When you think Fist of the North Star, your mind might not immediately go to musicals, but that’s what’s being made out of Buronson and Tetsuo Hara’s classic manga next. The latest update for the musical adaptation revealed cast visuals for Raoh, who, like all …Read more »
Buronson and Tetsuo Hara’s post-apocalyptic fighting series Fist of the North Star (Hokuto no Ken) is an anime and manga mainstay. Starring the overclocked Kenshiro and a whole roster of absolute beasts, the series delivers intense combat and gory fatalities. It’s also conquered the world …Read more »
Game and anime musicals are a pretty common thing. The concept of “2.5D stages” — special-effects shows based on your favorite series — has been around for a while, and given us a lot of popular and beloved projects. And then there are some we …Read more »
The company Goo Ranking asked a unique question to Japanese netizens in a survey: what anime characters who died early in the show left a big impression on you? In other words, it doesn’t count if the character dies a ways into the show, and …Read more »
What happens when you mix the dynamite devs at Yakuza house Ryu ga Gotoku Studio with one of the most storied manga and anime franchises of all time? You get Fist of the North Star: Lost Paradise, which essentially puts Kenshiro in his very own …Read more »
Sega confirmed what many Fist of the North Star fans were hoping for yesterday. The company will be bringing over Fist of the North Star: Lost Paradise, an upcoming action game that has the studio behind the Yakuza series tackling Kenshiro’s post-apocalyptic world. Fist of …Read more »
Fist of the North Star prequel Fist of the Blue Sky has a followup anime coming in the form of Fist of the Blue Sky REGENESIS, and a new trailer and visual are here to preview the action. Scheduled to debut along with what seems …Read more »
For those who missed its English publication in Raijin Comics, Fist of the Blue Sky is a prequel manga to Fist of the North Star by Buronson, Nobuhiko Horie, and Tetsuo Hara. The series is due for a comeback, because the latest issue of Monthly …Read more »
Who packs the most muscle? Japanese poll site Goo recently asked their readers “what’s the most macho manga of all time?” Aside from alliterating nicely, this is an extremely important question. Gruh! 16. Tough (aka High School Iron Fist Legend Tough ) 15. Shingurui 14. …Read more »
Boy, that would’ve been something. I’m talkin' bout the abandoned plan by Mad Max director George Miller to make an anime companion film to the upcoming Mad Max: Fury Road . Miller talked about the anime film at length this week, revealing that it was …Read more »
Another anime voice acting veteran is gone, sadly, with the passing of Kenji Utsumi on June 13. Utsumi was 75, and best known as the voice behind Fist of the North Star villain Raoh. Utsumi passed at 3:01 pm at a hospital in Shinjuku Ward, …Read more »
To celebrate the 30th anniversary of Buronson and Tetsuo Hara's Fist of the North Star manga, a new version of the super-deformed DD Hokuto no Ken anime is preparing to air in Japan this spring. The series adapts the Comic Zenon gag manga by Kajio, …Read more »
You're excited, I'm excited, we're ALL excited for Hokuto Musou . And who could blame us for wanting the power to beat up countless punks as the roving badass Kenshiro? We've talked about the game here before, and even featured a little piece about it …Read more »
I was chomping at the bit to post about this, but wanted to wait until better screens surfaced. Well, thanks to Koei, we can stop squinting at magazine scans and start fully anticipating getting our hands on Hokuto Musou , yet another mash-up of anime …Read more »
As I mentioned in Otaku USA Issue 13, which i’ll just assume you read first because it saves me from having to re-explain the premise of the show, the 1986 theatrical movie for Fist of the North Star aka Hokuto no Ken is the primary …Read more »
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