Fist of the North Star (TV)
Related anime:
Fist of the North Star (movie) (alternate retelling)
Fist of the North Star 2 (TV) (sequel)
New Fist of the North Star (OAV) (sequel)
Alternative title:
Hokuto no Ken (Japanese)
Ken il guerriero (Italian)
Ken le survivant (French)
Ken, the Great Bear Fist
Seikimatsu Kyuseishu Densetsu - Hokuto no Ken (Japanese)
北斗の拳 (Japanese)
Themes:
martial arts,
post-apocalyptic
Objectionable content:
Significant
Plot Summary:
In a post-nuclear future, human race has made many steps. Normal people have become slaves, while genetically modified giants rule the world. Gunpowder is a distant memory and martial arts is the only weapon a man can count on. Two schools face each other in the battle for dominion: Hokuto and Nanto. Kenshiro is the rightful successor of Hokuto school, while Shin is Nanto's. Shin stole Ken's girlfriend Julia and Ken is looking for her. Kenshiro travels the barren wasterland of post-apocalyptic Earth as seeks to rescue Julia. As the series progresses, we are introduced to the six Grand Masters of the Nanto Seiken school, as well as Kenshiro's three adoptive brothers, also trained in the art of Hokuto Shinken. Eventually, Kenshiro's ultimate rival becomes none other than his eldest brother, Raoh, a would-be conqueror who does not recognize Kenshiro as a worthy succcessor.
User Ratings:
516 ratings have been given [details]
Running time:
25 minutes per episode
Number of episodes:
109
Episode titles: We have 109
Vintage:
1984-10-04 to 1987-03-06
2008 (Middle East - Spacepower Broadcast)
Release dates: We have 4
Opening Theme:
#01: "Ai wo Torimodose" by Crystal King (eps 1-82)
#02: "Silent Survivor" by Kodomo Band (eps 83-109)
Ending Theme:
#01: "Yuria...Forever" by Crystal King (eps 1-82)
#02: "Dry Your Tears" by Kodomo Band (eps 83-109)
Insert song:
"Ai wa Kokoro" (愛は魂) by Yuriko Yamamoto (ep 107)
"Kareta Daichi" (枯れた大地) by Akira Kamiya (ep 100)
Official website:
Toei Animation's Hokuto no Ken Homepage (Japanese)
Links: We have 7
Trivia: We have 3
Review:
Fist of the North Star TV VHS 1 (Jan 1, 1970)
News: Show:
Voice Actor Ken Yamaguchi Passes Away at 55 (Nov 9, 2011)
North American Anime, Manga Releases: Nov. 6 - 12 (Nov 8, 2011)
North American Anime, Manga Releases: July 24-30 (Aug 3, 2011)
Anime Director/Designer Toyoo Ashida Passes Away (Jul 25, 2011)
The X Button at Comic Con: Friday, July 22 (Jul 23, 2011)
Anime Expo Hosts Toshio Furukawa (Jun 17, 2011)
Anime At London Film & Comic Con (Apr 11, 2011)
North American Anime, Manga Releases: November 21-27 (Nov 23, 2010)
Fist of the North Star on Showtime Beyond (May 28, 2002)
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| DVD (Region 1) |
| Fist of the North Star (DVD 1) 2003-02-25 |
| Fist of the North Star (DVD 2) 2003-02-25 (from $19.99) |
| Fist of the North Star (DVD 3) 2003-07-29 (from $19.89) |
| Fist of the North Star (DVD 4) 2003-07-29 (from $16.38) |
| Fist of the North Star (DVD 5) 2003-11-25 |
| Fist Of The North Star: The TV Series - The Complete Series Collection (DVD 1) 2010-07-27 (from $35.51) |
| Fist Of The North Star: The TV Series - The Complete Series Collection (Sub.DVD 2) 2010-11-22 (from $35.51) |
| Fist Of The North Star: The TV Series - The Complete Series Collection (Sub.DVD 3) 2011-07-26 (from $44.96) |
Series Director: Toyoo Ashida Screenplay: Toyoo Ashida Music: Nozomi Aoki Character Design: Masami Suda Animation Director: Hironobu Saito (11 episodes eps 16, 29, 41, 54, 67, 80-81, 83, 92, 106, 109 )Ichiro Itano (eps 39, 49) Kazuhiro Ochi (eps 59, 71, 90) Masami Suda (15 episodes eps 1, 7, 13, 17, 22, 26, 32, 38, 44, 51, 76, 86, 94, 101, 108 )Takuya Wada (eps 34, 46, and more) Art design: Mitsuki Nakamura Audio Director: Kanji Fukunaga Key Animation: Hideki Tamura (ep 28) Junichi Hayama (3 episodes eps 71, 102, 107 )Koji Morimoto Masami Obari (Uncredited; ep 59) Masayuki (ep 56) Michitaka Kikuchi (ep 97) Michiyo Sakurai (ep 56) Nobuteru Yuki (ep 49 and more) Takuya Wada (ep 40 and more) Painter: Keiko Nemoto Theme Song Arrangement: Hiromoto Tobisawa (OP 1, ED 1) Theme Song Performance: Crystal King (Op, Ed) | Akira Kamiya as Mie Suzuki as Tomiko Suzuki as Arisa Andou as Banjou Ginga as Bin Shimada as Hideyuki Hori as Kaneto Shiozawa as Katsuji Mori as Kenji Utsumi as Mie Suzuki as Shigeru Chiba as Shozo Iizuka as Takaya Hashi as Takeshi Aono as Tomiko Suzuki as Toshiko Fujita as Toshio Furukawa as Yoshito Yasuhara as Yuriko Yamamoto as Akio Nojima as Chiyoko Kawashima as Eiko Yamada as Hidekatsu Shibata as Hideyuki Hori as Hideyuki Tanaka as Hiroko Emori as Hiroshi Takemura as Ichirô Nagai as Ikuya Sawaki as Issei Futamata as Jouji Yanami as Junji Chiba as Juurouta Kosugi as Kan Tokumaru as Kaneto Shiozawa as Katsuji Mori as Katsumi Toriumi as Kazue Komiya as Kazuko Yanaga as Kazumi Amemiya as Kazumi Tanaka as Kazuo Oka as Kazuyuki Sogabe as Keiko Toda as Kinpei Azusa as Kouji Totani as Kousuke Meguro as Makoto Ataka as Masaharu Satou as Masahiro Anzai as Masako Katsuki as Masanobu Okubo as Mika Doi as Mikio Terashima as Naoki Tatsuta as Nobuyo Tsuda as Noriko Tsukase as Noriko Uemura as Ryo Horikawa as Ryusuke Oobayashi as Sanae Takagi as Seizo Katou as Shigeru Chiba as Shingo Kanemoto as Shoko Kanoki as Shozo Iizuka as Shun Yashiro as Takeji Yoshihara as Yasuo Tanaka as Yoshino Ohtori as Yu Shimaka as Yukitoshi Hori as Yuko Mita as Yumi Nagahata as Yumi Nakatani as Yumiko Shibata as Yuriko Yamamoto as Yuusaku Yara as Takeji Yoshihara | |||
Music: Mel Lewis (WW dub) Translation: Neil Nadelman Executive producer: Laurence Guinness Additional Dialogue: Carl Macek Dialogues: Tom Wyner Post Production Associate: Tom Merchant | Alexis Lang as David Lucas as Melissa Williamson as William Winckler as Abe Lasser as Alison Lees-Taylor as Caleb Pearson as Chase Masterson as Daran Norris as David Gerrold as Dorothy Elias-Fahn as G. Larry Butler as Gary Michaels as Henry Douglas Grey as Jason Barker as Kirk Thornton as Marieve Herington as Melissa Williamson as Peter Lurie as Bob Papenbrook as Catherine Luciani as Dan Martin as Dave Mallow as Deja Romersa as Donovan Ross as Dorothy Elias-Fahn as Fred Jones as James Lyon as Jeff Sherwood as Jimmy Theodore as John Billingslea as Kirk Thornton as Leonard Abbott as Melissa Williamson as Michael Forest as Michael Reynolds as Pat Woods as R. Martin Klein as Richard Epcar as Richard Hayworth as Robert Tousignant as Sandy Fox as Stephen Apostolina as Susan Myers as William Frederick as | |||
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Dubbing Director: Maurice Latino (eps 92-109) Adaptation: Anne Estève (eps 92-109) Aurélie Gélibert (eps 92-109) Benoît Berthezène (eps 92-109) Guillaume Estève (eps 92-109) Isabelle Jannès-Kalinowski (eps 92-109) Lucie Romero (eps 92-109) Mathias Delobel (eps 92-109) Script Supervision: Anne Estève (eps 92-109) Theme Song Performance: Bernard Denimal | Luc Bernard as Philippe Ogouz as philippe Valmont as Antoine Tome as Brigitte Lecordier as Gérard Malabat as Gérard Surugue as Jackie Berger as Jacques Ferrière as Jean-Marc Montalto as Luc Florian as Magali Rosenzweig as Marie Diot as Maryse Meryl as Virginie Méry as Virginie Ogouz as Antoine Nouel as Antoine Tome as Catherine Privat as Céline Melloul as Daniel Beretta as Daniel Russo as Gérard Surugue as Jacques Feyel as Joelle Guigui as Marc Brétonnière as Marc François as Naïké Fauveau as Philippe Ariotti as philippe Valmont as Cyrille Monge Fabrice Lelyon Gérard Malabat Maurice Latino Pascal Casanova Yannick Blivet | |||
Dubbing Director: Bruno Cattaneo | ||||
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