Baki the Grappler Season 1

(2001) January - June | # of Episodes : 24

Ratings

7.9

Series Details

Seasons: 2

Total Episodes: 48

Creators:

Networks: TV Tokyo

Status: Ended

First Air Date: Jan 8, 2001

Recent Air Date: Dec 24, 2001

Run Time: m

In Production: No

Original Language: Japanese

Age Rating: NR

Website: Link

Production Companies: Group TAC

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Synopsis

In the saga, Baki and other characters from China, Japan, and the USA take part in the Great Raitai Tournament, a martial arts tournament that happens once every 100 years in China.

Main Cast

Masami Kikuchi

Baki Hanma (voice)

Age : 64 | Popularity : 10%

Kazuhiro Nakata

Kōshō Shinogi (voice)

Age : 66 | Popularity : 6%

Naomi Kusumi

Mitsunari Tokugawa (voice)

Age : 69 | Popularity : 8%

Hidetoshi Nakamura

Captain Gary Strydam (voice)

Age : 60 | Popularity : 3%

Sachiko Kojima

Kozue Matsumoto (voice)

Age : 45 | Popularity : 7%

Masaya Takatsuka

Yuri Chakovsky (voice)

Age : 54 | Popularity : 8%

Masayuki Nakata

Kaoru Hanayama (voice)

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Episodes

Episode 1

08 January 2001 - Stirrings of Destiny

Baki Hanma fights a gang of 100 thugs; afterward, he is walked home by Detective Kido and his partner, who watched the fight. Baki then trains and thinks about what he should do to get stronger. Meanwhile, Kuriyagawa, the man who hired the thugs to fight Baki in order to test his strength, pays the gang's leader. Also, Baki watches a sparring match between Yuri Chakovsky, the international welterweight boxing champion, and Dinoy, Thailand's Muay Thai champion.

Episode 2

15 January 2001 - Those Who Squirm

Baki spars with Yuri. Meanwhile, Kuriyagawa meets with Kaoru Hanayama, a gangster and renowned brawler, to set up a fight with Baki.

Episode 3

22 January 2001 - The Beast of Yasha Crag

Baki meets his friend Reiichi Ando in the woods and stays with him. While there, Baki adopts some of Ando's training techniques, and he camps alone on Yasha Rock, hoping to fight with the Yasha Ape.

Episode 4

29 January 2001 - The Fang and the Tears

Baki Hanma fights a rematch with the Yasha Ape. After very hard fight, Baki eventually defeat the giant monster. Later he and Yasha Ape becomes a friends and Yasha Ape gives Baki his fang.

Episode 5

05 February 2001 - A Warrior's Heart

After returning home, Baki learns that Yuri will be fighting for the heavyweight title, so he visits Yuri at his gym. Meanwhile, Kuriyagawa tells Hanayama that he can't fight Baki until Baki has fought Yuri, but Hanayama has other plans. Before Yuri's title fight, he is attacked by Hanayama who defeats him and destroys his hand.

Episode 6

12 February 2001 - Spirit

After being knocked down by Baki, Hanayama flies into a rage in his office. Afterward, he visits his sick mother in the hospital. Also, Baki visits Yuri and his sister, Nina in the hospital before his rematch with Hanayama.

Episode 7

19 February 2001 - Gripper

Baki and Hanayama continue to fight, and Hanayama's tattoo is explained.

Episode 8

26 February 2001 - Demon

Baki's father, Yujiro Hanma, shows up after Baki's fight with Kaoru Hanayama. After the story of how Yujiro met Baki's mother is told, Yujiro and Hanayama fight.

Episode 9

05 March 2001 - The Division

Baki explains to his mother why he fights, visits Hanayama in the hospital, and trains. After a brief encounter with Yujiro, who killed the Yasha Ape, which made Baki angry since Yasha was Baki's friend after their fight, they decide that Baki and Yujiro will fight in one month. Baki then meets Captain Gerry Strydum, who tells him of a mercenary group in Hokkaido, and Baki decides to go there to defeat them.

Episode 10

12 March 2001 - Battlefield

Captured by the mercenaries as soon as he parachutes in, Baki must free himself and fight his way out against Nomura's jungle warfare team (Copperhead, Kuraishi, and the Chiba twin brothers, Sanada and Chiba). Meanwhile, an old friend warns Strydum of Gaia's fighting ability.

Episode 11

19 March 2001 - Gaia

Baki fights Gaia (an alter ego of Nomura).

Episode 12

26 March 2001 - Bite Marks

Yujiro Hanma breaks into the Prime Minister's office to prove a point; Baki Hanma fights the swordsman Kurokawa; Yujiro forces the archer Kanemoto to shoot an arrow at him; Baki visits his mother after she is rejected by Yujiro.

Episode 13

02 April 2001 - The Midnight Hour

All of Baki's friends show up to watch his fight with Yujiro and to help him warm up; meanwhile, Yujiro fights Gaia. Also, Hanayama opens up to Baki about his mother.

Episode 14

09 April 2001 - Lullaby

Baki fights his own father, Yujiro.

Episode 15

16 April 2001 - Reflections

A recap episode. Detective Kido reflects upon his experiences with Baki Hanma, and Hitoshi Kuriyagawa tells Kido about Baki's relationship with his mother and his fight with Yujiro.

Episode 16

23 April 2001 - Coming Home

Antonio Igari, a pro wrestler, tells Mitsunari Tokugawa, an old man who runs an underground fighting circuit, about Baki Hanma and his recent global travels. In the narrative, Baki is seen training and fighting, and, while in Brazil, he visits a fighting master named Dickson. Learning of the circuit, Baki returns to Japan to meet with Tokugawa, and he fights Tokugawa's bodyguards to earn a chance to enter the circuit.

Episode 17

30 April 2001 - Champion

Flash forward three years: Baki Hanma is now the champion of the underground arena. Mitsunari Tokugawa meets with Doppo Orochi, a great Shinshinkai karate fighter, and asks him to enter his son in the arena. Doppo finds Kiyosumi Katou, a former student, at his dojo beating up his fighters, and he introduces Katou to the arena. Baki trains for a fight at the boarding house where he is staying, where Kozue Matsumoto, the daughter of the woman who owns the house, has a crush on him.

Episode 18

07 May 2001 - The Cord-Cutter

Baki Hanma fights Kousho Shinogi, a master of Cord-Cut Karate.

Episode 19

14 May 2001 - The Right To Fight

Kiyosumi Katou spars with the fighters in Doppo Orochi's dojo; Kozue Matsumoto interferes with some bullies that are bothering Baki Hanma, which causes problems for her later; several fighters petition Mitsunari Tokugawa to be Baki's next opponent; Baki trains with Izou Motobe.

Episode 20

21 May 2001 - An Honorable Loss

Baki fights Mount Toba, a professional wrestler.

Episode 21

28 May 2001 - An Unlikely Challenger

Yujiro Hanma shows up after Baki's fight and knocks him out, and Doppo Orochi challenges Yujiro to a fight. After watching Doppo spar with his students, Baki spars with him. Yujiro starts a fight with a group of boxers at their gym, and he fights with Izou Motobe and Baki's next opponent is revealed.

Episode 22

04 June 2001 - Head On Collison!

Dr. Shinogi Kureha reveals to his brother, Kousho Shinogi, the Cord-Cutter, why he is fighting Baki Hanma; Doppo Orochi and Yujiro Hanma fight.

Episode 23

18 June 2001 - Medical Miracle

The fight between Doppo Orochi and Yujiro Hanma continues; after Dr. Shinogi Kureha performs a medical miracle, he demonstrates his physical abilities to the crowd; one of Kureha's former patients visits Baki.

Episode 24

25 June 2001 - The King's Ransom

Baki fights Dr. Shinogi Kureha.

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