Hajime no Ippo
Though it’s not a Blu-ray upgrade, fans of Hajime no Ippo: New Challenger have a bit to be excited about ahead of the third season that was just announced. The second season of the series, which aired in the winter of 2009, some seven years after the first season no less, was released on nine volumes of DVDs after its broadcast for the twenty-six episodes that it ran .Now, it’s being compiled into one new and more affordable and accessible box set that will have the run over five DVDs that are, of course, not subtitled. The box set is due to land on September 18th for 19740 yen.
There does appear to be some extras for it, such as a booklet for first pressings and more that may be coming, but it also lists an audio commentary as well.
Plot concept: Ippo Makunouchi continues his boxing career and his goal on knowing the meaning of being strong, and the desire on fighting his idol Ichiro Miyata once again. Along him are pro boxers Takamura, Aoki and Kimura that each one of them aspire to their own dreams.
[Source: Hajime no Ippo: New Challenger DVD-Box]