Fist of the North Star

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Summary: This is the best movie i have ever seen it has everything.
Review: Fist of the north star is the best. it has tons of violence, suspense, drama,and action. this is the pinnicle of Anime. everything is perfect ,especially the characters ,Ken, ray, rau,shin,julia. man this is a great movie i'm gonna go watch it right now!!!!!!

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Summary: this movie is extrodinair awsome and excellent!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Review: this movie was the first anime movie i ever saw and i loved it it was so awsome i have seen many other anime movies and none can compare!!!!!

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Summary: Anime before the new wave.
Review: This is what anime was like back in the days of drawing it cell by cell. There is no computer aided animation in it and it rocks! Violent and extreme, a must see for true anime lovers!

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Summary: Manga at it's best.
Review: A great story that compliments it's superb animation. If you like Manga then you have to see this. Not much is better!!!

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Summary: Blood gore and more... veary good animation and nice story
Review: This animation expresses all the gore that would be almost impossible to do in a regular film. The viewer becomes one with the hero feeling his power surge through his body. If you like anime or manga this is a good animation to see if you want some good entertainment at home and graphics that would be impossible to see in a real film.

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Summary: One of the best anime of all time!
Review: The Fist of the North Star full feature film mst be one of the best anime films ever made. Along with Akira, this film endoctrinates Westerners to the immense creativity, the culture, and the twisted minds of the Japanese animators. For those of you who still haven't witnessed a Japanaimation flick, now is a good time to start.

This film is not entirely faithful to the 30 minute cartoons, it does capture the essence of the story line. A story in it of itself is deep and complicated, using universal themes that anyone can relate to. It melds together the fear of, and the reality of a nuclear holocaust, with the fantastic feats that were never possible with martial arts.

Check out this film. Don't think of it as just a cartoon. Anima, and Manga are an important part of the Japanese culture, and should be viewed with that in mind. And by the way, this film is definately not for kids!

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Summary: It's a Classic!
Review: What can I say the storyline and inovative plot is great. Who can say their rival poked thier fingers threw your body, stole your girl, and threw you off a cliff(Non Metaphysically). Then you got up and beat him to death. Bloody action the way it was meant to be seen.

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Summary: Not as good as the original comic, but effective and fun
Review: It takes a lot of liberties with the comic I read in the original Japanese - it attempts to condense the story, and does it pretty well.

Anyone who is a fan of the Dragon Ball series will see what a huge influence Hokuto no Ken had on animation / manga in general. Inspired by Violence Jack, The Road Warrior (Mel Gibson), and even Cobra (Stallone), the artwork of the comic is great and the story entertaining.

The music is great, too. Captures the feel.

The movie falls short in that it takes the shocking violent parts, and leaves out all of the story and character development. Still, as an addition to reading the comic, it is one of my favorite animated movies.

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Summary: Old school anamation VS new. New cant compare.
Review: One of the 1st japanamation movies i ever saw. Excellent nothing like this. I collect anime had over 1000dollars worth of movies until my apt was robbed they took 4-5 boxes of anime. Ive been trying to find the fist so here i am.

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Summary: Fist of the North Star the movie, an absolute Anime Classic
Review: It's with great pleasure that I review for "Fist Of The North Star".

After writing several number one reviews, I will write a great review for this incredible anime.

Fist of The North Star is based on the manga by Tetsuo Hara which has been one of the top anime fan picks ever!!!

It's based on a post nuclear society in which their is no law. Only the strong shall survive.

Kenshiro , the hero of our story is part several brothers of the Hotushin school of Martial Arts. His brothers Jagi, Toki and his friend Shin all were honest, fighters, but all their hearts became evil. Jagi became jealous with envy after the leader of the school chose Kenshiro as the new leader of the school.

Jagi tries to kill his brother, but Kenshiro using several moves including his "North Star Death Fist" stops Jagi and leaves Jagi face disfigured and ugly.

But this is only the beginning as Kenshiro, remeniscent of the Clint Eastwood Western character, travels to place to place battling Evil and giving hope and entertainment to the people he meets.

The school of Hotoshinken is destroyed and two factions are
the Fist of North Star (Kenshiro) and the Fist of the South
Star. The South Star led by Lord Shin uses their martial
skills for murder and power and to terrorize people.

Kenshiro, in the movie and in the series from the 80's showcases
his amazing arsenal of moves that he uses to kill the evildoers,
of course his specialty is finding and attacking the "special
power points" of his enemies and then literally blowing them
up in pieces via spontaneous combustion.

Adding to Kenshiro's fury is the fact that Shin, has kidnapped
the love of his love, Julia, and the fact that Shin has scarred
his body with seven scars, thus the "Man with seven scars"
is born.

Fantastic action!!! Unbelievable moves and many groundbreaking animation scenes make "Fist Of The North Star" one of the greatest anime ever made.