List of episodes of the series «Baki the Grappler»

  • Seasons count: 2
  • Episodes count: 48
  • Total viewing time: 20 h.
Stirrings of Destiny
Release date: 1/8/2001

Stirrings of Destiny

  • User score: 9.3
  • Episode number: 1
  • Episode duration: 25 min.
  • Episode description:
    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.
Those Who Squirm
Release date: 1/15/2001

Those Who Squirm

  • User score: 10
  • Episode number: 2
  • Episode duration: 25 min.
  • Episode description:
    Baki spars with Yuri. Meanwhile, Kuriyagawa meets with Kaoru Hanayama, a gangster and renowned brawler, to set up a fight with Baki.
The Beast of Yasha Crag
Release date: 1/22/2001

The Beast of Yasha Crag

  • User score: 5.5
  • Episode number: 3
  • Episode duration: 25 min.
  • Episode description:
    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.
The Fang and the Tears
Release date: 1/29/2001

The Fang and the Tears

  • User score: 10
  • Episode number: 4
  • Episode duration: 25 min.
  • Episode description:
    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.
A Warrior's Heart
Release date: 2/5/2001

A Warrior's Heart

  • User score: 10
  • Episode number: 5
  • Episode duration: 25 min.
  • Episode description:
    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.
Spirit
Release date: 2/12/2001

Spirit

  • User score: 10
  • Episode number: 6
  • Episode duration: 25 min.
  • Episode description:
    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.
Gripper
Release date: 2/19/2001

Gripper

  • User score: 10
  • Episode number: 7
  • Episode duration: 25 min.
  • Episode description:
    Baki and Hanayama continue to fight, and Hanayama's tattoo is explained.
Demon
Release date: 2/26/2001

Demon

  • User score: 10
  • Episode number: 8
  • Episode duration: 25 min.
  • Episode description:
    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.
The Division
Release date: 3/5/2001

The Division

  • User score: 10
  • Episode number: 9
  • Episode duration: 25 min.
  • Episode description:
    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.
Battlefield
Release date: 3/12/2001

Battlefield

  • User score: 10
  • Episode number: 10
  • Episode duration: 25 min.
  • Episode description:
    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.
Gaia
Release date: 3/19/2001

Gaia

  • User score: 10
  • Episode number: 11
  • Episode duration: 25 min.
  • Episode description:
    Baki fights Gaia (an alter ego of Nomura).
Bite Marks
Release date: 3/26/2001

Bite Marks

  • User score: 10
  • Episode number: 12
  • Episode duration: 25 min.
  • Episode description:
    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.
The Midnight Hour
Release date: 4/2/2001

The Midnight Hour

  • User score: 10
  • Episode number: 13
  • Episode duration: 25 min.
  • Episode description:
    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.
Lullaby
Release date: 4/9/2001

Lullaby

  • User score: 10
  • Episode number: 14
  • Episode duration: 25 min.
  • Episode description:
    Baki fights his own father, Yujiro.
Reflections
Release date: 4/16/2001

Reflections

  • User score: 10
  • Episode number: 15
  • Episode duration: 25 min.
  • Episode description:
    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.
Coming Home
Release date: 4/23/2001

Coming Home

  • User score: 10
  • Episode number: 16
  • Episode duration: 25 min.
  • Episode description:
    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.
Champion
Release date: 4/30/2001

Champion

  • User score: 10
  • Episode number: 17
  • Episode duration: 25 min.
  • Episode description:
    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.
The Cord-Cutter
Release date: 5/7/2001

The Cord-Cutter

  • User score: 10
  • Episode number: 18
  • Episode duration: 25 min.
  • Episode description:
    Baki Hanma fights Kousho Shinogi, a master of Cord-Cut Karate.
The Right To Fight
Release date: 5/14/2001

The Right To Fight

  • User score: 10
  • Episode number: 19
  • Episode duration: 25 min.
  • Episode description:
    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.
An Honorable Loss
Release date: 5/21/2001

An Honorable Loss

  • User score: 10
  • Episode number: 20
  • Episode duration: 25 min.
  • Episode description:
    Baki fights Mount Toba, a professional wrestler.
An Unlikely Challenger
Release date: 5/28/2001

An Unlikely Challenger

  • User score: 10
  • Episode number: 21
  • Episode duration: 25 min.
  • Episode description:
    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.
Head On Collison!
Release date: 6/4/2001

Head On Collison!

  • User score: 10
  • Episode number: 22
  • Episode duration: 25 min.
  • Episode description:
    Dr. Shinogi Kureha reveals to his brother, Kousho Shinogi, the Cord-Cutter, why he is fighting Baki Hanma; Doppo Orochi and Yujiro Hanma fight.
Medical Miracle
Release date: 6/18/2001

Medical Miracle

  • User score: 10
  • Episode number: 23
  • Episode duration: 25 min.
  • Episode description:
    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.
The King's Ransom
Release date: 6/25/2001

The King's Ransom

  • User score: 10
  • Episode number: 24
  • Episode duration: 25 min.
  • Episode description:
    Baki fights Dr. Shinogi Kureha.