Episode 6 (Season 1)

The Opening Bell of the Rematch
Episode Information
Previous	3 Months to Counter
Episode	Season 1 #6 (Watch Online)
Next	The Destructive Force of 1 cm
Japanese Title	再戦のゴング
Romanized Title	Saisen no Gongu
Arc	Early Days Arc
Manga	Round 9 (p. 1-20) Round 10 (p. 1-19) Round 11 (p. 1-9)
Air dates
Japanese	November 7, 2000
English	October 12, 2004
Music
Opening	Under Star
Ending	Yūzora no Kami Hikōki

The Opening Bell of the Rematch is Round 6 of the Hajime no Ippo anime, which is the adaptation of Jōji Morikawa's Hajime no Ippo series.

Details

• Characters Introduced: Kumi Mashiba, Minoru Fujii

Summary

After school, Umezawa and gang notices Ippo, they don't attempt to chase him because he runs too fast. At his house, Ippo asks Hiroko if he has changed since the last three months, his mother tells him to imagine the opponent's face as a fish. As Ippo is jogging, he notices a girl riding a bicycle. At the Kamogawa gym, Minoru Fujii enters and talks with Yagi about a new article series titled "Meeting New Faces", and wants to have a few comments with Miyata. Kimura and Aoki interrupts the conversation, but Fujii states he just wants to interview boxers who he believes has potential. Fujii asks why Takamura is wearing a bow tie, to which the latter replies that he is a referee at a sparring match for Ippo and Miyata, Fujii, interested, goes over to watch the upcoming sparring match. Takamura explains the rules to Ippo and Miyata as they get ready to fight. Ippo, nervous, tries to think of Miyata as a fish, but fails. Ippo sees an octopus, he realises it's Kamogawa, the latter tells Ippo to show him what he has learned in the last three months he trained. As the gong is about to sound, Ippo and Miyata reminisce what they talked about before their match. The gong sounds as Ippo rushes towards Miyata, Ippo throws jabs as Miyata dodges. After failing the first time, Ippo manages to figure out how Miyata moves and catches up to him. Miyata, about to throw his first punch, misses as Ippo dodges, as taught by Kamogawa. As Ippo dodges Miyata's punch, he delivers an one-two punch and hits Miyata for the first time, Miyata falls and is down. Miyata gets up on the count of nine and notices Ippo is not the same as he was three months ago. As the spar continues, Ippo goes toward Miyata once again and tries to hit him with an one-two, this time, Miyata dodges and delivers a counter towards Ippo's one-two, Ippo is down from this attack. Ippo gets up at the count of eight, Miyata questions himself as he does not know how Ippo could stand back up. The spar continues and Ippo goes forward with jabs, Miyata tries to counter one of them, but his counter hit Ippo's forehead, Ippo responds with a hook that downs Miyata. Miyata gets up at the count of eight. As Ippo is planning to use an uppercut, he goes forward and dodges a punch from Miyata, he ducks down getting ready to use an uppercut. Miyata notices what Ippo is doing and counters the uppercut, causing Ippo to go down. Ippo struggles to get up, but he gets up at the count of eight. As the gong sounds to end the first round, Ippo and Miyata go to their corners.

Anime-Manga Differences

See also: Anime-Manga Differences

• The anime changes the following:
• In the manga, Ippo Makunouchi wears his school uniform while running home from school. In the anime, he is wearing a white shirt.
• In the manga, Ippo talks to Hiroko Makunouchi outside the Makunouchi Fishing Boat. In the anime, he talks to her inside their home.
• The anime adds the following:
  • Umezawa and his gang noticing Ippo after school.
• In the manga, there is a scene with Fujii and his assistant talking about how there are no Japanese champions. In the anime, this scene is never shown.

Credits

Characters are named as they appear in the credits.

Role	English Name	Japanese	Rōmaji	English Voice Actor
Ippo Makunouchi	Kōhei Kiyasu	喜安 浩平	Kiyasu Kōhei	Steve Cannon
Mamoru Takamura	Rikiya Koyama	小山 力也	Koyama Rikiya	Eddie Frierson
Coach Kamogawa	Kenji Utsumi	内海 賢二	Utsumi Kenji	Richard George
Ichirō Miyata	Tomokazu Seki	関 智一	Seki Tomokazu	Jason Palmer
Masaru Aoki	Wataru Takagi	高木 渉	Takagi Wataru	Jim Taggert
Tatsuya Kimura	Keiji Fujiwara	藤原 啓治	Fujiwara Keiji	Grant George
Yagi	Toshihiko Nakajima	中嶋 聡彦	Nakajima Toshihiko	George Z. Cole
Ippo's Mother	Yorie Terauchi	寺内 よりえ	Terauchi Yorie	Joan Carol O'Connell
Masahiko Umezawa	Mitsuaki Madono	真殿 光昭	Madono Mitsuaki	Ron Allen
Takemura	Kōichi Hasebe	長谷部 浩一	Hasebe Kōichi	Edward Zilla
Matsuda	Shin'ichi Namiki	並木 伸一	Namiki Shin'ichi	Terry Roberts
Miyata's Father	Unshō Ishizuka	石塚 運昇	Ishizuka Unshō	George Z. Cole
Reporter Fujii	Ken'ichi Ono	小野 健一	Ono Ken'ichi	Bobby Hasting

Episode Credits

Role	English Name	Japanese	Rōmaji
Screenplay	Kenji Sugihara	杉原 研二	Sugihara Kenji
Storyboard	Yūji Himaki	日巻 裕二	Himaki Yūji
Director	Yasuo Iwamoto	いわもと やすお	Iwamoto Yasuo
Animation Director	Yoshiaki Matsuda	松田 芳明	Matsuda Yoshiaki