Fist of the North Star (anime)

Fist of the North Star
Japanese Name	北斗の拳
Romaji Name	Hokuto no Ken
Director	Toyoo Ashida
Producer	Yoshio Takami
Writer	Hiroshi Toda
Music	Nozomi Aoki
Studio	Toei Animation
Year(s) Aired	October 11, 1984 – March 5, 1987
Episodes	109

Fist of the North Star (北斗の拳, Hokuto no Ken) is an anime adaptation of the Fist of the North Star manga made and produced by Toei Animation that aired from 1984 to 1987. A sequel titled Fist of the North Star 2 aired from 1987 to 1988.

The anime is divided into six parts, or "seasons", and covers a total of 152 episodes that aired weekly on Fuji TV.

Profile

Fist of the North Star was a weekly anime series that aired on Fuji TV for 109 episodes that adapts the first 139 chapter of the original manga. It was given the subtitle "The Legend of the Savior of Century's End" following episode 22 to differentiate it from its source material.

The anime featured noticeably censored violence and gore compared to the manga due to Japanese television laws at the time, and often resoted to recoloring the entire scene or distorting the screen with desaturation. The adaptation also contains a great deal of filler to prevent it from getting ahead of the manga.

Plot Summary

After a worldwide nucelar war in the 90s Kenshiro, the 64th successor of Hokuto Shinken, is searching for his lost fiancée Yuria who was taken from him by a man named Shin. He jorunies with two orphans Bat and Rin and takes on Shin's forces and eventually Shin himself but makes no progress in his search for Yuria. He encounters and allies himself with many other marital artists like Mamiya, Rei and his adoptive brother Toki, as they take on many adversaries of the post-apocalytic world including Ken's other adoptive brothers Jagi and Raoh, and Raoh's Army.

Main Cast

Note: For character's voice actors not on this list, check the individual character pages.

Character	Japanese voice actor	English dub actor
Kenshiro	Akira Kamiya	Lex Lang
Yuria	Yuriko Yamamoto	Mary Elizabeth McGlynn
Bat	Mie Suzuki	Gary Dubin
Rin	Tomiko Suzuki	Sandy Fox
Shin	Toshio Furukawa	Steve Blum
Mamiya	Toshiko Fujita	Mary Elizabeth McGlynn
Rei	Kaneto Shiozawa	Daran Norris
Jagi	Chikao Otsuka	Peter Lurie
Toki	Takaya Hashi	Kirk Thornton
Shu	Katsuji Mori	N/A
Souther	Banjo Ginga	N/A
Raoh	Kenji Utsumi	John Snyder

Soundtracks

The anime features two openings and endings: Ai wo Torimodose!! and Yuria... Eien ni by Crystal King are used from episodes 1 to 82, and SILENT SURVIVOR and DRY YOUR TEARS by Kodomo Band are used from episodes 83 to 109. Compilation albums compiling these songs alongside several insert songs from the anime have been released such as Fist of the North Star: ORIGINAL SONGS and PREMIUM BEST.

Episodes

Note: For the episodes of Part 5 and 6 see Fist of the North Star 2

Part 1

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Part 2

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Part 3

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Part 4

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