reading all that." Still, for those who love the series that has to be awesome that it has gone on so long.
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DeimosXII wrote...
pihip wrote...
A thousand chapters. Madness. :OThat said, I don't follow Hajime no Ippo, but still, to push forward with his work so far, the author deserves respect.
...then again, those who actually read the manga (not online, the real-life tankobon) would be in a bit of a pinch, as in "where the heck do I put all this stuff?" .
So true in so many ways.
Maybe you should give it a try! It's really amazing. At least try the anime. :D
Truth to be told, I did read a part of it some time ago
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DeimosXII wrote...
Maybe you should give it a try! It's really amazing. At least try the anime. :D[color=#006FFF]I downloaded the full series of the anime a long time ago and watched some episodes, but never finished it (due to other things keeping me busy etc.) but it's definitely one of my favorite anime just from what I've seen. It's epitome of a hot-blooded shonen series and I love that. The animation during the fights is superb and it always gets exciting--even the matches I've seen before.
For anyone who'd like to see a clip of what the series is like:
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[color=#006FFF]More on topic though, it's pretty awesome to hear that the manga hit 1000 chapters. Nice to know that Morikawa is able to stick with his series for so long.
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The anime is epic. That's all I have to say. I'm glad to know that people have actually seen the anime and know how awesome it really is.
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It lost it's kick after the like 800th chapter. The boxing basics were getting a bit askew and driving away from the point. The fights became unrealistic and that made me a bit sad. I mean have you seen Speed Star VS Itagaki? They turned that match into a dragon ball Z fight. People disappearing and teleporting and throwing light speed punches and shit.
BUT, that doesn't mean I stopped reading. I always enjoyed the comedy and antics of the characters. Although the sweating was a bit annoying. These characters sweat. ALOT. Common conversation sweating buckets, boxing matches where your commentating? Sweating. For a thousand chapters, I swear these guys have sweat out the Atlantic Ocean by now. Seriously though, a thousand chapters and still no progress in his
The anime was amazing though. You know you got hit by Makunouchi Ippo, when you get hit so hard you have flashbacks.
BUT, that doesn't mean I stopped reading. I always enjoyed the comedy and antics of the characters. Although the sweating was a bit annoying. These characters sweat. ALOT. Common conversation sweating buckets, boxing matches where your commentating? Sweating. For a thousand chapters, I swear these guys have sweat out the Atlantic Ocean by now. Seriously though, a thousand chapters and still no progress in his
Spoiler:
The anime was amazing though. You know you got hit by Makunouchi Ippo, when you get hit so hard you have flashbacks.
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Cyndas wrote...
It lost it's kick after the like 800th chapter. The boxing basics were getting a bit askew and driving away from the point. The fights became unrealistic and that made me a bit sad. I mean have you seen Speed Star VS Itagaki? They turned that match into a dragon ball Z fight. People disappearing and teleporting and throwing light speed punches and shit.BUT, that doesn't mean I stopped reading. I always enjoyed the comedy and antics of the characters. Although the sweating was a bit annoying. These characters sweat. ALOT. Common conversation sweating buckets, boxing matches where your commentating? Sweating. For a thousand chapters, I swear these guys have sweat out the Atlantic Ocean by now. Seriously though, a thousand chapters and still no progress in his
Spoiler:
The anime was amazing though. You know you got hit by Makunouchi Ippo, when you get hit so hard you have flashbacks.
I love you. You've basically pointed out the only few points that down this manga, only slightly though. I absolutely hate Itagaki because he made him freaking superhuman. It's ridiculous. I also completely agree with the love aspect too! I've been waiting and haven't seen any progress. And now Itagaki's trying to get with her? Sheesh. He's too overrated.