I drew it the way I did because I wanted to, but it became a bit exhausting to draw as the series went on (laughs). This is Kenshiro’s signature move, and at the time, I don’t think anyone else had done anything like it. The Hokuto Hyakuretsuken, which we actually included in the key visual for the series to show off the look and feel of the work. What’s your favorite knockout that Kenshiro has performed? In honesty, it’s no exaggeration to say that getting to draw that scene is what kept me going throughout the entire series. I already had how I wanted to do this in mind before we even started the serialization for Fist of the North Star, down to the exact pose. The scene where Raoh ascends to the heavens. What is your favorite moment from the manga series? Unfortunately, they’re no longer available, but the Pentel Black B (Black Polymer 999). He has an incredible ability to come up with lines that bring the characters to life.ĭo you have any favorite tools for illustrating? I think his writing fits perfectly with manga as a medium, and his stories help the mangaka he works with grow even more as artists. The 3D images were impeccably and beautifully rendered to the point where I actually look at the 3D and get inspiration for my own art in reverse!
I’m very happy with how the PS3 game Fist of the North Star: Ken’s Rage (released in North America, Europe, and Japan) and the mobile game Fist of the North Star: LEGENDS ReVIVE (currently available in North America and Japan) turned out. With the success of Fist of the North Star in so many types of mediums, what has been your favorite and why? These days, I find that many people who grew up with Fist of the North Star are now becoming involved with making content related to it, and it makes me really happy to hear them say that they’re fans of the series when I meet them! I’m sure it must have been quite a task for those involved with making it happen. What has it been like to see Fist of the North Star manga be adapted into so many different types of media (video games, anime, an OVA, a live-action film)?Īt first, I didn’t have faith that my designs that were made for 2D use would translate well to 3D, but when I saw them move, I think they turned out very well. 1 can be found now over at Viz’s website for a price of $19.99 USD. The series description reads: “One day, a wanderer appears out of the wasteland to bring justice to the guilty and hope to the people-a warrior named Ken, a man who bears seven scars upon his chest and holds the secret of a mysterious martial art known as Hokuto Shinken, the Divine Fist of the North Star!”Īrriving in the form of an interview between VIZ and the creator of the legendary title, the two give fans a deeper understanding of what the franchise has meant to Tetsuo Hara over the years and the personal stories that gave rise to the characters and the Hokuto-ken martial arts of the series. Inspired by elements of Mad Max and Bruce Lee himself, the series from the ’80s has gone on to inspire other titles that relish in madcap ultraviolence like Beserk, Mortal Kombat, and Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure. Along with various fighting styles that employ techniques that bypass durability and do effects that vary depending on the technique used (ex.Selling over 100 million copies with a total property estimate of $14.8 billion USD, Fist of the North Star sits among the highest-grossed franchises in history like Spongebob Squarepants, Avengers, and James Bond.
There's also numerous broken abilities such as intangibility, void manipulation, pocket realm creation, etc. Fighters are able to easily reach Small Country level to Country level and above Massively Hypersonic speeds. This series is a fairly powerful one with characters that can effortlessly walk through collapsing buildings, part clouds/split the skies with sheer strength, create thunderstorms with their ki alone, and throw thousands of punches in a mere second. Fist of The North Star is considered to be one of the many great classic shonen manga which inspired many other mangakas. 5.2.2 Hokuto Sanka Ken (Three Families Fists of Hokuto)įist of the North Star is a anime/manga series by Buronson and Tetsuo Hara which takes place basically in a post-apocalyptic world starring the martial artist Kenshiro who uses the deadly Hokuto Shinken fighting style which deals with handling opponents via pressure points and battles other strong martial artist.5.2 Souten no Ken (Fist of the Blue Sky).5.1.4 Nanto Goshasei Ken: (Five Chariot Stars of Nanto).