The staff of the Hokuto no Ken -Fist of the North Star- anime, based on the legendary manga by Tetsuo Hara, has announced three additional cast members: Ruriko Aoki as Mamiya, Yasuhiro Mamiya as Dia, and Anri Katsu as Club.
Full Cast
- Shunsuke Takeuchi – Kenshiro
- Daiki Yamashita – Bat
- M.A.O – Rin
- Wataru Takagi – Jagi
- Tsuguo Mogami – Toki
- Taiten Kusunoki – Raoh
- Koji Yusa – Shin
- Saori Hayami – Yuria
- Yuichi Nakamura – Rei
- Ruriko Aoki – Mamiya
- Chafurin – Heart
- Yasuhiro Mamiya – Dia
- Anri Katsu – Club
- Jiro Saito – Mad Sarge
- Takanori Hoshino – Colonel
- Hiroshi Shirokuma – Devil Rebirth
Production Staff
The anime is produced by TMS Entertainment, with Hiroshi Maeda (director of photography on Hellsing Ultimate and Aquarion) directing. Kazuma Ogasawara (episode director on Legend of the Galactic Heroes: Die Neue These – Collision and Oshi no Ko Season 2) serves as assistant director. Series scripts are handled by Kazuhiko Inukai (Girlfriend, Girlfriend), while character design is handled by Naoki Hisatsune, who worked as a key animator on Fist of the North Star: Legend of Kenshiro and Fist of the North Star: Legend of Toki.
Koji serves as animation director (3D director on Medalist), while Yuki Hayashi (My Hero Academia) composes the music. NIA Animation and Kishida Studio BACU are cooperating on production.
Theme Songs
[Alexandros] performs the opening theme “Hallelujah”. The ending theme is a remixed version of Crystal King’s original opening theme “Ai o Torimodose!!”, newly performed by Toshl.
Broadcast and Streaming
The anime aired its first two episodes together on Tokyo MX and BS11 on April 10 at 25:00 Japan time (1:00 a.m. on April 11), and is available worldwide on Amazon Prime Video.
Background and Significance
This new anime was produced to celebrate the franchise’s 40th anniversary. The staff have stated that this CG anime will follow the original manga more closely than ever before. The original manga ran in Shueisha’s Weekly Shonen Jump from 1983 to 1988, while the first TV anime ran for 152 episodes from 1984 to 1988.
In addition, Hiroshi Kurao’s spinoff manga Hokuto no Ken: Ken’ō-gun Zako-tachi no Banka (Elegy for the Henchmen: Fist of the North Star) has also been adapted into a short anime, airing on AT-X and Tokyo MX since January 5. Its second part will begin airing this July.
Source: ann_jp
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