Fist of the North Star (TV)
Alternative title:
El Puño de la Estrella del Norte (Spanish)
Fist of the Big Dipper
Hokuto no Ken (Japanese)
Ken il guerriero (Italian)
Ken le survivant (French)
Ken, the Great Bear Fist
Ken: Rättvisans Kämpe (Swedish)
Seikimatsu Kyūseishu Densetsu - Hokuto no Ken (Japanese)
سيف النار (Arabic)
北斗の拳 (Japanese)
북두의 권 (Korean)
Themes:
martial arts
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.
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Running time:
25 minutes per episode
Number of episodes:
109
Episode titles: We have 109
Vintage:
1984-10-11 to 1987-03-05
2008 (Middle East - Spacepower Broadcast)
Release dates: We have 25
Opening Theme:
#01: "Ai o Torimodose!!" (愛をとりもどせ！！) by Crystal King (eps 1-82)
#02: "Silent Survivor" by Kodomo Band (eps 83-109)
Ending Theme:
#01: "Yuria...Towa ni" (ユリア…永遠に) 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 5
Trivia: We have 4
Comment:
To comply with TV censorship laws, character deaths (mainly by Kenshiro) are visually obscured. Blood splatters are replaced with glowing white splashes while body explosions are depicted in shadow form.
Review:
Fist of the North Star TV VHS 1 (Jan 1, 1970)
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Series Director: Toyoo Ashida Script: Hiroshi Toda (70 episodes eps 4-8, 11-13, 16-30, 33-34, 36-37, 40-42, 48-49, 52-60, 64, 67-70, 73, 75-78, 83-85, 88-93, 96-99, 102-104, 106-108 )Katsushi Deguchi (ep 60) Shōzō Uehara (eps 1-2, 9-10) Tokio Tsuchiya (6 episodes eps 31-32, 45-46, 62-63 )Toshiki Inoue (eps 3, 14) Yūho Hanazono (4 episodes eps 15, 18, 20, 27 )Yukiyoshi Ōhashi (25 episodes eps 35, 39, 43-44, 47, 50-51, 61, 65-66, 71-72, 74, 79-82, 86-87, 94-95, 100-101, 105, 109 )Screenplay: Toyoo Ashida Storyboard: Iku Ishiguro (ep 11) Kazuhiro Ochi (eps 59, 71) Kazuhisa Takenouchi (ep 25) Masahisa Ishida (ep 19) Shigenori Kageyama (ep 5) Takeshi Shirato (ep 18) Episode Director: Atsutoshi Umezawa (27 episodes eps 4, 6-7, 12, 16, 22-23, 25-26, 30, 32, 36, 38, 41, 44, 48, 51, 77, 82, 85-86, 90, 94, 98, 101, 104, 108 )Hiromichi Matano (27 episodes eps 18, 27, 31, 35, 43, 45, 50, 53-59 odd, 60, 63, 66, 69, 71, 73, 76, 79, 84, 86, 88, 92, 96, 99, 102, 106 )Ichirō Itano (eps 39, 49) Iku Ishiguro (eps 2, 8) Masahisa Ishida (ep 5) Masamitsu Sasaki (ep 3) Shigenori Kageyama (4 episodes eps 28, 34, 40, 46 )Tomoharu Katsumata (eps 54, 56, 62) Toyoo Ashida (eps 1, 23) Music: Nozomi Aoki Character Design: Masami Suda Art: Chisato Sunagawa (28 episodes eps 4, 8, 11, 15, 20, 24, 29, 33, 37, 41, 45, 49, 53, 67, 71, 75, 78-83, 87, 91, 95, 99, 103, 108 )Animation Director: Hironobu Saitō (11 episodes eps 16, 29, 41, 54, 67, 80-81, 83, 92, 106, 109 )Hirotoshi Kaneko (ep 9) Ichirō Itano (eps 39, 49) Katsumi Aoshima (7 episodes eps 23, 25, 30, 36, 42, 48, 57 )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 Sound Director: Kanji Fukunaga Editing: Masaaki Hanai In-Between Animation: Atsuko Ishida (ep 34) Hideko Yamauchi Junichi Hayama (5 episodes eps 1, 32, 42, 49, 98 )Makoto Kanai (ep 96) Ryō Tanaka (eps 35, 54, 57) Tomoo Yakou (ep 60) Yōichi Ōnishi Insert Song Lyrics: Yoshiko Miura Key Animation: Akira Shimizu (eps 4, 11) Atsushi Satō (ep 2) Hajime Kamegaki (ep 59) Hideaki Furusawa (eps 8, 14) Hidehiko Okano (11 episodes eps 45, 52, 58, 64, 70, 77, 87, 93, 99, 107, 109 )Hideki Tamura (ep 28) Hideko Yamauchi Hiromi Naganawa (7 episodes eps 64, 70, 87, 93, 99, 107, 109 )Hirotoshi Kaneko (13 episodes eps 3, 16, 23, 29, 54, 67, 78-81, 83, 92, 106 )Hirotoshi Saito (eps 5, 9) Junichi Hayama (3 episodes eps 71, 102, 108 )Junzō Ono (5 episodes eps 10, 15, 21, 27, 33 )Katsumi Aoshima (10 episodes eps 1, 7, 13, 17, 22, 25, 30, 36, 48, 57 )Kazuhiro Ochi (eps 59, 90) Kinji Yoshimoto (uncredited) Kiyoshi Matsumoto (eps 2, 14) Kiyotoshi Aoi (12 episodes eps 18, 25, 30, 36, 42, 48, 55, 62, 75, 85, 91, 98 )Kōji Morimoto Masahiro Shida (ep 56) Masaki Kudō (ep 20) Masami Ōbari (Uncredited; ep 59) Masami Suda (15 episodes eps 1, 7, 13, 17, 22, 26, 32, 38, 44, 51, 76, 86, 94, 101, 108 )Masayuki (ep 56) Michitaka Kikuchi (ep 97) Michiyo Sakurai (ep 56) Minoru Tanaka (4 episodes eps 72, 84, 89, 95 )Mitsumasa Kimura (ep 97) Moriyasu Taniguchi (eps 12, 19) Naohito Takahashi (ep 56) Naoko Ozawa (eps 98, 102) Naoto Ochiai (ep 104) Nobumichi Kawamura (7 episodes eps 6, 15, 33, 39, 45, 52, 58 )Nobuteru Yūki (ep 49 and more) Nobuyuki Fukuchi (eps 8, 12, 19) Osamu Ishikawa (7 episodes eps 53, 66, 69, 84, 89, 95, 100 )Osamu Yamasaki (ep 5) Sachiko Tada (eps 44, 51) Shizuo Kawai (6 episodes eps 18, 24, 31, 37, 43, 50 )Tadashi Shida (ep 56) Takuya Wada (5 episodes eps 34, 40, 46, 85, 91 )Tomoyasu Makinoda (ep 20) Yasuhide Maruyama (eps 4, 11) Yasuyuki Tada (eps 6, 10) Yukie Nasu (ep 59) Music Selection: Hideyuki Tanaka Painter: Keiko Nemoto Production manager: Yoshitomo Yonetani (22 episodes eps 4, 11, 18, 24, 27, 31, 35, 37, 41, 43, 47-55 odd, 58-59, 62, 64, 67, 69, 71 )Sound Effects: Michihiro Itō (E&M) Theme Song Arrangement: Hiromi Imakiire (ED1) Hiromoto Tobisawa (OP 1, ED 1) Michio Yamashita (OP1) Tsuyoshi Ujiki (OP2, ED2) Theme Song Composition: Hiromi Imakiire (ED1) Michio Yamashita (OP1) Seiji Katsu (ED2; as KATZ) Tsuyoshi Ujiki (OP2,ED2; as JICK) Theme Song Lyrics: Hidetoshi Nomoto (野元英俊; ED1) Kimiharu Nakamura (OP1) Masayuki Tanaka (ED1) Tsuyoshi Ujiki (OP2, ED2) | Akira Kamiya as Mie Suzuki as Tomiko Suzuki as Arisa Andō as Banjō Ginga as Bin Shimada as Hideyuki Hori as Kaneto Shiozawa as Katsuji Mori as Kenji Utsumi as Kōji Totani as eps 29-32, 98, 102 )eps 69, 71-72, 93, 99, 101, 103, 107 )Mika Doi as Shōzō Iizuka as Takeshi Aono as Toshiko Fujita as Toshio Furukawa as Yoshito Yasuhara as Akimasa Ohmori as Akio Nojima as Atsushi Ii as Chiyoko Kawashima as Eiko Yamada as Hidekatsu Shibata as Hideyuki Hori as Hideyuki Tanaka as Hiroko Emori as Hiroshi Takemura as Ichirō Nagai as Ikuya Sawaki as Jōji Yanami as Jūji Matsuda as Jūrōta 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 Keiichi Nanba as eps 71-72, 99, 107 )Keiko Toda as Ken Yamaguchi as Kinpei Azusa as Kōzō Shioya as Makoto Ataka as Masaharu Satō as Masahiro Anzai as Masako Katsuki as Masanobu Ōkubo as Masashi Hironaka as Mikio Terashima as Naoki Tatsuta as Nobuyo Tsuda as Noriko Tsukase as Noriko Uemura as Reiko Suzuki as Ryō Horikawa as Ryūsuke Ōbayashi as Sanae Takagi as Seizō Katō as Shigeru Chiba as Shingo Kanemoto as Shōzō Iizuka as Shun Yashiro as Yasuo Tanaka as Yoshino Ohtori as Yū Shimaka as Yukitoshi Hori as Yūko Mita as Yumi Nagahata as Yumi Nakatani as Yumiko Shibata as Yuriko Yamamoto as Yūsaku Yara as | |||
Backgrounds: Studio Jack Broadcaster: Fuji Television Network Development: Toei Chemical Industry In-Between Animation: Kaname Production Internet Streaming: Videx Key Animation: Anime R (uncredited; eps 12, 19) Kaname Production (4 episodes eps 28, 34, 40, 46 )Studio G7 (ep 74) Music Production: Pony Canyon Production Cooperation: Kaname Production | ||||
Script: William Winckler (WW dub) ADR Script: Andrew Ebert Executive producer: J.F. Oya (Rioloco Productions; WW dub) Kōzō Morishita (Toei Animation; WW dub) Laurence Guinness Selby Johnson (Discotek) William Winckler (WW dub) Producer: Haruyo Kanesaku Justin Sevakis (Discotek SD Blu-ray) Margo Coughlin Marvin Gleicher Michael Gonzales (WW dub) Mike Egan Yutaka Maseba Blu-Ray Authoring: Justin Sevakis (Discotek) Blu-Ray Compression: Justin Sevakis (Discotek) Coordination: Chris Bottone Dialogue Director: William Winckler (WW dub) Digital Tracking: 'Big Phil' Brewster Legal: Patricia Pfister Menu Design: Gary Swarer (Discotek SD Blu-ray) OP Theme: Mike Egan Subtitle Manager: Anthon Meyer (Discotek SD Blu-ray) | Alexis Lang as Melissa Williamson as William Winckler as Alison Lees-Taylor as Caleb Pearson as Chase Masterson as Chuck Farley as David Gerrold as David Lucas as G. Larry Butler as Gary Michaels as Guy Welch as Jack Emmet as Jason Barker as Jeff Jourard as Kelly Swanson as Kim Nguyen as Marie Downing as Marieve Herington as Melissa Williamson as Peter Lee as Sparky Thornton as Alexis Lang as Alfred Thor as Allen Crocket as Anthony Mozdy as Barbara Goodson as Bebe Elam as Bill Timoney as Bo Williams as Bob Marx as Bob Papenbrook as Brad Orchard as Carol Stanzione as Catherine Luciani as Christopher Lee Michael as Christy Mathewson as Daisuke Suzuki as Dan Lorge as Dan Martin as Dana Farner as Dave Mallow as David Ellenstein as David Footsman as David Lucas as David Richardson as Deja Romersa as Devon Michaels as Dorothy Melendrez as Dylan Tully as Elliot Reynolds as Frank Buck as Fred Jones as G. Gordon Baer as George C. Cole as Griffin Gates as Guy Pinkham as Guy Welch as H. Murphy as Harold Muckle as Henry Douglas Grey as Ian Hawk as Ivan Buckley as Jack Emmet as Jack Hammer as Jackson Daniels as James Lyon as James Penrod as Jeff Nimoy as Jeff Sherwood as Jenelle Mazaris as Jimmy Theodore as Joe Romersa as John Billingslea as Jonathan C. Osborne as Kelly Swanson as Kenji Nakamura as Kermit Beachwood as Kim Nguyen as Lee Cole as Lee Kelso as Leonard Abbott as Marie Downing as Mark Tabbert as Marlon Mann as Matt 'Masamune' Miller as Matthew Austin as Michael McConnohie as Michael Sorich as Mickey Miller as Monique Sims as Natalie Rose as Ned Richardson as Pat Woods as Patric Mitchell as Paul Stephen as Peter Lee as Peter Shazam as Phil Swell as Rafael Antonio Oliver as Ramona Lee as Ray Michaels as Reba West as Renee Stevens as Richard Barnes as Richard George as Richard Hayworth as Richard Plantagenet as Robbie Martin as Robert Machemer as Robert Tousignant as Robert Wicks as Sam Strong as Sandy Fox as Scrote Wrinkleman as Sean Healy as Sentil Astoroth as Sparky Thornton as Steve Kramer as Steve McGowan as Susan Myers as Sven Nosgard as Syd Fontana as Terrence Stone as Thomas Cooper as Tom Charles as Tony Ricci as Tony Richard as Ty Webb as Wendee Lee as William Frederick as Zak Janning as Donald F. Glut George Lindsey Jr. Nate Joyner Robert Axelrod | |||
Broadcaster: Encore Action Nippon Golden Network (Broadcast w\ JP dialogue\Eng. subtitles, circa late 80s) Showtime Beyond ED Theme: Reinforced Records Editing Facility: Concept Plus Internet Streaming: Anime News Network Crackle (North America; Expired) Crunchyroll FUNimation Entertainment Hulu Joost Music: Reinforced Records Production: Toei Animation (2009 William Winckler Productions dub) Recording Studio: Magnitude 8 Post | ||||
ADR Director: Philippe Ogouz (eps 1-91) 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) Jean-Yves Jaudeau 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 Erik Colin as Gérard Malabat as Gérard Surugue as Jackie Berger as Jacques Ferrière as Jacques Feyel as Jean-Marco 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 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 Patrice Dozier Yannick Blivet | |||
ADR Production: SOFI Broadcaster: AB 1 AB Cartoons (from 2 April 1996) Club RTL (from 2002) Mangas NT1 (from 2005) Sci-Fi (from January 2006) TF1 (from August 1988) TMC (from 2000) Dubbing: Soundfactor (eps 92-109) | ||||
Dubbing Director: Bruno Cattaneo | Alessio Cigliano as Giorgio Giuliano as Norman Mozzato as Sergio Antonica as Wladimiro Grana as Alessio Cigliano as Giorgio Giuliano as Graziella Polesinanti as Marco Mete as Norman Mozzato as Stefanella Marrama as Stefano Onofri as Wladimiro Grana as | |||
Broadcaster: Euro TV (from 1986) Europa 7 Italia 7 Italia 7 Gold Italia Teen Television (from 6 September 2004) Junior TV La 7 (2002) Man-Ga Rete37 Super 3 SuperSix Teledue (from 2002) Telenorba 8 TVR Voxson Distributor: DeAgostini (DVD) Granata Press (VHS) Hobby & Work (VHS) Mondo Home Entertainment (VHS) Yamato Video (DVD) | ||||
Credits: Muhammad Al-Qazzah Mixage: Manar Al-Samkari Montage: Samer Abu Hamad Production manager: Radwan Hijazi Proofreading: Ramadan Ayyub Script Adaptation: Muhammad Mahmoud Qunbus Singing: Shadi Al-Ali Theme Song Composition: Simone Abu Asali Theme Song Lyrics: Shafiq Bitar Voice Direction: Yahya Al-Kafri | Rafat Bazoo as Adel Abu Hassoon as Anjy Al-Youssef as Bouthaina Shaya as Yahya Al-Kafri as | |||
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