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Fist of the North Star (manga)

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Alternative title:
Hokuto no Ken (Japanese)
Ken il guerriero (Italian)
Ken le Survivant (French)
Pięść Gwiazd Północy (Polish)
北斗の拳 (Japanese)
北斗之拳 (Chinese (Taiwan))
북두의 권 (Korean)
Genres: action, adventure
Themes: gore
Objectionable content: Intense
Plot Summary: After an apocalypse, the world is laid to waste. Bandits rule the land, and might makes right the world over. Justice is a dying concept, so a new kind of hero begins to show himself to the people. With his "Fist of the North Star" technique, the man named Kenshiro slaughters those who would do violence upon the innocent. He journeys to violently set justice back in the world, and dreams of one day refinding his beloved Julia.
User Ratings: 124 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 43 votes (Eng:23, sub:6, raw:4, ?:3, dub:2, raw:1, others:4
2 Italian
1 Portuguese subtitled
1 Spanish
)
 Excellent: 19 votes (Eng:10, sub:3, raw:2, others:4
1 French
1 French dubbed
1 Italian dubbed
1 Italian
)
 Very good: 20 votes (Eng:12, ?:3, raw:1, sub:1, raw:1, others:2
1 Portuguese
1 Italian subtitled
)
 Good: 19 votes (Eng:10, sub:2, raw:1, dub:1, ?:1, others:4
2 French
1 Spanish
1 +
)
 Decent: 8 votes (Eng:5, dub:1, sub:1, others:1
1 Italian
)
 So-so: 3 votes (Eng:3)
 Not really good: 3 votes (Eng:3)
 Weak: 3 votes (Eng:3)
 Bad: 3 votes (Eng:2, sub:1)
 Awful: 2 votes (dub:1, Eng:1)
 Worst ever: 1 vote (Eng:1)
Seen in part or in whole by 245 users, rank: #360 (of 6599)
Median rating: Very good
Arithmetic mean: 7.952 (Very good), std. dev.: 2.3101, rank: #1362 (of 7264)
Weighted mean: 7.684 (Very good−), rank: #1988 (of 7264) (seen all: 8.05 / seen some: 7.19 / won't finish: 0.00)
Bayesian estimate: 7.685 (Very good−), rank: #1072 (of 3439)
Number of tankoubon: 27
Chapter titles: We have 80
Vintage:
1983-09-13 to 1988-07-26 (Weekly Shonen Jump, 1983 #41 - 1988 #35)
2006 (Big Comics Special - Shoagakukan)
2018 (Brazil)
Release dates: We have 121
Links: We have 2
Trivia: We have 2
Reviews:
Fist of the North Star Manga Volumes 9-10 Review (Nov 27, 2023)
Fist of the North Star GN 8-9 (Aug 11, 2023)
Fist of the North Star GN 7 (Jan 19, 2023)
Fist of the North Star Volume 6 (Oct 30, 2022)
Fist of the North Star Volume 5 (Aug 23, 2022)
Fist of the North Star Volume 4 (Mar 15, 2022)
Fist of the North Star Volume 3 (Dec 23, 2021)
Fist of the North Star Volume 2 (Sep 20, 2021)
Fist of the North Star GN (Jun 15, 2021)
Fist of the North Star: Paradise Lost (Oct 11, 2018)
News: Show:
North American Anime, Manga Releases, September 24-30 (Sep 26, 2023)
Buronson, Tetsuo Hara's Fist of the North Star Manga Gets New Anime (Sep 12, 2023)
North American Anime, Manga Releases, March 26-April 1 (Mar 28, 2023)
Live-Action Fly Me to Saitama Sequel Resumes Filming After Gackt's Return (Oct 1, 2022)
North American Anime, Manga Releases, September 25-October 1 (Sep 27, 2022)
North American Anime, Manga Releases, June 26-July 2 (Jun 30, 2022)
Coamix's MangaHot Service Publishes Tsukasa Hojo's City Hunter Manga in English (Mar 28, 2022)
North American Anime, Manga Releases, March 13-19 (Mar 16, 2022)
ICv2 Lists Top-Selling Manga Franchises for Fall 2021 According to NPD Bookscan Sales Reports (Mar 2, 2022)
North American Anime, Manga Releases, December 19-25 (Dec 21, 2021)
North American Anime, Manga Releases, September 19-25 (Sep 21, 2021)
Kentarou Miura, Studio Gaga's Duranki Manga Ends (Sep 13, 2021)
Young Animal Magazine: No Information to Share on Berserk Manga's Future (Sep 9, 2021)
Berserk Manga's 1st Volume in 3 Years Ships on December 24 (Sep 5, 2021)
Kentarou Miura's Berserk Manga Gets New Chapter (Aug 11, 2021)
Fist of the North Star Manga Gets Stage Musical in December (Jul 15, 2021)
North American Anime, Manga Releases, June 13-19 (Jun 16, 2021)
Megalobox 2: Nomad Anime's Blu-ray Disc Box to Include 13 Episodes, New Short Anime (Apr 5, 2021)
Megalobox 2: Nomad Unveils New Video, More Cast, April 4 Debut, Funimation Streaming (Mar 8, 2021)
Fist of the North Star Gets Spinoff Manga About Drama Filming (Mar 4, 2021)
Megalobox 2: Nomad Sequel's Teaser Reveals Returning Cast, Staff, April Debut (Jan 27, 2021)
Viz to Release Fist of the North Star, No. 5, Sensor, Mashle, Undead Unluck, Yakuza Lover Manga in Summer 2021 (Oct 16, 2020)
Progress Technologies Opens Website for Fist of the North Star eBook (Feb 3, 2020)
Megalobox Anime Gets Sequel (Nov 16, 2019)
M&C! Licenses City Hunter -Rebirth-, Fist of the North Star Manga (Oct 25, 2019)
Sega Reveals Fist of the North Star: Legends Revive Smartphone Game (May 20, 2019)
Digimon Adventure Voice Actress Toshiko Fujita Passes Away (Dec 28, 2018)
Megalobox Anime's 2nd Teaser Video Reveals April 5 Premiere (Mar 15, 2018)
Fist of the North Star Bilingual eBook Kickstarter Campaign Ends, Raises 22.9 Million Yen (Nov 11, 2017)
Extended TGS Trailers Streamed for Yakuza Kiwami 2, Yakuza Online, Hokuto ga Gotoku Games (Oct 1, 2017)
Kickstarter Launches to Publish Fist of the North Star Manga in Bilingual eBook (Sep 13, 2017)
Fist of the North Star Stage Play About Random Thugs Adds Additional Cast (Jul 26, 2017)
Fist of the North Star Manga Gets Stage Play in September (Jun 4, 2017)
Crunchyroll Streams DD Fist of the North Star II and Fist of the North Star: Strawberry Flavor Anime (Oct 6, 2015)
DD Fist of the North Star Gets New TV Anime in October (Updated) (Aug 19, 2015)
Japanese Comic Ranking, June 22-28 (Jul 1, 2015)
Japanese Comic Ranking, May 19-25 (May 28, 2014)
Fist of the North Star Gets DVD Magazine (Apr 22, 2014)
Fist of the North Star Gets 2nd New Chapter in Comic Zenon (Feb 26, 2014)
Fist of the North Star Gets Special Chapter in March (Feb 24, 2014)
Softbank, Gungho Acquire Finnish Game Maker Supercell (Oct 16, 2013)
Daily Briefs (Sep 14, 2013)
Fist of the North Star Manga Reprint to Add New Chapter (Sep 14, 2013)
Fist of the North Star, Crying Freeman Creators Start New Manga (Jun 16, 2013)
Gungho Online Entertainment America's 1st Games Outlined (Sep 28, 2012)
Manga Creators Ask Book-Digitizing Shops to Stop (Dec 20, 2011)
Weekly Wrapup 23/Oct - 29/Oct (Oct 30, 2011)
Fist of the North Star's Buronson Launches Full Swing Manga (May 12, 2010)
Maid-sama! & Fist of the North Star Musō Promos Posted (Jan 22, 2010)
Slam Dunk Manga, Precure Anime Made into Online Games (Oct 23, 2009)
1/1-Scale Gundam Robot Statue: We Do Weddings, Too (Jul 17, 2009)
Sentai Filmworks Adds Fist of the North Star Side Story (Jul 1, 2009)
Tetsuo Hara to Launch Keiji Spinoff Naoe Kanetsugu (Oct 17, 2008)
Fist of the North Star Wedding Photos Posted Online (Sep 16, 2008)
Fist of the North Star Manga Marks 25 Years with Wedding (Aug 12, 2008)
North Star's Hara Draws Famitsu; Famitsu Returns Favor (Mar 22, 2008)
New Fist of the North Star Anime Projects Greenlit (Mar 14, 2008)
Belgian, Dutch Film Festivals to Screen Anime Films (Mar 6, 2008)
Fist of the North Star Online RPG's Info, Pics Posted (Nov 20, 2007)
Anime Pitched for Distribution at American Film Market (Oct 3, 2007)
Hokuto no Ken Creator Hara to Produce Children's Anime (Sep 6, 2007)
Director Kobun Shizuno at New York Anime Festival (Jul 31, 2007)
Manga Artists File Lawsuit Against Manga Download Site (Mar 14, 2007)
Hokuto no Ken Online Game Announced (Mar 4, 2007)
New Gutsoon! Graphic Novels in June (Mar 18, 2003)
Raijin Comics Details (May 20, 2002)
Two New Press Releases for You (Sep 26, 2001)
New Manga in Japan (May 15, 2001)
Interest:
Fist of the North Star Gets 40th Anniversary Exhibit in Tokyo (Mar 26, 2023)
Fist of the North Star's Tetsuo Hara Draws Jacket Illustration for Junretsu CD (May 20, 2022)
Fist of the North Star NFT Sold Out Within The First Day of Its Release (Oct 18, 2021)
Best and Worst Manga of 2018 Results - Comic-Con International (Jul 24, 2018)
JoJo, Fist of the North Star Creators Discuss Their Manga, Influences (Sep 13, 2017)
Fist of the North Star's Kenshiro Stars in Gum Commercial (Apr 24, 2012)
Fist of the North Star's 1/1 Kenshiro Figure Inlaid with 500,000 Crystals (Oct 23, 2011)
Press Releases:
Raised Over US$200,000 on Kickstarter, Fist of the North Star eOneBook is Available for Purchase (Jan 31, 2020)
Raoh –King of Hokuto HQS by Tsume Open for Pre-orders (Mar 20, 2015)
Other articles: Show:
Exploring the Fist of the North Star 40th Anniversary Exhibition (Nov 1, 2023)
The Spring 2021 Manga Guide - Fist of the North Star (Jun 15, 2021)
The Spring 2020 Anime Preview Guide - Kakushigoto (Apr 2, 2020)
The Summer 2019 Anime Preview Guide - Dr. Stone (Jul 5, 2019)
Jason Thompson's House of 1000 Manga - Fist of the North Star (Jul 18, 2013)
Jason Thompson's House of 1000 Manga - Dragon Ball (Mar 10, 2011)
Astro Toy - Super Action Statues: Jotaro Kujo and Star Platinum (Apr 18, 2010)
The X Button - Metal Storm (Oct 21, 2009)
The X Button - Top Secret Episodes (Jan 28, 2009)
The Fall 2008 Anime Preview Guide - Casey Brienza (Oct 4, 2008)
The X Button - A Bold, Daring Dream (Jul 2, 2008)
The X Button - Fist and Fantasy (Jun 18, 2008)
The Month in Review - June 2002 (Jul 13, 2002)
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Graphic novel
    Fist of the North Star (GN 1) 1995-08-05 (from $47.00)
    Fist of the North Star - [Master Edition] (GN 1) 2003-01-28 (from $21.55)
    Fist of the North Star - [Hardcover] (GN 1) 2021-06-15 (from $14.10)
    Fist of the North Star - Night of the Jackal (GN 2) 1997-09-01 (from $33.94)
    Fist of the North Star - [Master Edition] (GN 2) 2003-02-25 (from $24.91)
    Fist of the North Star - [Hardcover] (GN 2) 2021-09-21 (from $14.99)
    Fist of the North Star - Southern Cross (GN 3) 1997-12-01 (from $12.87)
    Fist of the North Star - [Master Edition] (GN 3) 2003-03-18 (from $39.00)
    Fist of the North Star - Blood Brothers (GN 4) 1998-05-06 (from $38.79)
    Fist of the North Star - [Master Edition] (GN 4) 2003-05-14 (from $50.00)
    Fist of the North Star - [Master Edition] (GN 5) 2003-07-16 (from $68.00)
    Fist of the North Star - [Master Edition] (GN 6) 2003-11-11 (from $179.95)
    Fist of the North Star - [Master Edition] (GN 7) 2003-11-25 (from $149.95)
    Fist of the North Star - [Master Edition] (GN 8) 2004-02-18 (from $75.00)
    Fist of the North Star - [Master Edition] (GN 9) 2004-05-19 (from $122.99)
    Fist of the North Star - [Master Edition] (GN 10)
    Fist of the North Star, |Hardcover (GN 3) 2021-12-21 (from $13.79)
    Fist of the North Star, |Hardcover (GN 4) 2022-03-15 (from $19.99)
    Fist of the North Star, |Hardcover (GN 5) 2022-06-28 (from $19.99)
    Fist of the North Star, |Hardcover (GN 6) 2022-09-27 (from $13.60)
    Fist of the North Star, |Hardcover (GN 7) 2022-12-27 (from $19.99)
    Fist of the North Star, |Hardcover (GN 8) 2023-03-28 (from $19.99)
    Fist of the North Star, |Hardcover (GN 9) 2023-06-27 (from $19.99)
    Fist of the North Star, |Hardcover (GN 10) 2023-09-26 (from $19.99)
    Fist of the North Star, |Hardcover (GN 11) 2023-12-26 (from $19.99)
    Fist of the North Star, |Hardcover (GN 12) 2024-03-26 (from $25.00)

Japanese staff
Japanese cast
(none)
Japanese companies
Publisher:
Coamix (since 2000-06)
Shinchosha (since 2000-06)
Shogakukan (2006: Big Comics Special)
Shueisha
English staff
English cast
Translation: Joe Yamazaki (Viz Signature Edition)

Design: Adam Grano (Viz Signature Edition)
Editing:
Jonathan Tarbox (vol. 1-9)
Mike Montesa (Viz Signature Edition)
Touch-up Art & Lettering: John Hunt (Viz Signature Edition)
(none)
English companies
Licensed by:
Gutsoon! Entertainment (License Expired)
Viz Media (License Expired; Hardcover, 2021)
Online Distribution: MangaHot
French staff
French companies
(none)
Publisher:
Asuka Comics (reedition since 2008)
J'ai Lu
French cast
(none)
Spanish staff
Spanish companies
(none)
Licensed by: Planeta DeAgostini Comics (Spain)
Spanish cast
(none)
Italian companies
Italian staff
(none)
Publisher:
d/visual (2005-2011)
Edizioni Star Comics (1997-1999)
Granata Press (1990-1994)
Planet Manga (2013)
Italian cast
(none)
German staff
German companies
(none)
Publisher: Planet Manga
German cast
(none)
Polish staff
Polish companies
(none)
Polish cast
(none)
Portuguese cast
Portuguese staff
Translation:
Hiro Tamaki (Brazil; vol 16-18)
Tonde Buurin (Brazil; vol 1-15)
(none)
Portuguese companies
Publisher: JBC (Brazil)
Chinese (Taiwan) staff
Chinese (Taiwan) companies
(none)
Licensed by:
Ever Glory Publishing Co., Ltd. (1995, 15 volumes)
Tong Li Publishing Co., Ltd. (2004-5, 27 volumes)
Chinese (Taiwan) cast
(none)

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