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New Fist of the North Star Anime Unveils 3 Cast Members
posted on by Rafael Antonio Pineda
Warner Bros. Japan's English-subtitled, streamed special for Hokuto no Ken -Fist of the North Star-, the new anime of Buronson and Tetsuo Hara's landmark manga Fist of the North Star (Hokuto no Ken), announced three new cast members for the anime on Saturday.
The newly announced cast members are:
Saturday's “Itʼs Fist of the North Star Day! Gather Around, All Four Brothers!!” special marks "Fist of the North Star Day" on the 42nd anniversary of the original manga's launch date.
- Shunsuke Takeuchi as Kenshiro
- Daiki Yamashita as Bat
- M.A.O as Rin
The new anime announcement commemorates the series' 40th anniversary. The staff stated that the CG-based anime will be more true to the original work.
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.
Source: Warner Bros. Japan's “Itʼs Fist of the North Star Day! Gather Around, All Four Brothers!!” stream
