Introduction
In a post-apocalyptic Earth, the water has become entirely toxic, except for some kept safe in a reservoir. A fortified zone has been created by a man named Sanga, he calls it The Lastland. A group of villagers have discovered safe water, and Sanga wants it. He and his band of killers go to kill everyone and steal it. As they do a mysterious man appears out of nowhere, instantly killing some of Sanga's men. His name is Kenshiro, and he can beat any man with his martial art, Hokuto Shin Ken. Sanga will do anything for the water, and Kenshiro will do anything to try and stop him.
(Source: ANN)
Audience reviews
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Silcaria
Stand-alone movie length mini arc story that turns into a three hour ordeal through pointless fluff. The story reaches its natural conclusion in episode one. That alone should've simply been fleshed out and developed more in order to be a 1h30 film. Had it been that, this would've been fine. Unfortunately, it gets stretched beyond its perfectly fine ending point via retcons and plot convenience.
Half the second episode is unnecessary, whereas the third has its conflict arise from a situation in which Kenshiro shouldn't be in. Even if it truly wanted to go past the plot of episode 1, there's still no reason why it is as long as it is. At worst, SHnK should have been no more than two hours, not three.
Speaking of plot convenience and the dumb scenario of the third episode. The original ser…
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"Shin Hokuto no Ken" was probably the coolest thing ever for the fans of the series when it released in 2003, but in the current year, it holds up worse than the original series. Animation would have been great if they stuck just with 2D, but for some reason they mixed in 3D and that mix doesn't look all that good for the most of the time.
Takehito Koyasu does his best as Kenshiro, but can't hold a candle to Akira Kamiya and Kenshiro as a character feels more detached from the rest of the characters than he ever did in the past. He's reduced to a simple shounen protagonist.
The actions is admittedly cool, but I'm still not sold on showing the violence instead of stylizing it like in the original series. The iconic music of the original series is gone, and the intro and outro song are pa…
Read at the sourceSinister_Garbage
This OVA was probaly like a side story for Fist of the north star that was based on the novel that was written by Buronson called Fist of the North Star: The Cursed City.
Story (8/10) It's just a basic story about a post-apocalyptic war invasions that were caused by bandits and then the savior came to save the citizens
Art (9/10) The fight scenes we're technically better and exciting, compared with the legends ova it was much more faster and dynamic
Characters (7/10) It's just 3 episodes so the characters still stay in their default nature but there are some character developments. But hey Kenshiro is still on the track
Sound (8/10) The hit-sounds were great and the soundtracks still kicking ass and it sounds much more similiar to Naruto
Overall (9/10) It was still more enjoyable for…
Read at the sourceDesolatePsyche
First things first. My "reviews" system is explained on a blog entry. Which can be found through my profile.
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OKAY THEN. I accidentally refreshed the bloody page while writing this review, so here it goes again.
First thing I have to mention that this Hokuto No Ken is essentially very different one. Rather than sequel, imagine it as alternative universe one. It's has very grim, depressive, dark and very heavy atmosphere around this tine. In a sense similar to another anime called "Zettai Karen Children" which also has dark spin-off. So rather comparing it to main series I'll have to review it as standalone.
Before I'm going to overall comments and the good things about Shin Hokuto No Ken, I'll have to get off my chest 2 things I did't enjoy in this piece of work. First would be t…
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Keshiro is for me the Ares of that post-apocalyptic world. He is a self-righteous individual who plays the role of a vigilante that punishes those that are evil. Why do I compare him to a God? Because once you have challenged his fist and if you have angered him then your fate is sealed. And that fate can only be death. Aside from Kenshiro and his main enemies, the plot is not that interesting and although gore, violence, and bloodshed can be seen throughout these three episodes, nudity or sexual abuse was left out. Even the scene in which Sarah loses her virginity is left out due to no apparent reason other than the spectator has no wish to see other dirty facades of that reality. If you are going to build a realistic dystopia then do not leave out details that might reveal once more just…
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In Russian.
Hokuto no Ken является одним из первых(если не первым) "пафосных" тайтлов, сюжет там был не важен, важны были персонажи, то как они себя ведут, и под какую музыку, они себя ведут. В итоге эмоции в конце одолевали больше чем какой-нибудь Kanon, или Elfen Lied. Что же мы видим тут:
• Сэю, главный сэю упущен, да они взяли хорошего сэю, но он вообще не подходит Кену.
• Сюжет, создатели абсолютно забили на все что мог Кенширо в конце второго сезона, да даже в середине первого.
• Музыка, какой то невнятный метал, который как бы ни идет Hokuto no Ken
• Плохое 3д, если не умели в него, так зачем пихать.
В итоге это хуже заурядного эпизода первого сезона, никому не рекомендую смотреть.
In English
Hokuto no Ken is one of the first (if not the first) "pretentious" titles, the plot there…
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*sigh*
I always want a hokuto no ken remake CAN YOU IMAGINE HOKUTO NO KEN FIGHTS WITH MODERN ANIMATION!!!!!??????
and the most close for this is Shin Hokuto no Ken
starting overview:
ART&SOUND:
The animations most of the time is good the battles are very good the soundtrack is not great like original but is good. good in this apart they care about the remake. is fun to watch .
STORY&CHARACTERS:
THE ORIGINAL HAS MORE THAN 60 EPISODES THIS ARE 3
yes, the passing is fast they only take important arcs of the original but this important arcs have a good time also you don't care about character like original the motivations developing etc. of the characters is incomplete but are not bad overall that the characters have are cool
CONCLUSION
6/10
DECENT
The original was a war, drama , deep, etc…
Read at the sourceLuquillo
Throughout the years, when long time anime fans in my group would get together with intentions on discussing some of the most brutal, and violent anime titles to ever exist. Fist of the North Star aka Hokuto No Ken was one of the titles that would always come up. The series and movies were the very definition of gratuitous violence. The New Fist of the North Star continues to follow that bloody path packing a little more depth than the original movie. There is a small amount of substance to be found, and the subject it does hit on can be frightening.
The series does have a stable plot overall. At least one of the characters fill his role in pushing the story and delivering a very realistic plot twist. The main character Kenshiro, even though he's the hero of the story is kind of overshado…
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Fist of the North Star, one of the first series/movies I'd ever seen. Basically story is post-apocalyptic with martial arts being the main defense/offense for all rogue citizens. There are certain martial artists that practice Hokuto style which is the "creme of the crop" the type of martial arts that can debilitate, kill or heal others with a single touch. A wandering traveler, Kenishiro meets and decides to help save a country from a false leader.
Story: 8/10- it's a classic, straight up action martial arts anime with a simple to follow story line and lots of violence.
Art: 9/10- A great thing about OVAs is that animation is always brought up a level, with a lot of detail and clarity involved.
Sound: 9/10- I love Gackt (which is the intro & outro songs) plus who doesn't love "Watatat…
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Okay, I know a lot of people out there think that Fist of the North Star is a fantastic series with tons of ultra-violence in it. Well, at least that's what some people told me about it however, after this little run-in I have to say, I'm never going to be watching any series like this again.
Story: Well, the story simply put is bad, close to unwatchable. It's set in a post-apocalyptic world in which people beat the living crap out of each other with martial arts. Our hero, Kenshiro, is the greatest martial artist on the block because he knows the Fist of the North Star and therefore cannot be injured. Very very weak plotwise.
The beginning of the first episode is where it all starts to go downhill in a hurry, you have to listen to the dialogue which is terrible. I watched the dubbed ver…
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