DD Fist of the North Star

Media

DD Fist of the North Star was first announced in 2008 as an anime to commemorate the 25th anniversary of Buronson and Hara's series, but it debuted as a manga serialized in Monthly Comic Zenon from its first issue on October 25, 2010. The manga concluded with the August issue released on June 25, 2016. Tokuma Shoten collected the chapters into eight volumes; the first volume came out on June 20, 2011, and the last on August 20, 2016. An anime television series was announced in December through Zenon's February issue, set to debut in 2011. Directed by Kajio himself, this Flash series aired on Kansai TV from January 11 to April 5, 2011, totaling 12 episodes. TC Entertainment released the entire series on DVD on October 26, 2012. A second anime adaptation was announced in January 2013 through Zenon's March issue to celebrate the series's 30th anniversary. Produced by Ajia-do Animation Works under Akitaro Daichi's direction, 13 episodes aired on TV Tokyo from April 2 to June 25, 2013. Four DVDs were released between June 28 and September 27, 2013. Crunchyroll streamed the anime, making the first two episodes available from June 4, 2013, with three more episodes added weekly. In December 2014, Sentai Filmworks licensed the series for North American digital and home media, releasing it on DVD and Blu-Ray on April 14, 2015, and making it available on Hidive, iTunes, Microsoft Store, and PlayStation Store. A sequel series was announced in August 2015 through the sixth manga volume. Featuring the same cast and mostly the same staff, it aired on TV Tokyo as part of a DD Hokuto no Ken 2 Ichigo Aji+ program alongside Hokuto no Ken: Ichigo Aji. The first episode aired on October 6, 2015, and the twelfth and last on December 22, 2015. Crunchyroll licensed it for simultaneous exhibition with Japanese airing.