AniWorthFist of the North Star: Raoh Side Story Junai Arc
Introduction
Kenshiro is the heir of the legendary martial arts known as Hokuto Shinken, which can kill a man with a single blow, by striking the pressure points in the enemy's body. Hokuto Shinken can be passed only to one successor at a time. When he was chosen as the successor, he parted ways with his brothers, Toki and Raoh. The former decided to use what he knew of the art to cure people... while the latter has chosen to use his supreme strength to install peace in the world by power.
Kenshiro is accompanied by Lynn and Bart, and the movie's story begins when an overlord starts kidnapping children to use them as slaves for building his own pyramid...
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Audience ratings
MyAnimeList / Tenrai : 7.47/10 · 5693
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| 3/10 | 38 |
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| 4/10 | 93 |
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| 5/10 | 306 |
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| 8/10 | 1644 |
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| 9/10 | 767 |
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Audience reviews
4 · Sample from the first available page, separate from the total number of ratings.
The_Triumphant
Highlights:
- The overall narrative was mostly cohesive and delivered well
- There are some exciting moments that get you pumped, especially when the cool 80s-style rock starts up!
- The heavy-handed and thick stroke outlines of the main characters give the visual presentation a cool flare
Criticisms:
- One of the characters seemed to be there for a brief moment to progress the story. It would have been nice to see a proper introduction and development
- The story is very simple, but is decent enough
- Some heavier moments seem to lack an emotional punch, likely due to the stoic delivery of some of the voice cast
Final thoughts - This isn't the best starting point for newcomers to Fist of the North Star. For that, I'd recommend the 1986 movie. This was actually quite a bit better tha…
Read at the sourceSinister_Garbage
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Fist of the north star is probally one of my favorites of all time. The legend series was a good rebuild for the anime and it has some good parts and some parts that were less. Also please correct me on some parts since it was along time after i watch the movie also i'm suck at memorizing
Story 9/10:
The story was based on the original anime although it has some additional characters into it so the story were more enchanted since there were new characters like Raoh's retainers from the gaiden series
Art 8/10:
I like how the art was well-drawn and it looks like a more condesed version of the anime's artstyle following the Souther arc. But the fight scenes were not crispy enough, that's why i gave it an 8
Characters 9/10:
Most of the characters are brave men whom fights for eith…
Read at the sourceWhacky0573
The idea of the movie is good. had some errors of details of the personages, watch closely and you will see the minimal errors. It's no big deal, but it's still a mistake, do you agree? this movie compared to the movie Legend of Raoh: Chapter of Death in Love that took ¥ 500 million in Japan and $ 1,258,568 abroad, was well received, taking $ 1,479,911 in Japan. I did not look at much of the other films. following the trilogy of the movies, my comment should be much more critical, but I have no arguments to falsify and generalize the film. it was good just that.
Read at the sourceDzsoz182
First review for this movie yeey!
I hate to admit, but I have not seen the original show. I tried, I struggled with it as it is just (sorry to say but) too old...
Therefore, I was so delighted when I heard that they are making a movie series out of it.
Hokuto no ken is the grandfather of all fighting animes, the most testosterone-filled anime I have ever seen (Jojo's bizarre adventure being a close second).
This story is like a living fossil. I have no second thoughts if I say, that the creator was one of the few masterminds who came up with the universal recipe for a great fighting anime:
The ingredients are pretty much:
- An epic and righteous hero
- Some beautiful girls (just to mess with their minds)
- Lovable supporters
- An epic antagonist
- A unique fighting style
When all of thi…
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