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.
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
