A second key visual for the Fist of the North Star: Hokuto no Ken anime has been released.
The show, which is set to premiere in 2026, is a new adaptation of the manga written by Buronson and drawn by Tetsuo Hara. The premise sees Kenshiro, a master of the Hokuto Shinken martial art, becoming a savior in a post-apocalyptic world devastated by nuclear war.
©Buronson&Tetsuo Hara/Coamix, HOKUTO Committee
The manga was serialized in Shueisha’s Weekly Shonen Jump from 1983 to 1988. The 1980s saw the release of a two-season anime series and an anime movie. A new series comprising OVAs and movies was later released between 2006 and 2008 with five installments.
Fist of the North Star has also inspired other media, like a 1995 live-action film, a stage play, and video games. A novel titled Hokuto no Ken: Jubaku no Machi was published in 1996 and received a 2003-2004 three-episode OVA adaptation titled New Fist of the North Star.
A motion comic adaptation of the Elegy for the Henchmen: Fist of the North Star gag manga spin-off, Fist of the North Star: Elegy of Ken-Oh’s Army Grunts, is set to premiere on January 5.
Staff
• Director: Hiroshi Maeda (Genesis of Aquarion compositing director)
• Series composer: Kazuhiko Inukai (Bakugan: Armored Alliance)
• Assistant director: Kazuma Ogasawara
• Character designer: Naoki Hisatsune (Magic Kaito 2010 sub-character designer)
• Animation director (written in katakana): Koji
• Music composer: Yuki Hayashi (My Hero Academia)
• Production cooperation: NIA Animation and Kishida Studio BACU
• Animation production: TMS Entertainment
Cast
• Shunsuke Takeuchi as Kenshiro
• Daiki Yamashita as Bat
• M.A.O as Rin
• Koji Yusa as Shin
• Saori Hayami as Yuria
Source: Press release
