Episode 15 (Season 3)

Approaching Wind! Fishing Boat Makunouchi!!
Episode Information
Previous	Empowering Words
Episode	Season 3 #15
Next	Golden Eagle
Japanese Title	風雲!釣り船幕之内!!
Romanized Title	Fūun! Tsuribune Makunouchi!!
Arc	A Passing Point Arc
Manga	Round 510 (p.2-18) Round 511 (p.1-5) Round 513 (p.8-19) Round 514 (p.2-14) Round 515 (p.1-7) Round 516 (p.4-9) Round 519 (p.13-16)
Air dates
Japanese	January 18, 2014
Music
Opening	Yakan Hikō
Ending	Buchikome!!

Approaching Wind! Fishing Boat Makunouchi!! is Round 15 of the Hajime no Ippo: Rising anime, which is the adaptation of Jōji Morikawa's Hajime no Ippo series.

Summary

The whole KBG crew charter Ippo's fishing boat to catch some fish and Yagi decides to make a bet of who can catch the most. Takamura and Kamogawa can't catch anything and eventually Takamura gets annoyed and starts rocking the boat trying to catch a huge fish...only to reel in Aoki who he knocked off the ship accidentally. Later, Kamogawa announces to everyone Takamura's world middleweight title match along with Miyata's OPBF featherweight title match. Takamura and Miyata go to a training camp together where Miyata realises how weak he's become from just training by himself with nobody to look up to.

Anime-Manga Differences

See also: Anime-Manga Differences

• The anime skips over Round 509, Round 512, Round 517, and Round 518.
• Ricardo's WBA world featherweight title match that Ippo and Itagaki watched on TV is removed in the anime.
• Ippo and Imai's second spar which Miyata and Itagaki witnessed is removed in the anime.
• The scene where Takamura, Miyata, and Miyata's father is in the car driving to the training camp is removed in the anime.
• Miyata worrying about Takamura's right eye after hitting his face during a fishing session is removed.
• Miyata calling Ippo about Takamura's right eye is removed in the anime.
• Ippo talking to Kumi about Takamura's right eye is removed in the anime.
• Ippo going to Kazuki Sanada about Takamura's right eye is removed in the anime.
• Takamura and Miyata finishing their training camp is removed in the anime.
• Takamura being dropped off at his house and then Miyata talking to his father about how Takamura must be lonely and wondering what he is fighting for is removed in the anime.
• Ippo confronting Takamura about his right eye is removed in the anime.

Credits

Characters are named as they appear in the credits.

Role	English Name	Japanese	Rōmaji
Ippo Makunouchi	Kōhei Kiyasu	喜安 浩平	Kiyasu Kōhei
Mamoru Takamura	Rikiya Koyama	小山 力也	Koyama Rikiya
Ichirō Miyata	Tomokazu Seki	関 智一	Seki Tomokazu
Miyata's Father	Unshō Ishizuka	石塚 運昇	Ishizuka Unshō
Haruhiko Yagi	Toshihiko Nakajima	中嶋 聡彦	Nakajima Toshihiko
Masaru Aoki	Wataru Takagi	高木 渉	Takagi Wataru
Tatsuya Kimura	Keiji Fujiwara	藤原 啓治	Fujiwara Keiji
Manabu Itagaki	Daisuke Namikawa	浪川 大輔	Namikawa Daisuke
Shinoda	Seiji Sasaki	佐々木 誠二	Sasaki Seiji
Hiroko Makunouchi	Yorie Terauchi	寺内 よりえ	Terauchi Yorie
Coach Kamogawa	Shōzō Īzuka	飯塚 昭三	Īzuka Shōzō

Episode Credits

Role	English Name	Japanese	Rōmaji
Screenplay	Atsuo Ishino	石野 敦夫	Ishino Atsuo
Storyboard	Yō☆Nakano	なかの☆陽	Nakano☆Yō
Director	Kim Dong-jun Shun Kudō (Assistant Director)	久藤 瞬	Kudō Shun
Animation Director	Kwon Yoon-hee