Reviews New Fist of the North Star (Anime Review)

Title: New Fist of the North Star

Japanese Title: Shin Hokuto no Ken

Genre: Action, Shounen, Drama

Type: Movie/Mini-Series

Released: 2004

Length: Released 3 Episodes

Similar Anime: Fist fo the North Star, Baki the Grappler, Ninja Scroll, Berserk

Relations: Fist of the North Star

Total Number of Votes: 33

Average Vote: 3.3

In a post-apocalyptic Earth, the water has become entirely toxic, except for some kept safe in a reservoir. A fortified zone has been created by a man named Sanga, he calls it The Lastland. A group of villagers have discovered safe water, and Sanga wants it. He and his band of killers go to kill everyone and steal it. As they do a mysterious man apperes out of nowhere, instantly killing some of Sanga's men. His name is Kenshiro, and he can beat any man with his martial art, Hokuto Shin Ken. Sanga will do anything for the water, and Kenshiro will do anything to try and stop him.

Sound: 4
Well, in the New Fist of the North Star, there is music done by Gackt, who also does voice acting for Seiji. Gackt's beginning and ending songs are great for this animm and are great to listen after the anime. The background msuic isn't really amazing but bodes well with the anime.

Story: 3.5
New Fist of the North Star, kinda follows the old version of it. Kenshiro comes to a post-apocalyptic world and saves a town from a very evil and strong bad guy and you can guess what happens.


Character: 4.5
New Fist of the North Star, had characters for many different styles of fans. Each character had there own way about them, there fighting style and the way they act.


Value: 4
Well, there are only 3 episodes in this series, so its up to you in renting them or buying them. If you are a martial art fan, than this is a must have to your collection. If you are passive anime fan, this anime might be a rentable.

Enjoyment: 4
Well, since there are a lot of martial art references and its a decent installment. I enjoyed it with the superb animation, music and characters in the movie. Seeing peoples heads exploade by pressure points was really fun to watch.

Overall Rating: 4.3/5