Price: $124.89 as of 11/23/2009 07:35 EST
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 0660200411626
Format: Animated, Color, DVD, Subtitled, NTSC
Label: Manga Video
Languages: EnglishOriginal LanguageDolby Digital 2.0 StereoEnglishSubtitled
Manufacturer: Manga Video
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Manga Video
Region Code: 1
Release Date: March 25, 2003
Running Time: 210 minutes
Studio: Manga Video
Theatrical Release Date: September 27, 1991
Related Items:
Browse for similar items by category: Click to Display
Editorial Review:
Amazon.com:
Fist of the North Star (Hokuto no Ken, literally Ken the Great Bear Fist) which premiered on Japanese television in 1984, looks like a Saturday morning version of Mad Max starring a caricature of Sylvester Stallone. Searching for his lost love, Julia, Ken(shiro) wanders an Earth that was devastated by nuclear war. In each episode, he takes on a new sadistic motorcycle gang. (Food and water are scarce, but there's apparently plenty of gasoline.) In his travels, Ken acquires two sidekicks: Bart, a comic musician-thief, and Lynn, an adoring little girl. Ken is the last master of secret Chinese martial arts techniques: his specialty is making foes blow up from the inside. In every episode, several heads explode, actions that would be quite gory if they weren't so crudely animated. (Rated 13 and older, but more appropriate for 15 and older: considerable violence, profanity, grotesque imagery, alcohol use) --Charles Solomon
Average Rating: 
Rating:  -
This movie is a cult classic. If you you like brutal fight oriented animation this is the movie that set the bar.
Rating: -
Fist of the North Star is the best anime I've ever seen! The animation is amazing for its time and every anime I've seen so far hasn't even come close to the greatness of this anime. Granted that the anime wasn't geared toward kids like other animes, but that still doesn't change the fact that this anime is awesome. The story line is great and keeps you glued to the screen begging for more action. Word of the wise: Don't ever mess with Kenshiro or like the bad guys in the anime, you WILL REGRET IT! Ken is certainly the protecter the people of this time needed as well as the two children Bart and Lynn that followed him on his journey. Remember: violence isn't the problem; IT'S THE SOLUTION!
Rating: -
My boyfriend really liked this anime series, so I thought I'd buy it for him for valentines day. The shipping was fast and arrived in great shape.
Rating: -
One of my favorite anime series for sure. It's out of print so I decided to try buying a used one. I'm glad I did because now I can enjoy this series all over again. It arrived quick and in great condition. Thanks so much!
Rating:  -
In a post-nuclear future world where water and food are scarce and nothing seems to grow from the earth, those who are strongest rule. One such man is called Kenshiro, and he is the successor of the Hokuto Shinken fighting style which uses pressure points to destroy the opponent's body from within. When Ken's woman is stolen from him by his former friend, he is left for dead and his older brothers each attempt to replace him as the new Fist of the North Star. Ken is not dead, however, and returns stronger than ever. He journeys to reclaim his lost love, fighting evil gangs along the way and picking up two young sidekicks, a boy named Bart and a special little girl named Lynn. Through his quest, he is forced to do battle with his old friend and both of his brothers in an effort to defeat those who would prevent rebirth in the radiation ravaged world.
Playing out much like a spaghetti western or grindhouse flick, "Fist of the North Star" is rather entertaining in terms of action, violence, and gore. Plenty of heads explode, and superhuman strength and size seems to abound in the future. The story is rather simple, and yet the film leaves the viewers with some questions in the end about certain key characters disappearing or having out-of-nowhere changes of heart. Overall, I'd say this is worth seeing if you like grindhouse type revenge films or martial arts focused Anime, and it's definitely an important film to see for animation fans. I'm not a big fan of this particular style of Anime (I tend to prefer the cleaner looking types with lots of cute, big-eyed girls in short skirts), but this is one of the first Anime features to be a hit in the U.S. (dubbed into English in 1991), making it historically significant to the fan of film and animation. The film was originally released in 1986, and before that it was a TV series and a manga. A live-action movie and other productions have been made since. The U.S. VHS release, by the way, contains the true original ending, though some mistakenly believe the other ending is the original.
|
