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Japanese manga serial by Buronson and Tetsuo Hara and its media franchise

Fist of the Northward Star
Hokuto no Ken tankobon.jpg

Get-go tankōbon volume cover, featuring Kenshiro
北斗の拳
( Hokuto no Ken )
Genre
  • Adventure[1]
  • Martial arts[ii]
  • Post-apocalyptic[3]
Manga
Written past Buronson
Illustrated past Tetsuo Hara
Published past Shueisha
English publisher

NA

  • Viz Media
  • Gutsoon! Entertainment
  • (2003–2004)
Imprint Spring Comics
Magazine Weekly Shōnen Jump
Demographic Shōnen
Original run September 13, 1983 – August viii, 1988
Volumes 27 (List of volumes)
Anime goggle box series
Directed by Toyoo Ashida
Produced by Yoshio Takami
Written past Hiroshi Toda
Music by Nozomi Aoki
Studio Toei Animation
Licensed by

NA

Discotek Media
Original network Fuji TV
English network

Uk

Sci-Fi Channel

The states

Showtime Beyond
Original run October 11, 1984 – March v, 1987
Episodes 109 (List of episodes)
Anime television series
Fist of the N Star 2
Directed by Toyoo Ashida
Produced by Yoshio Takami
Written by Hiroshi Toda
Music by Nozomi Aoki
Studio Toei Blitheness
Licensed by

NA

Discotek Media
Original network Fuji Tv set
Original run March 13, 1987 – February 18, 1988
Episodes 43 (Listing of episodes)

Fist of the North Star (Japanese: 北斗の拳, Hepburn: Hokuto no Ken , lit. "Fist of the Big Dipper") [a] is a Japanese manga series written by Buronson and illustrated by Tetsuo Hara. It was serialized in Shueisha's Weekly Shōnen Jump for 245 issues published from 1983 to 1988 and initially collected in 27 tankōbon volumes nether the Jump Comics imprint. Assault a postal service-apocalyptic Earth later a nuclear war, the story centers on a warrior named Kenshiro, the successor of a deadly martial fine art known as Hokuto Shinken, which gives him the ability to kill his opponents by striking their secret vital points, which often results in an uncommonly vehement and gory death. Kenshiro dedicates his life to fighting against the diverse gangs, bandits, and warlords who threaten the lives of the caught and innocent, as well every bit rival martial artists, including his own "brothers" from the same school.

Fist of the Northward Star was adjusted into two anime tv serial produced by Toei Animation, which together aired on Fuji TV and its affiliates from 1984 through 1988, comprising a combined total of 152 episodes. It has since expanded into a media franchise, including several anime films, a alive-action moving picture, OVAs, video games, and a series of spin-offs centering on other characters from the original story. It as well has a number of video games and pachinko machines produced by Sega Sammy.

English adaptations of the manga was published by Viz Communications as a monthly comic book, and later past Gutsoon! Amusement every bit a series of colorized graphic novels, although neither translation was completed. In Oct 2020, Viz Media announced that they will publish the championship every bit a series hardcover editions starting in summer 2021. English language adaptations of other Fist of the N Star media have been licensed to other companies, including the Boob tube series and the 1986 movie.

Every bit of 2018, Fist of the North Star is among the highest-grossing media franchises of all fourth dimension. The manga has sold over 100 million copies, making it i of the acknowledged manga serial in history.

Plot [edit]

A worldwide nuclear war former in the 1990s has resulted in the devastation of most of civilization, turning the earth into a desert wasteland. The remnants of mankind fight over whatever supply of food and uncontaminated h2o nonetheless remaining as the strong casualty on the weak. Kenshiro is the successor to Hokuto Shinken, an ancient martial art of bump-off that trains its practitioners to kill from within an opponent'southward trunk through the use of hidden meridian points. Kenshiro wishes to live his life in peace, merely after he is separated from his fiancée Yuria by a jealous rival, he begins his journeying to become the savior of the postal service-apocalyptic world, defending the weak and innocent from the many gangs and organizations that threaten their survival. Forth the way, Kenshiro meets a young thief named Bat and an orphaned daughter named Lin, who join him as his traveling companions and bear witnesses to Ken'due south many battles.

Kenshiro's many rivals and allies include the half dozen grandmasters of Nanto Seiken, a rival assassin'southward art that ended splitting into two factions after the nuclear war, as well as his own "Brothers of Hokuto" who trained alongside him for the succession of Hokuto Shinken. Kenshiro'due south ultimate nemesis ends up becoming his eldest brother-in-training Raoh, a warrior who broke the constabulary of Hokuto Shinken by killing his master Ryuken and refusing to surrender the succession to Kenshiro. Raoh seeks to conquer the post-apocalyptic earth as a warlord under the drape of Ken-oh, the Male monarch of the Fist, by challenging every martial artist he sees as a threat. Afterward a long series of battles, Kenshiro emerges victorious over Raoh and information technology seems peace has finally come to the post-apocalyptic earth, concluding the commencement half of the story.

The second half begins several years later after a tyrannical empire under the name of the Celestial Empress has risen to power, oppressing anyone who dares to oppose them. Kenshiro comes into action, joining the now-grown Bat and Lin nether the banner of the Hokuto Army. As they fight their style into the Empire's capital metropolis, they discover that the Empire has been taken over past the Viceroy Jakoh, a usurper who is keeping the real Celestial Empress captive in his dungeon. The Hokuto Army free the Empress and Jakoh is shortly vanquished afterward.

However, Lin is taken captive past the remnant of Jakoh's forces and is sent off to the mysterious Kingdom of Shura, a brutal land of warriors ruled by iii overlords who have all mastered the means of Hokuto Ryūken, a martial art which branched off from the aforementioned clan aslope Hokuto Shinken into the means of darkness. Kaioh, the head of the three overlords, plans to conquer the postal service-apocalyptic world in the proper name of evil by wiping out the followers of Hokuto Shinken. Kenshiro uncovers the sealed testament of the Hokuto Shinken founder, Shuken, which holds the secret to overcoming Kaioh's ultimate technique. Kenshiro emerges victorious over Kaioh and rescues Lin, leaving her under Bat'due south care. During the final chapters, Kenshiro goes on a journeying with Raoh's orphaned son Ryu, in order to lead him on the path to become the side by side Hokuto Shinken successor, encountering and battling various opponents along the way, earlier returning to Bat and Lin to protect them from a past enemy.

Production [edit]

Tetsuo Hara was a fan of Chinese martial artist and actor Bruce Lee every bit well as action manga and the Japanese action film actor Yūsaku Matsuda as a teenager in the 1970s. As he did non have a videocassette recorder at the fourth dimension, he oft drew manga versions of Lee and Matsuda from retention.[five] Hara afterwards came up with the idea of Fist of the North Star after being contacted by his editor Nobuhiko Horie, who asked him, "You want to write a manga about Chinese martial arts, right?" According to Hara, Horie suggested to him that he should draw a manga about "a martial artist who destroys his opponents past hit their acupressure points" based on Hara'southward aspiration to draw a manga about martial arts and his knowledge of pressure points. At the time, Hara was having trouble breaking into the market, as his start serial, The Iron Don Quijote (a manga about motocross racing), was canceled ten weeks after its debut.[6] For the new manga, Hara combined the appearance and character traits of Bruce Lee and Yūsaku Matsuda to create the protagonist, Kenshiro. He also inspired past the Ultraman and Tiger Mask series to create interesting enemy designs.[v]

A prototype version of Fist of the North Star was published every bit a i shot story in the April 1983 upshot of Fresh Jump, which was followed by Fist of the North Star II, a second ane-shot published in the June 1983 result. Both stories were originally collected in the second tankōbon book of The Atomic number 26 Don Quijote, Hara's prior serial (although the after 1995 editions moves the first function of the Fist of the North Star pilot on the first volume and only include second function on the 2d book).

The two one-shots were well received in the reader's surveys of Fresh Jump and Tetsuo Hara was deputed to plough Fist of the North Star into a weekly serial. Buronson was assigned to work with him as a writer for the serialized version. The storyline was revamped, with the 1980s present-mean solar day setting in the original version replaced by a post-apocalyptic futurity world, and the protagonist Kenshiro, originally a teenager framed for a crime he did non commit in Hara's prototype story, became an older and more stoic hero with a tragic past.[seven] For the new setting, Hara drew inspiration from the post-apocalyptic film Mad Max two (1981), the cyberpunk film Bract Runner (1982), Katsuhiro Otomo's mail service-apocalyptic Japanese cyberpunk manga Akira (1982), and the illustrations of artists Syd Mead and Frank Frazetta.[8]

Buronson cited Bruce Lee and Mad Max as his 2 biggest influences on Fist of the North Star. He stated that Kenshiro and the martial arts were inspired by the martial artist Bruce Lee and his 1970s Hong Kong activity kung fu films, while the post-apocalyptic setting was inspired past the Mad Max moving picture series (1979 debut).[vii] Fist of the North Star was likewise influenced by Go Nagai'southward manga series Violence Jack (1973 debut), which similarly had a mail service-apocalyptic desert wasteland setting with biker gangs, anarchic violence, ruined buildings, innocent civilians, tribal chiefs and small abased villages; it has been argued that Mad Max may accept likewise been influenced by Violence Jack.[9] [x] [eleven] Originally, Hara and Buronson were contracted to do Fist of the North Star for a 3-year run, merely due to its popularity and the publisher's demand, it was extended to a five-yr run.[half-dozen]

Media [edit]

Manga [edit]

Fist of the North Star, written by Buronson and Tetsuo Hara, premiered in Shueisha's Weekly Shōnen Leap on September 13, 1983,[12] and was serialized until Baronial 8, 1988, lasting 245 problems. Its chapters were collected in twenty-seven tankōbon volumes, published under Shueisha's Leap Comics imprint.[xiii] During the 1990s, Shueisha reprinted the series in a fifteen-volume hardcover aizōban edition from 1991 to 1992,[14] too as fifteen corresponding economy-sized bunko editions from 1997 to 1998.[15] The Fist of the North Star copyrights would be transferred over to Coamix, a company founded in June 2000 by Nobuhiko Horie after he left Shueisha.[16] A xiv-volume Kanzenban edition was published past Shogakukan in 2006, under the Large Comics Selection banner, featuring the original water-colored artwork from the Weekly Shōnen Jump serialization, too as almost all of the original opening pages that were omitted in earlier editions, although it lacked the added artwork featured in previous collected editions that were drawn to supervene upon advertising spaces.[17] To celebrate the series' 30th anniversary, Tokuma Shoten re-published the serial in an "Ultimate Edition", comprising eighteen volumes that were published from September 20, 2013 to July nineteen, 2014.[18] [19] This edition features new cover illustrations by Hara and include an boosted affiliate in the 11th volume (run across below).[20] [21]

English translations [edit]

In 1989, Viz Communications published the offset sixteen capacity of Fist of the North Star in English every bit an eight-consequence monthly comic. These were later reprinted in a single graphic novel collection in 1995. During the same yr, Viz resumed publication of the series as a monthly comic until 1997, lasting eighteen bug (adapting chapters 17–44), divided into three parts. This second run was later on republished in three additional graphic novel volumes titled Nighttime of the Jackal, Southern Cross and Blood Brothers. Viz's version featured mirrored artwork with translated sound furnishings and other retouched details.

In 2002, a 2d English adaptation was published by Gutsoon! Amusement nether the championship of Fist of the North Star: Chief Edition, which retained the original right-to-left orientation but featured digitally colored artwork. Each volume from the quaternary one and onward featured new cover illustrations by Hara that were fabricated specifically for the Master Edition. The Master Edition ceased publication only a year subsequently its start in 2003, lasting simply nine volumes due to Gutsoon!'s withdrawal from the North American market. These colorized editions were translated back to the Japanese market place, merely only 4 volumes were published.

In 2020, Viz Media announced a impress and digital publication of the manga in hardcover editions, adapted from the 2013 ultimate editions.[22] The first volume was released on June fifteen, 2021.[23]

Follow-ups and spinoffs [edit]

Fist of the Blue Heaven (Sōten no Ken), a prequel to Fist of the North Star written by Nobuhiko Horie and drawn by Hara with supervision by Buronson, began publication in the premiere result of Weekly Comic Bunch (dated May 29, 2001), a manga anthology published past Shinchosha and edited by Coamix. The title ran during the entirety of the magazine'due south run, initially as a regular feature and after as a semi-regular, until it ceased publication with effect #445 (dated September ten, 2010). During this period various Fist of the North Star spinoffs by different authors were also serialized in the magazine (run into Hokuto Gaiden), each focusing on a dissimilar character from the original manga. The first of these, 10 no Haoh by Yowkow Osada, began publication in Comic Bunch #231 (encompass dated March 24, 2006).[24] It was followed by Sōkoku no Garō by Yasuyuki Nekoi on Comic Bunch #286 (May 11–18, 2007),[25] Shirogane no Seija by Yuka Nagate on Comic Agglomeration #301 (September seven, 2007),[26] Gokuaku no Hana by Sin-ichi Hiromoto on Comic Bunch #366 (January 16–21, 2009)[27] and Hōkō no Kumo past Missile Kakurai on Comic Bunch #414 (January 22, 2010).[28] Jibo no Hoshi by Akimi Kasai, a spinoff focused on Yuria was also published every bit a limited serial on Large Comic Superior for 3 problems in 2006, with a second run that lasted 6 issues in 2007.

In 2014, Buronson and Hara reunited to commemorate the 30th anniversary of the manga by producing a special ii-part story for Coamix'due south subsequent manga album Monthly Comic Zenon. Titled Hokuto no Ken: Last Piece, it is set during the timeline gap between Chapters 136 and 137 of the original manga and focuses on Kokuoh, Raoh's former steed who ends up becoming Kenshiro'south.[three] [29] The get-go part was published in the May 2014 issue of Comic Zenon, and the 2nd function in the following consequence. It was later included as an extra chapter in Vol. 11 of the Ultimate Edition of the original manga. Other Hokuto no Ken titles published on Comic Zenon include DD Hokuto no Ken past Kajio, which started on the magazine'southward premiere issue (dated December 2010), Kin'yoku no Garuda, a side-story which started on Comic Zenon #29 (April 2013) and the currently ongoing Sōten no Ken: Regenesis, a sequel to the original Sōten no Ken manga drawn by Hideki Tsuji and written past Hiroyuki Yatsu which began serialization in Comic Zenon #85 (December 2017). Hokuto no Ken: Ichigo Aji written by Yūshi Kawata and illustrated by Yukito the Younger, began serialization in 2013 on Coamix's online manga anthology Web Comic Zenyon.[30]

Defended e-reader [edit]

In 2018, a dedicated due east-reader was sold which shipped with xviii volumes of Fist of the N Star, without the choice of loading annihilation else on to it. It has two screens that fold out similar a book and sold for ¥30,000 in Japan. The read-just device is chosen an eOneBook and is powered by removable AAA batteries.[31]

Anime [edit]

TV series [edit]

Fist of the Due north Star was first adjusted into an anime television serial past Toei Blitheness. It aired on Fuji Television from October xi, 1984, to March v, 1987, lasting 109 episodes.[32] It was immediately followed by a sequel series, titled Fist of the Due north Star two, which aired from March xiii, 1987 to February 18, 1988, lasting for 43 additional episodes (a combined total of 152 episodes betwixt both serial).

The full series was never released on VHS in Japan, although 3-hour-long compilation movies were produced by Toei Video covering the beginning, second and fourth story arcs in that society. On July 24, 2002, Universal Music released a Region 2 DVD box set containing all 152 episodes spread across 26 discs.[33] These discs were later released every bit individual volumes from May 21, 2003 through January 21, 2004. Three "best of" DVD compilations were likewise released in 2005, each featuring seven central episodes from the series. On March 28, 2008, Avex released a 25th-ceremony edition box fix featuring new video transfers of all 152 episodes remastered in high definition, again spread across 26 discs. This ready also features 2 additional discs of bonus content (including the aforementioned compilation movies).[34]

This show aired with English language subtitles on Japan Gold Network in the late 1980s. The first 36 episodes of the first series were translated and dubbed by Manga Entertainment in 1999, although simply 24 episodes were released on VHS (spread beyond viii tapes). All 36 episodes of the dub version were aired on Outset Beyond in the United States and on Sci-Fi Channel in the Great britain, and were later released on DVD in 2003 (spread beyond six individual volumes). In 2008, the United states subsidiary of Toei Animation produced an official subtitle-only translation of all 152 episodes, which were released on various paid download and streaming websites available only for North American customers. Discotek Media announced on Oct two, 2009 that they have licensed the entire Fist of the North Star TV series.[35] The first two boxsets were released in that year, and the latter two in 2011. The episodes use the same transfers from the 2008 DVD box gear up in Japan, although it did not contain any of the special features. The first set featured the first 36 episodes along with Manga Entertainment's English dub, and a Japanese audio selection with English subtitles; these subtitles were adjusted from the translation of Toei's streaming episodes. Discotek later on released all discs from all 4 boxsets (a total of 21 discs) together in one set, Fist of the North Star: The Series - The Complete Series Collection, on March 25, 2014. Discotek released the complete series as a standard definition Blu-ray assail October 31, 2017.

In 2009, William Winckler Productions produced six compilation movies voiced in English. The movies comprehend major story arcs from the TV serial, each one centering on a specific graphic symbol (Shin, Rei, Toki, Souzer, Raoh, and Kaioh).[36] These compilation movies had not been officially released in Due north America and Europe nevertheless just were distributed to video streaming websites in Japan in 2012.[37]

Films and OVAs [edit]

The start animated feature picture based on the series, but titled Fist of the North Star, was produced by Toei Animation, which premiered in Japan on March viii, 1986.[38] Produced past the aforementioned staff and bandage who worked on the Tv series, the movie adapts the storyline of the manga from the beginning and up to Kenshiro'south offset fight with Raoh, taking several liberties with the club of events and how the story unfolds. An English language-dubbed version produced by Streamline Pictures was get-go released in 1991 in Northward America and in 1994 in Europe and Australia by Manga Entertainment.

In 2003, a three-episode original video blitheness (OVA) mini-series titled New Fist of the N Star was produced by OB Planning, based on a 1996 Fist of the North Star novel, Jubaku no Machi. An English dub version was produced by ADV Films in 2004.

In 2005, North Stars Pictures and TMS Entertainment announced the development of a 5-part film series titled Fist of the North Star: The Legends of the True Savior.[39] The series is composed of three theatrical films and two OVAs, which were released during a three-yr flow betwixt 2006 throughout 2008, culminating with the 25th anniversary of the franchise.[twoscore]

At the Japanese box office, Fist of the North Star (1986) grossed ¥1.8 billion [41] and Legend of Raoh: Chapter of Death in Dearest (2006) grossed ¥500 meg,[42] for a combined ¥ii.3 billion ($29 million). Chapter of Decease in Love also grossed $1,258,568 overseas,[43] and Fable of Raoh: Chapter of Fierce Fight (2007) grossed $i,479,911 in Japan,[44] bringing the films' total worldwide box role gross to $32 million.

Novels [edit]

An original novel was written past Buronson and Tetsuo Hara titled Shōsetsu Hokuto no Ken: Jubaku no Machi which was published by Jump Novel in Nippon on December 13, 1996.[45] The novel was the basis of the subsequently three-episode OVA series New Fist of the North Star. A novelization of the pic Legend of Raoh: Affiliate of Love in Death written by Eiichi Sakaki was published by Tokuma Novels on March 10, 2006.[46]

At that place accept also been ii jail cell phone novels released via the mobile site Hokuto no Ken DX. Raoh Gaiden, a novelization of the manga of the aforementioned name, and Kenshiro Gaiden, an original novel by Jotaro Higashi.

Live-action picture show [edit]

An American-produced live-action picture show version of Fist of the North Star was released in 1995, directed by Tony Randel based on a script by Peter Atkins and Wynne McLaughlin. The film, loosely based on the Shin storyline of the manga, stars Gary Daniels as Kenshiro, Costas Mandylor equally Shin and Japanese actress Isako Washio every bit Yuria, with Malcolm McDowell as Ryuken and Chris Penn as "Jackal" (actually a renamed Jagi). Information technology too featured a cameo by professional wrestler Big Van Vader every bit Goliath, and Kevin Arbouet as "Rao" (unrelated to the actual Raoh from the manga). The movie was released direct-to-video in the United States and Nippon (though it did receive a premiere on HBO). The Japanese dubbed version used the original voice actors from the 1980s anime series.

Video games [edit]

Numerous video game titles based on the Fist of the North Star have been produced since the 1986 release of the Enix adventure game, merely titled Hokuto no Ken for the PC-88. The before games in the franchise were released past Sega for the Mark Three and Mega Drive and by Toei Animation for Nintendo'southward Famicom, Game Boy and Super Famicom. These titles included side-scrolling action games, role-playing video games and competitive-style fighting games. The two Sega titles were stripped of the license and rebranded for the international market under the titles of Black Belt for the Master Organization and Last Battle for the Sega Genesis. Two Toei titles, namely Fist of the North Star (a localized version of the Famicom's Hokuto no Ken two) for the NES released past Taxan Soft in 1989 and Fist of the North Star: 10 Big Brawls for the King of Universe for the Game Male child released by Electro Brain in 1991, had American releases with the license intact.

Further games were released for the Sega Saturn, PlayStation, PlayStation two and Nintendo DS, among other platforms. In 2000, Konami released an arcade game based on the franchise titled Fighting Mania. Another arcade game, a 2D fighting game just titled Fist of the Northward Star, was produced by Sega and Arc System Works in 2005. Both of these games saw international distributions, although the PS2 version of the fighting game was released exclusively in Nihon.[47] [48] Tecmo Koei produced a Dynasty Warriors spin-off focusing on the events from the first half of the manga, titled Fist of the Due north Star: Ken's Rage, for the PlayStation 3. It which was released in Nippon, North America, and Europe in 2010.[49] A sequel, Fist of the North Star: Ken'due south Rage 2, expanded on the commencement game and incorporated the events from the second one-half of the manga. It was released in Nihon in 2012 and in North America in 2013. Sega's new game, Fist of the North Star: Lost Paradise was released for the PlayStation four in 2018. Information technology was developed past the team backside the Yakuza series, featuring similar gameplay and elements, though rather than adapting the story of the manga, it is an original story with no continuity with events in the manga, though it does feature characters from the manga, voiced by actors from the Yakuza series.[fifty]

Reception and legacy [edit]

Fist of the North Star was one of Weekly Shōnen Jump's most popular titles during the 1980s. It is one of the best-selling manga serial in history, having sold approximately 100 one thousand thousand copies.[51] In a poll conducted by TV Asahi in 2005, the Fist of the N Star anime series ranked 26 in a list of Top 100 Anime series.[52] In a second poll in 2006, information technology ranked 89.[53] In a celebrity version of the poll, information technology ranked 15. In Nov 2014, readers of Media Manufacturing plant'due south Da Vinci magazine voted Fist of the North Star number 8 on a list of Weekly Shōnen Jump 's greatest manga series of all fourth dimension.[54] On Boob tube Asahi's Manga Sōsenkyo 2021 poll, in which 150,000 people voted for their top 100 manga serial, Fist of the N Star ranked 22nd.[55]

Equally of 2018, Fist of the North Star is ane of the tiptop xx highest-grossing media franchises of all time,[56] [ better source needed ] estimated to have generated more than $20 billion in total franchise acquirement.[57] [ better source needed ]

Impact [edit]

Fist of the North Star is considered one of the most influential shōnen manga serial of all time. Geek.com called it "an epochal, generation-defining work that introduced madcap ultraviolence to the page and inspired tons of other mangaka."[58] Berserk creator Kentaro Miura named Fist of the North Star as the piece of work that had the biggest impact on his own.[59] Vinland Saga author Makoto Yukimura was get-go inspired to become a manga artist after reading the series as a boy.[lx]

It too had an influence on video games. Technōs Japan game designer Yoshihisa Kishimoto cited it as an influence on the setting and fine art way of arcade vanquish 'em up game Double Dragon (1987), which had a disaster-ridden city inspired by both Mad Max and Fist of the North Star.[61] It has too been credited with originating the fatality finishing move concept which afterward appeared in the Mortal Kombat series of fighting games.[62]

Internet memes [edit]

In the 2010s, Kenshiro'southward catchphrase "Omae Wa Mou Shindeiru" ("Yous Are Already Dead") became ane of the virtually popular anime-based Internet memes.[63] In September 2017, music producer deadman 死人 (Noah Ryan Tater) released the song "Omae Wa Mou" which references the meme and samples the Japanese vocal "Tiny Picayune Adiantum" (2013) from the Touhou Projection video game music anthology Toho Bossa Nova 2. The rapper Lil Smash produced his ain version of the vocal called "Already Dead" iii months later. In 2019, "Omae Wa Mou" went viral on TikTok and topped Spotify'southward Viral 50 chart, before being taken off the nautical chart after being struck with a copyright claim.[64]

Pachinko [edit]

A number of pachinko and pachislot machines based on the franchise have been produced, mainly by Sega Sammy Holdings since the launch of the CR Hokuto No Ken pachinko auto in 2002. Pachislot Hokuto No Ken, launched in 2004, sold 620,000 units by March 2005, becoming the best-selling pachislot machine. Pachinko CR Hokuto No Ken 3 became Sega Sammy's all-time-selling pachinko car when it launched in 2009. By March 2017, Sega Sammy had sold iii.18one thousand thousand Hokuto no Ken pachinko, pachislot and arcade machines, including 2.71million Hokuto no Ken pachinko and pachislot machines, 30,000 Hokuto no Ken arcade game machines, and 440,000 Souten no Ken pachinko and pachislot machines.[65] These pachinko machines tin exist seen and played in the Yakuza video game series.

Sega Sammy sales of Hokuto no Ken pachinko and pachislot machines
Fiscal flow Unit sales Net sales acquirement (est.) Ref
Pachinko Pachislot Pachinko Pachislot
January 2002 to March 2002 12,000[66] Due north/A ¥300 billion [67] [65]
April 2002 to March 2003 Un­known Northward/A
Oct 2003 [68] to March 2005 North/A 620,000[69]
April 2005 to June 2005 Un­known Un­known
July 2005 to March 2006 178,579 United nations­known ¥41.416 billion Un­known [70]
July 2006 to March 2007 23,242 340,760 ¥4.946 billion ¥115.064 billion [71]
July 2007 to March 2008 United nations­known 136,594 United nations­known ¥xl.316 billion [72]
July 2008 to March 2009 262,937 Un­known ¥78.177 billion United nations­known [73]
Apr 2009 to March 2010 Un­known N/A Un­known N/A [65]
July 2010 to March 2011 201,957 N/A[65] ¥67.027 billion Due north/A [74]
Apr 2011 to March 2012 40,396 177,469 ¥12.376 billion ¥61.522 billion [75]
October 2012 to March 2013 121,830 N/A[65] ¥40.617 billion N/A [76]
April 2013 to March 2014 69,207 114,667 ¥21.949 billion ¥42.852 billion [77]
July 2014 to March 2015 147,697 N/A[65] ¥44.945 billion N/A [78]
Jan 2002 to March 2015 2,447,335 ¥871.207 billion ($ten.631 billion)
July 2015 to March 2016 34,817 79,997 ¥11.686 billion ¥34.34 billion [79]
January 2002 to March 2016 2,640,000[lxxx]
July 2016 to March 2017 Northward/A[65] 90,175 N/A ¥36.031 billion [81]
Apr 2017 to March 2018 94,955 45,220 ¥38.193 billion ¥nineteen.383 billion [82]
April 2018 to March 2019 24,801 Un­known ¥9.294 billion Un­known [83]
July 2019 to March 2020 32,396 59,872 ¥11.585 billion ¥26.262 billion [84]
April 2020 to Dec 2020 Un­known United nations­known United nations­known Un­known [85]
July 2015 to December 2020 ¥186.774 billion ($1.812 billion) [86]
Jan 2002 to Dec 2020 2,987,419 ¥1,057.981 billion ($12.445 billion)
Sega Sammy sales of Souten no Ken pachinko and pachislot machines
Fiscal period Unit of measurement sales Net sales revenue (est.) Ref
Pachinko Pachislot Pachinko Pachislot
October 2009 to March 2010 94,994 N/A ¥27.192 billion North/A [87]
March 2010 to March 2011 Un­known 92,781 Un­known ¥29.129 billion [74]
Oct 2011 to March 2012 62,395 United nations­known ¥19.115 billion United nations­known [75]
July 2012 to March 2013 20,673 Un­known ¥half-dozen.892 billion Un­known [76]
October 2013 to March 2014 27,139 United nations­known ¥8.607 billion Un­known [77]
April 2014 to March 2015 United nations­known 76,797 United nations­known ¥23.401 billion [78]
October 2009 to March 2015 374,779 ¥114.336 billion ($i.341 billion)
July 2016 to March 2017 44,238 United nations­known ¥15.447 billion United nations­known [81]
November 2017 to March 2018 8,669 Un­known ¥three.487 billion Un­known [82]
January 2019 to March 2019 Un­known 21,047 Un­known ¥seven.743 billion [83]
Apr 2020 to December 2020 Un­known Un­known Un­known Un­known [85]
July 2016 to December 2020 347,419 ¥26.677 billion ($259 meg) [88]
October 2009 to December 2020 480,000[89] ¥141.013 billion ($1.6 billion)
Sega Sammy sales of Hokuto Musō pachinko and pachislot machines
Fiscal period Unit sales Net sales revenue (est.) Ref
Pachinko Pachislot Pachinko Pachislot
Jan 2016 to March 2016 70,245 N/A ¥23.578 billion N/A [79]
October 2016 to March 2017 13,713 Un­known ¥4.788 billion United nations­known [81]
January 2016 to March 2018 160,000[ninety] ¥28.366 billion United nations­known
July 2018 to March 2019 63,003 Un­known ¥23.609 billion United nations­known [83]
July 2020 to December 2020 43,741 four,295 ¥18.127 billion ¥1.651 billion [85]
January 2016 to December 2020 271,039 ¥71.753 billion ($696 million) [91]

See also [edit]

  • Bruceploitation
  • Dragon Ball, a 1984 martial-arts manga and anime franchise
  • JoJo's Bizarre Gamble, a 1986 shōnen manga and anime franchise

Explanatory notes [edit]

  1. ^ Hokuto ( 北斗 ), which literally means the "Northern Ladle", is the Japanese proper noun of the Large Dipper, an asterism that forms part of the Ursa Major/Great Behave constellation, which does not correspond to the North Star Polaris (which is part of the Ursa Pocket-sized/Niggling Carry/Little Dipper constellation). Toei's proposed localized title for the serial was Ken, The Great Conduct Fist .[4]

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General bibliography [edit]

  • Hokuto no Ken Special: All Nearly the Man 北斗の拳SPECIAL ALL Most THE Human. 週刊少年ジャンプ特別編集 (in Japanese). Shueisha. September v, 1986.
  • Hara, Tetsuo. Tetsu no Don Quixote 鉄のドン·キホーテ [The Iron Don Quixote] (in Japanese). Vol. 2 (Jump Super Comics ed.). ISBN4-420-13109-8.
  • Buronson (1996). Shōsetsu Hokuto no Ken: Jubaku no Machi 小説·北斗の拳―呪縛の街 [Fist of the North Star the Novel: The Cursed City] (in Japanese). ISBN4-08-703054-7.
  • Team Muscle (Apr 1, 1999). Sekimatsu Haō Retsuden: Hokuto no Ken Kyūkyoku Kaisetsusho 世紀末覇王列伝 北斗の拳 究極解説書 [Biography of the Post Apocalyptic Conqueror: The Ultimate Handbook to Fist of the Due north Star]. Home-Sha. ISBN4-8342-1684-5.
  • Team Muscle (December 1, 1999). Hokuto no Ken 2000: Kyūkyoku Kaisetsusho Function 2 北斗の拳2000 究極解説書 PART2 [Fist of the North Star 2000: The Ultimate Handbook Function 2]. Home-Sha. ISBN4-8342-1685-3.
  • Shiranui Pro (February 1, 2006). Hokuto no Ken Character File: Ransei Eiyūtan 北斗の拳キャラクターFILE 乱世英雄譚. Futabasha. ISBN4-5759-4001-1.
  • Shiranui Pro (March 1, 2006). Hokuto no Ken Data File: Ōgi Hidensho 北斗の拳データFILE 奥義秘伝書. Futabasha. ISBN4-5759-4006-2.

External links [edit]

  • Shin Kyuseishu Densetsu - Hokuto no Ken official website (in Japanese)
  • Toei Animation's official Seikimatsu Kyūseishu Densetsu: Hokuto no Ken website (in Japanese)
  • Fist of the N Star (manga) at Anime News Network'southward encyclopedia

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