Hokuto no Ken: Fist of the North Star

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)

Kenshirou Main

Takeuchi, Shunsuke Japanese

Raou Supporting

Kusunoki, Taiten Japanese

Rei Supporting

Nakamura, Yuuichi Japanese

Toki Supporting

Mogami, Tsuguo Japanese

Jagi Supporting

Takagi, Wataru Japanese

Shin Supporting

Yusa, Kouji Japanese

Bat Supporting

Yamashita, Daiki Japanese

Yuria Supporting

Hayami, Saori Japanese

Rin Supporting

Ichimichi, Mao Japanese

Ryuuken Supporting

Tanaka, Hideyuki Japanese

Maeda, Hiroshi Director

[Alexandros] Theme Song Performance

Hayashi, Yuuki Music

Buronson Original Creator

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Apr 25, 2026

hasty_scent8

Recommended

Preliminary (5/? eps)

As someone who sat through Ex-Arm, Berserk (2016), and Gibiate… trust me — this ain’t even the same league.

The animation here is actually really good.
It blends 3D models with cel shading in a way that gives characters a strong manga-like presence, instead of that stiff, lifeless CGI people usually complain about.

Now, pacing?
Yeah — this anime is straight-up speedrunning the story.

If you’re not a fan of 3DCGI, that’s completely fair.
But comparing this to the likes of Ex-Arm or Gibiate in terms of animation quality?
... Not even close.

This remake clearly leans more toward a new audience rather than OG fans of the original Fist of the North Star.

And honestly? That’s not a bad thing.

If you’ve ever wondered why this series influenced giants like Dragon Ball, Berserk, and JoJo's Bizarre Adventure — give it a shot.

Chances are, you’re gonna have a really good time.

Reviewer’s Rating: 9

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May 2, 2026

Weeb_Joaquim00

Mixed Feelings

Preliminary (6/? eps)

As someone who did not watch the original, I’m enjoying this one so much!

All thought I haven’t seen much 3D anime, this is the best so far, you can really feel the emotions the characters are going through just looking at their faces.

Pacing: As a One Piece fan I can see why some people may not been liking the pacing, specially the OG fans of the show, but as of right now(currently watched 6 episodes) I don’t really think they are taking is that fast.

As far as the story goes, there’s nothing bad about it, it’s just regular shounen story and I really liked that ... plot twist in the beginning.

Overall I’d say it’s a really good show and yeah I get why people maybe give it 7 or an 8, but since I’m enjoying it soo much, it’s a solid 9 for me.

Reviewer’s Rating: 9

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May 1, 2026

Divine_Pounding

Not Recommended

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Preliminary (3/? eps)

Hasty said >As someone who sat through Ex-Arm, Berserk (2016), and Gibiate… trust me — this ain’t even the same league.

Sat through berserk?

Woukd agree, this anime is definitely not in the same league, it's a train wreck of "who green lit this‽".

I watched the dub, because books are for reading and video is for watching (actual fact). If you haven't watched the dub, it's a must. Everyone sounds so corny and dorky. Each time a guy talks, it's oddly funny and annoying since it's very distracting.

I'm not an animation snob. The laziness of animation studios pulls me out of the immersion, so 3d ... is fine for me. That said much of this anime looks very clunky, body movement is bad, fight scenes are nothing impressive. My lg c3 cant smooth out the animation to make it passable. Maybe svp jacked up to 250 fps could create the smoothness this needs.

Main character is your typical intellectually challenged meat head. Often reminding me of a very dumb dog, oh bad guys, woof woof woof.

Sometimes I wonder if maybe anime wants to make the entire thing cringe worthy, sort of like office space (us version), but rather than Michael being a hard pill to swallow, it's the voices, animation, dialog regardless of subs or not, and overall poor quality.

Now, I do have subs on, as the know-nothings tend to say, it's not the same dialog. it nearly always is, just conveyed with different words. The words used do not matter if they're conveyed to the same point, bad writers are is still bad writers.

I'd give it 1 star, but when it's this bad, distracting and consistently has your brain breaking from thinking "omg why did they choose to make every aspect so bad". It's good bar-lowering so the other "meh" animes seem/feel like their smarter than they are.

It's a low effort anime.

Reviewer’s Rating: 3

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	Poll: Hokuto no Ken: Fist of the North Star Episode 7 Discussion shadowii - May 8	12 replies	by shadowii »» Yesterday, 6:53 PM
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