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| After the 40th anniversary of the manga, I think now is the best time to catch up with the original Fist of the North Star anime before the Remake comes out. And I'm also playing Fist of the North Star: Lost Paradise on PS4 which was developed by the same devs as the Yakuza series. Experiencing both at the same time will probably be an interesting experience. Damn. I like this anime already. I just wish this anime was available in a better format than what I'm currently watching, which is probably a DVD rip. It's not unwatchable but a higher resolution with remastered audio and visuals probably would've made it stand out a lot more today. Yes, I'm talking about a remastered Blu-ray release. Does it exist? If not, they should've released this with the 40th anniversary project announcement. Oh well. I realized that Kenshiro is voiced by Akira Kamiya while Shin is voiced by Toshio Furukawa. That's hilarious cause these two voiced Mendo and Ataru in the OG Urusei Yatsura. It's always interesting to hear your favorite characters' voices in other shows like this. It's also a bit crazy to me that this anime was made just a year after the manga started coming out. You know what that means. There will be filler. Well, I just hope they'll at least be tolerable if not miserable. Can't wait to see Kenshiro's journey in both anime and game form. |
| The first episode, the initial review of the series is that it has a classic and stereotypical plot on past grudges and enemies. I'm pretty sure that most animations nowadays revolve around the same ideas this show introduced. Not a bad start since its setting is dilapidated and totally destroyed world. I'm wonderous of the humanity's tenacity to survival actually. I'll give it a 4/5 imo. TUNING IN FOR THE NEXT ONE IMMEDIATELY!!! |
| "All things, be they divine or mortal, find their ultimate end. It is not a harsh punishment, but a merciful pardon."  |
| "I just discovered that Toei had made a Japanese dub of the infamous "Fist of The North Star" (Hokuto no Ken) american live action film, with the cast of the original anime series reprising their roles." https://twitter.com/catsuka/status/1762977829464027371 |
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| "War. War never changes." |
| Oh man, this series has been on my watchlist forever at this point, so hyped up by fanboys everywhere for years. Finally saw the first episode, and it was at best 3/5, copying every possible hollywood movie, especially Mad Max. I wasn't expecting that. I thought this was going to be "guy with martial arts takes place in a tournament" shit we've seen a million times. Who knows, it might still happen. Anyway, I'll watch a few episodes more to see if it's worth it. Since it is a 100+ episode anime, I suspect the usual "3-4 episode" test run won't do. I'll have to watch at-least 20 episodes to see where it goes. |
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