Fist of the North Star (北斗の拳 Hokuto no Ken, literally Fist of the Big Dipper) is a Japanese animated series based on the manga written by Buronson and illustrated by Tetsuo Hara.
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Dubbing History
The show was first dubbed in 1999 by Animaze for Manga Entertainment. Manga released the dub on VHS before stopping after 8 tapes covering 24 episodes. The other 12 dubbed episodes would air on Showtime Beyond in the US, and released on DVD across 6 Volumes.
The dub goes no further than Episode 36. Why it wasn't completed is unclear, though it seems Manga only licensed 36 episodes as a starting point and the home video sales likely didn't justify the cost of licensing further episodes.
In 2009, an alternate dub of the series was produced by William Winkler Productions in the form of various compilation films.
Cast
| Image | Character | Seiyū | Voice Actor |
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Kenshiro | Akira Kamiya | Lex Lang |
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Bart (Bat) | Teiyū Ichiryūsai | Gary Dubin |
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Lynn | Tomiko Suzuki | Sandy Fox |
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Raoh | Kenji Utsumi | John Snyder |
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Toki | Takaya Hashi | Kirk Thornton |
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Jagi | Kōji Totani | Peter Lurie |
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Ryuken | Junji Chiba | Simon Prescott |
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Shin | Toshio Furukawa | Steve Blum |
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Rei | Kaneto Shiozawa | Daran Norris |
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Julia | Yuriko Yamamoto | Mary Elizabeth McGlynn |
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Mamiya | Toshiko Fujita | |
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Airi | Arisa Andō | Dorothy Elias-Fahn |
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Zeed | Eiji Kanie | Joe Romersa |
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Spade | Tesshō Genda | Kirk Thornton |
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Diamond | Daisuke Gōri | Peter Spellos |
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Club | Kōji Totani | R. Martin Klein |
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Heart | Shōzō Iizuka | Joe Romersa |
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Joker | Shigeru Chiba | Richard Cansino |
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General Balcom | Seizō Katō | Beau Billingslea |
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Mad Sarge | Yasuo Tanaka | Jamieson Price |
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Colonel | Kōji Yada | Barry Stigler |
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Jackal | Masayuki Katō | Tom Wyner |
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Fox | Kōji Totani | Jack Hammer |
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Boss Fang | Takeshi Watabe | Simon Prescott |
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Amiba | Takaya Hashi | Kirk Thornton |
| Narration | Shigeru Chiba | Jonathan David Cook (eps 1-27) | |
| Tom Wyner (eps 28-36) |
Additional Voices
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Notes
- Even though many voice actors from the Streamline Pictures dub of the movie are present in this dub, none reprise their roles.
Transmission
| Date(s) | Channel | Country | |
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| 2002 | Showtime Beyond | United States | 
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| 2002 | Sci-Fi Channel | United Kingdom | 
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Video Releases
| Distributor | Year | Format | Contents | Region | Country | |
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| Manga Entertainment | 1999-2000 | 
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Episodes 1-24 | NTSC | United States |
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| 8 Volumes | ||||||
| 2003 | 
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Episodes 1-36 | 1 NTSC | |||
| 6 Volumes | ||||||
| Discotek Media | 2010-2011 | The Complete Series* | ||||
| 3 Volumes | ||||||
| 2014 | The Complete Series* | |||||
| 21 Discs | ||||||
| 2017 | 
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The Complete Series* | A DVB-T | |||
| 3 Discs | ||||||
*Includes the undubbed episodes with subtitles.
See Also
External Links
- Fist of the North Star at the Internet Movie Database
- Fist of the North Star (anime) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
