This year's 34th issue Kodansha 's Weekly Shōnen Magazine is revealing on Wednesday that a third season of the television anime adaptation of George Morikawa 's Hajime no Ippo ( Fighting Spirit ) manga has been green-lit. The anime is scheduled to begin airing this fall in Japan. The announcement image reads, “Ippo fights the formidable enemy, Sawamura! Dempsey breaks down!?”

Morikawa's long-running manga has spawned two television anime series, an OVA , and a TV special. Hajime no Ippo: New Challenger , the second season of the anime, aired in 2009. Geneon Entertainment (USA) released the first television series on DVD in North America. Kodansha is publishing the manga in Japan, and will release the 104th compiled volume next month.