Same with Takagi Wataru, the voice of Garoad from Gundam X, Onizuka from GTO, and Tobi from Naruto Shippuden as Aoki is given these kinds of opportunities as well as a main supporting character. Fujiwara always tends to play smart-ass characters but he plays Kimura in a way where you can finally take him seriously as if he were real. The overall quality of this fight is probably on the level of the Rocky Balboa and Mason Dixon fight.ДЇujiwara Keiji, the voice of Shingo from Initial D, Eledore from Gundam 08th MS team, and Reno from Final Fantasy VII Advent Children who voices Kimura brings a whole new stand out quality to his character thanks to the opportunities that this oav centers around him. The fights are still intense and you can truly feel the passion these fighters have as they come closer to either victory or defeat. If you look up his fights, then youвЂ™ll see how freakish his speed and reach really is. The Detroit Hitman Style may come across as unrealistic to those who may not be familiar with boxing, when in fact itвЂ™s based on a style used by Thomas Hearns, who has fought in many of boxingвЂ™s greatest bouts in the 1980s against Roberto Duran, Sugar Ray Leonard, and Marvin Hagler. The sparring sessions Miyata and Kimura have are intense and it creates a sense of anticipation of how Kimura will do come the time the bell rings. Well, what I can say about the quality of the resolution and character design of this anime I already said in my review of Championship Road, which you can watch so IвЂ™ll leave this portion to the review to the execution of the fights. Also as a Miyata fan boy, I also appreciated how this anime makes great use for him in this oav and I thought it was really cool he could use the hitman style like Mashiba as well. You really feel how Aoki treasures his friendship with Kimura, and that heвЂ™s with him all the way. Aoki who is also primarily used for comic relief is also taken seriously and you truly start to care for these two crazy guys. Kimura and you really see him work hard for this opportunity to defy the odds. You really get to see how much boxing really means to

ItвЂ™s nice that the oav of course centers around on Kimura and you only view Ippo from a 3rd hand perspective which I thought was an interesting twist since heвЂ™s the main character. Especially in the case of Kimura whoвЂ™s primary function has always been comic relief.

It finally further gives the other characters deeper opportunities to develop and to be taken seriously. Remember how I say that when you get to the end of the first anime series, itвЂ™s truly the beginning? This oav is a perfect example of what IвЂ™m talking about.

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