Fist of the North Star: HOKUTO NO KEN (2026)

“I’ve been saying this on forums on occasions already but this is the fourth adaptation of the same story which makes its existence itself questionab”

“I’ve been saying this on forums on occasions already but this is the fourth adaptation of the same story which makes its existence itself questionable, like what is the necessity of it? Like yeah it’s fiction and entertainment, not really necessary in itself by default, but why would you redo the same story the same way for a fourth time? If it’s a different take like cartoons and movies do with their retelling and remakes of stories I would understand it, but it’s that the case for anime, and particularly this one? Well let’s find out

The first adaptation from 1984 partially rearranged the early events of the manga, thus it made several minor antagonists be minions of the first major one, and also delayed the first major showdown because of that. As a result, that vill” read more