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New Fist of the North Star Anime Reveals Title, 2026 Debut
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The staff for the new anime adaptation of Buronson and Tetsuo Hara's landmark manga Fist of the North Star (Hokuto no Ken) revealed on Friday that the anime will begin airing and streaming in 2026 with the title Hokuto no Ken -Fist of the North Star-. (Similar to the second Fullmetal Alchemist television anime, the Japanese title of the new Fist of the North Star anime incorporates the manga's English name.) The official X (formerly Twitter) account for the Fist of the North Star franchise revealed a visual for the new anime:
The anime's producer will appear at the Warner Brothers industry panel at Anime Expo with a teaser promotional video and announcements of the main cast.
The new anime announcement commemorates the series' 40th anniversary.
The manga's story is set in a post-apocalyptic world. The story centers on a man named Kenshiro, a master and successor to a deadly martial art, as he wanders the nuclear wasteland protecting the weak and innocent from violent thugs. In his travels, he must contend with other master martial artists and figures from his past, including his "brother" Raoh, who has crowned himself the king of the new world.
The original manga ran in Shueisha's Weekly Shonen Jump magazine from 1983 to 1988. Viz Media began publishing the manga in a new edition digitally and physically in June 2021.
The Fist of the North Star television anime ran for two seasons from 1984 to 1988 and had 152 episodes.The manga has inspired several other television anime, films, and spinoff anime. Hiroshi Kurao launched a new Fist of the North Star spinoff manga titled Hokuto no Ken Seikimatsu Drama Satsuei-hen (Fist of the North Star Apocalypse Drama Filming Arc) on the Comic Zenon manga website in February 2021.
Sources: Fist of the North Star franchise's X/Twitter account, Comic Natalie
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