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I was wondering if anyone can answer these four questions about the boxing anime and manga Hajime no Ippo. First, are there any plans to continue the series past the Champion Road special with an OAV series or another special? Second, spoiler[At the end of the anime series Ippo still hasn't had an official (professional) match with Miyata ] does the manga series have this match? Third, what is the name of the artist/band that plays the piece from the 3rd OP? Lastly, are there any plans to license either the manga or the anime series for here the States? I hope somebody out there has the answers and is willing to share them with me.

Septeus7 wrote:

I was wondering if anyone can answer these four questions about the boxing anime and manga Hajime no Ippo. First, are there any plans to continue the series past the Champion Road special with an OAV series or another special? Second, spoiler[At the end of the anime series Ippo still hasn't had an official (professional) match with Miyata ] does the manga series have this match? Third, what is the name of the artist/band that plays the piece from the 3rd OP? Lastly, are there any plans to license either the manga or the anime series for here the States? I hope somebody out there has the answers and is willing to share them with me.

There is another OAV... Mashiba vs Kimura for Mashiba's belt.

Personally, I'd love it if they just started animating the series from where it left off... it's not very likely to happen, but I really did enjoy it. Now if only we could get somebody to pick up this manga title for the U.S. (again, very unlikely)