Underplayed Gems

New Fist of the North Star (2003)

New Fist of the North Star poster
Original title
新・北斗の拳 - 呪縛の街
Directed by
Takashi Watanabe
Genre
post-apocalyptic anime
Country
Japan
Runtime
58 min
Rating
6.1 of 10 from 35 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A lone warrior with deadly martial arts skills travels through a post-apocalyptic wasteland. He fights to protect the innocent from tyrannical warlords and their armies.

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What happens

New Fist of the North Star (Japanese: 新・北斗の拳, Hepburn: Shin Hokuto no Ken) is a three-episode original video animation (OVA) series based on the Fist of the North Star franchise, directed by Takashi Watanabe and produced by OB Planning. The story was adapted from Jubaku no Machi (-呪縛の街-; "The Cursed City"), a 1996 Hokuto no Ken novel written by Buronson and Tetsuo Hara set sometime after the conclusion of the original manga. An English dubbed version of the OVA was produced by ADV Films in 2004. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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