 Warner Bros. Japan announced a new anime project for Buronson and Tetsuo Hara's Hokuto no Ken (Fist of the North Star) manga on Wednesday, revealing a teaser visual (pictured). The new anime, titled Hokuto no Ken: Fist of the North Star, is celebrating the manga's 40th anniversary.Buronson and Hara serialized the action drama in Weekly Shounen Jump from 1983 to 1988 and compiled into 27 volumes. Shueisha later reprinted the series in 15 collector's edition volumes in 1991–1992 and 15 bunkoban volumes in 1997–1998. Hokuto no Ken has sold a cumulative 100 million copies of its volumes worldwide. Toei Animation produced a television anime adaptation, which aired in 109 episodes from October 1984 to March 1987. A second season aired from March 1987 to February 1988, followed by a three-episode original video anime from July 2003 to May 2004. VIZ Media licensed the manga in English in October 2020 and shipped the ninth volume on June 27, with the tenth volume planned for a September 26 release. Coamix published the first two volumes of an 18-volume new edition on Wednesday. The third and fourth volume will go on sale on September 20, and subsequent volumes will be released on the 20th of each month. Synopsis In 199x, the world was engulfed in the blaze of nuclear war. With the Ocean drying up and Earth torn asunder, all life seems to be lost but humans survived stubbornly. However, what dominated the post-apocalyptic world was sheer violence. The remaining humanity was split into two groups: those who kill and take whatever they can and those who are exploited. When all hope seems lost for the weak, a man in ragged cloth appears. He is Kenshiro, the rightful successor of the Hokuto Shinken martial arts with seven studs-like scars in the shape of the Big Dipper. His journey to becoming a legendary savior begins! (Source: Warner Bros. Japan, edited) Official site: https://hokuto-no-ken.jp/40th/anime40fons Official Twitter: @hokutonokeninfo Source: Press Release Hokuto no Ken: Fist of the North Star on MAL |
VindstotSep 12, 2023 5:59 PM
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| I hope this adaptation goes to a good studio. |
 Novels I have read/am reading pending approval: since November 10 2022 |
| Why do they keep on adapting trash from the 80s and 90s, like it's still good enough for 2023? That garbage was a product of it's era, times have changed, and now it's laughably bad. Everytime I watch something from that era, I'm always laughing at how these anime are still held in high regard. |
Reply to Oppai_Loli_God
Why do they keep on adapting trash from the 80s and 90s, like it's still good enough for 2023? That garbage was a product of it's era, times have changed, and now it's laughably bad. Everytime I watch something from that era, I'm always laughing at how these anime are still held in high regard.
| @Oppai_Loli_God Three words: no-stal-gia |
VivavideoUser2xSep 12, 2023 6:40 PM
"Get your tentacles off me or ill make calamari out of your manhood" -Mirai Nikki Dub |
Reply to Oppai_Loli_God
Why do they keep on adapting trash from the 80s and 90s, like it's still good enough for 2023? That garbage was a product of it's era, times have changed, and now it's laughably bad. Everytime I watch something from that era, I'm always laughing at how these anime are still held in high regard.
| @Oppai_Loli_God Well, admittedly, some of the newer stuff is pretty bad, and stuff like Fist of the North Star is pretty different than most anime that realease today. I agree there's a reason for it, but there's a market (per the old watchers, the new watchers who would be interest per it's legacy, such as Jojo). This property speciffically must be popular enough. I know they released a FotNS (HnK) rythm workout game or something last year, so that must have been well received. Could also be a producer's personnal taste. |
| Wonderful news. As a fan of this manga, I can't wait to see how this new anime project will be like. |
Reply to Fortress_Maximus
I hope this adaptation goes to a good studio.
| @Fortress_Maximus Same. I will watch it regardless, but it'd be fantastic to see an experienced studio delivering a high quality show fitting modern standards and being faithful to the source material. I can totally see Studio Orange being capable of doing such anime adaptation. |
Reply to TARDISES
@Bidoof_PMD-EOS Legacy is an important thing here - I in fact am one of those people who watched it because of Jojo. Though really, someone who's all "it's bad because it's old!" like the guy you're respondign to doesn't really have an opinion worth listening to, imo.
| @TARDISES People who despise some anime because it's old are just as silly as people who despise some anime because it's new. These are just childish immature "radical" takes in an attempt to look cool and edgy. |
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Reply to Fortress_Maximus
I hope this adaptation goes to a good studio.
| @Fortress_Maximus I'm wondering if this is another reboot of an anime adaptation, how much of a reboot it will be for the "you're already dead" stuff among modern audiences. |
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| Give it to David Production and let them go full JoJo with this one. |
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| Been wondering when they'd do another anime for it. |
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Reply to ReaperCreeper
Been wondering when they'd do another anime for it.
| @ReaperCreeper Same. Aren't Hokuto no Ken pachinko machines popular? They play cgi gifs from the last Souten adaptation whenever you're spinning. |
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| Between this and Kinnikuman, maybe we're finally getting more 80s remakes. Hopefully better than the CGI Saint Seiya. |
Bum Bum Dum Dum |
| how hard will this get bodied by modern censorship? |
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Reply to MovieDogg
@Oppai_Loli_God you act as though storytelling has evolved a millennium since the 80s. Storytelling hasn’t changed that much.
| @MovieDogg Conventions change with consumer expectations. They may dislike stuff like cel animation and reused shots, or the enemy of the week/month format of older series, or the depiction of gender roles. They didn't articulate a specific point so it's hard to tell. |
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| Wow holy shit. A remake of another classic 80's series. Did not expect that at all. I love these remakes/sequels of classic anime. Keep them coming. |
| I'm more excited to see Mamiya, Airi and Yuria tbh, the show will be censored to infinity can't wait to adapt this amazing scene |
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@fmmatron Lesgo Another one Mod Edit:Removed Trolling |
FluffygreygrassSep 30, 2023 12:16 AM
| Hottest Take Ever, fite me: Fairy Tail is better than Seiya, Bungou Stray and Hitman Reborn |
| Inb4 it goes to somewhere like LIDENFILMS. |
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| Oh what timing, I started watching the original a few weeks ago and I'm loving it. |
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| That cover is bad ass as hell. Looking forward to this version. Great news. |
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| Wow! Wow oh wow! I've watched the original around a decade ago. I still haven't continued watching its sequel. I'm pleasantly surprised about this news! I wish they would give this version the JoJo treatment with modern animation and everything. It'll be glorious! So looking forward to this! |
Reply to Ochimusha
@MovieDogg Conventions change with consumer expectations. They may dislike stuff like cel animation and reused shots, or the enemy of the week/month format of older series, or the depiction of gender roles.
They didn't articulate a specific point so it's hard to tell.
They didn't articulate a specific point so it's hard to tell.
| @KINOKOMORGUE A 2024 anime will not have cels or reused shots. He wouldn't be complaining about this remake if that was his concern. |
| その目だれの目？ |
| I hope they bring Takehito Koyasu to voice Kenshiro again, it would be awesome. |
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| never seen the original since its not shown in the 1990s local TV back in the old days where i am so i might watch this remake |
| It's probably going to be an OVA or ONA (most likely the latter), probably a good idea to release it as a Netflix exclusive as well. No way this can air in Japan uncensored today or even as censored as it once was back then with the TV anime. |
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Reply to Lucifrost
@KINOKOMORGUE
A 2024 anime will not have cels or reused shots. He wouldn't be complaining about this remake if that was his concern.
A 2024 anime will not have cels or reused shots. He wouldn't be complaining about this remake if that was his concern.
| @Lucifrost Cels? Yeah, modern anime can't appreciate that. Reused shots? Acting like that's not used anymore when even big name anime do them is crazy. |
Reply to Ionliosite2
@Lucifrost Cels? Yeah, modern anime can't appreciate that. Reused shots? Acting like that's not used anymore when even big name anime do them is crazy.
| @Ionliosite2 I'm not exactly the only one saying that. Someone tried to explain why someone else dislikes old anime. My own point was that I don't buy such an excuse, because a remake of an old anime would not be an old anime. |
| その目だれの目？ |
Reply to MovieDogg
@Lucifrost I don’t understand how they can think that everything from that period is low quality, but somehow everything nowadays is high quality. It is very much a spectrum of quality in all eras. I’ve noticed that the anime industry only remakes stuff if there’s a source material, as you don’t see them remaking the original Gundam no matter how many times western fans ask.
| @MovieDogg They've done several remakes of the original shows already. One of them will premiere next season. |
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Reply to Mei-o_Scarlett
| @Mei-o_Scarlett Nani? Lowkey we're getting all the big classics from the 80s and 90s. Maison Ikkoku and Orange Road next pls lol |
One Piece episode 914 & 915 & 1027 were a mistake and 957 brought the salvation - FMmatron |
Reply to FMmatron
@Mei-o_Scarlett
Nani? Lowkey we're getting all the big classics from the 80s and 90s. Maison Ikkoku and Orange Road next pls lol
Nani? Lowkey we're getting all the big classics from the 80s and 90s. Maison Ikkoku and Orange Road next pls lol
| @FMmatron Maison probably gonna be like UY and when it celebrates a milestone Cause fsr they don't wanna just adapt rumikos new manga but wanna keep the brand ~~casue they realise how bad it is~~ Nah we need that proper saint seiya remake too Not that Netflix CGI garbage |
| Hottest Take Ever, fite me: Fairy Tail is better than Seiya, Bungou Stray and Hitman Reborn |
Reply to Hoppy
It's probably going to be an OVA or ONA (most likely the latter), probably a good idea to release it as a Netflix exclusive as well.
No way this can air in Japan uncensored today or even as censored as it once was back then with the TV anime.
No way this can air in Japan uncensored today or even as censored as it once was back then with the TV anime.
| @Hoppy Yeah, I wouldn't be surprised if the Fist Of The North Star remake turns out to be an ONA on Netflix since Warner Bros. Japan is the same company that owns Bastard: Heavy Metal Fantasy and the JoJo series which are also on Netflix too. |
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Reply to AddaeAkono
@Hoppy Yeah, I wouldn't be surprised if the Fist Of The North Star remake turns out to be an ONA on Netflix since Warner Bros. Japan is the same company that owns Bastard: Heavy Metal Fantasy and the JoJo series which are also on Netflix too.
| @AddaeAkono Will Netflix pull the adaptation if they decide to do a complete reboot of the adaptation? Or do you think they will start releasing seasons? |
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Reply to RobertBobert
@MovieDogg They've done several remakes of the original shows already. One of them will premiere next season.
| @RobertBobert wait, what anime original is getting a remake? |
Novels I have read/am reading pending approval: since November 10 2022 |
Reply to Fortress_Maximus
@RobertBobert wait, what anime original is getting a remake?
| @Fortress_Maximus Bikkurimen is a reboot of an old show that was an advertisement. https://myanimelist.net/anime/54914/Bikkurimen It also seems that the original Tokyo Mew Mew was the original meda franchise, with the manga running at the same time as the anime. |
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| Who's gonna voice the new Omae wa mou shindeiru? Ono Daisuke? |
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Reply to Lucifrost
@KINOKOMORGUE
A 2024 anime will not have cels or reused shots. He wouldn't be complaining about this remake if that was his concern.
A 2024 anime will not have cels or reused shots. He wouldn't be complaining about this remake if that was his concern.
| @Lucifrost I wasn't giving them that much credit. |
OchimushaSep 16, 2023 7:50 PM
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I'm only gonna see the "Omae wa mou shindeiru?" part |
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