The Hokuto no Ken stage at Tokyo Comic Con 2025 revealed the main staff, additional cast, and first promotional video for new Hokuto no Ken: Fist of the North Star anime on Saturday. The new anime adapting Buronson and Tetsuo Hara's action sci-fi manga is scheduled to premiere in 2026.
Voice actors Kouji Yusa (Bleach) and Saori Hayami (One Punch Man) are joining the cast as Shin and Yuria, respectively.
Staff
Director: Hiroshi Maeda (Sousei no Aquarion director of photography)
Assistant Director: Kazuma Ogasawara (Ginga Eiyuu Densetsu: Die Neue These - Kaikou episode director)
Series Composition: Kazuhiko Inukai (Bakugan: Armored Alliance)
Character Design: Naoki Hisatsune (JoJo no Kimyou na Bouken Part 6: Stone Ocean animation director)
Animation Director: Kouji (Sidonia no Kishi chief animation director)
Music: Yuuki Hayashi (Boku no Hero Academia)
Studio: TMS Entertainment
Buronson and Hara serialized the manga in Weekly Shounen Jump from September 1983 to August 1998. Shueisha published the 27th and final volume in March 1989. Hokuto no Ken has a cumulative 100 million copies of its volume in circulation.
Produced by Toei Animation, a original television anime aired in 109 episodes from Fall 1984 to Winter 1987. The 43 episode second season of the series premiered in Spring 1987.
VIZ Media licensed the manga for English release in October 2020 and published the 18th and final volume on September 23.
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Source: Comic Natalie
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