Quote:The Fist of the North Star manga by Buronson and Tetsuo Hara was adapted into two animated television series produced by Toei Animation. The original series, simply titled Hokuto no Ken (åæã®æ³?), lasted 109 episodes, which aired on Fuji TV from 11 October 1984 to 5 March 1987, adapting the first 136 chapters of the original manga. A sequel series, Hokuto no Ken 2, took over the previous series' time slot and lasted 43 episodes, airing from 12 March 1987 to 18 February 1988, which adapts chapters 137 to 210 (the remainder of the manga was not adapted).
The original opening and ending themes for the series up to episode 82 are Ai o Torimodose!! (æãã¨ããã©ã!!, \"Taking Back Love\") and Yuria... Eien ni (ã¦ãªã¢...æ°¸é ã«?, \"Yuria... Forever\"), both performed by the band Crystal King. From episodes 83 to 109, the opening and ending themes are changed to Silent Survivor and Dry Your Tears by Kodomo Band. For the Hokuto no Ken 2 portion of the series (episodes 110-152), the opening and ending themes are Tough Boy and Love Song by TOMâ
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Well I have to say, Hokuto No Ken is probably the most badass anime I have ever seen and it's just plain excellent.
Imagine Bruce Lee mixed with Mad Max, along with a little Dragonball Z and that's one way of describing HNK.
It's just a anime you have to watch, because I can't really describe it too well..
It's gory and violent at times, but not so much with the clever "gory discretion shots" and most of the time, Kenshiro's adversaries tend to lose their heads or explode(which is awesome, by the way).
However, it was released in the 80's, so the anime does a "dated feel" to it, but it's good nonetheless.
So, has anyone ever heard of or watched HNK?
