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Anyone seen Hokuto no Ken (Fist of the North Star)?

PostPosted: Sun May 25, 2008 9:17 am
by NekoChan_C
So... my fiance and I have been faithfully watching Hokuto no Ken... and it's such an awesomely (violent) nifty (violent!) and cool (VIOLENT!!!) show that I can't stop thinking about it! I get excited when it's time to sit down and take in a few episode of head exploding action... LOL... So, has anyone else watched it? Or even the horrendously horrifying horrible Live action flick that was based on it?

Thoughts, please!!! ^_^

Jess

PostPosted: Sun May 25, 2008 5:23 pm
by Amzi Live
I've seen a couple of movies based on it.Heh,Jaden got me into it.:sweat:
He's the biggest fan of the series that I know of.

PostPosted: Sun May 25, 2008 6:50 pm
by Fish and Chips
Never seen an episode of the Anime but I have read a couple chapters of the Manga.

PostPosted: Sun May 25, 2008 8:08 pm
by Lilac#18
I've seen it before. it's been a long time since I seen it. my uncle has the series and the anime movie.

PostPosted: Sun May 25, 2008 9:45 pm
by Roy Mustang
I have seen it and that's all I'm going to say about it.


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PostPosted: Mon May 26, 2008 7:55 am
by NekoChan_C
Hmmm... is the violence (it IS gratuitous, I can admit...) but... is the violence what has offended, or the actual storyline?

PostPosted: Wed May 28, 2008 3:00 am
by Sammy Boy
I think the general thrust of the storyline is not very offensive (good vs evil, one strong hero protecting the weak and vulnerable against those who would exploit others for selfish gain, etc.). In fact I love this kind of storyline, because I don't have to think too hard to understand the story (not that I mind stories with good twists, but at times I just want to "enjoy" the show).

But because of this kind of storyline, it almost always comes down to some kind of confrontation between the good guy and heaps of other bad guys.

It is very violent as you would say. Don't know if that helped at all?

PostPosted: Wed May 28, 2008 7:14 am
by termyt
I saw the anime movie about 15 years ago. It was the most explodiest of movies I've ever seen. I'm pretty sure I understand where the motivation comes from to make a show that basically features martial arts techniques that simply cause people to explode in various ways, but I'm not sure it's a motivation I'd run with.

PostPosted: Wed May 28, 2008 11:16 am
by Fish and Chips
Shin seriously needs some bad guys who last longer than their introductory chapter. One volume down and Kenshiro's already killed near everyone he has in reserve.

PostPosted: Sat Jun 14, 2008 11:25 am
by creed4
I've heard of it, but I think it went out of print before I could get it

PostPosted: Thu Jun 19, 2008 7:33 pm
by Yuen Fei Lung
I know there are several different series of First of the North Star... can you guys tell me which is best to watch? Perhaps a link where I can purchase the first DVD?

PostPosted: Thu Jun 19, 2008 10:15 pm
by NekoChan_C
Hmm... we're almost done with the first series, to which I give an enthusiastic thumbs up to... But again, bear in mind that the series is INTENSELY, GRAPHICALLY, EXPLICITLY VIOLENT!!!

If an episode has aired with less than five heads exploding... I feel cheated.

and it has some killer 80's J-Rock... They almost channel Phil Collins for one song... <3

PostPosted: Fri Jun 20, 2008 4:27 pm
by Yuen Fei Lung
Haha! Gotta love 80's anime. I can't help but wonder if it's as violent as Berserk. Now that was a violent anime. More graphic than Berserk and I think I'd probably stay away. *L*

PostPosted: Fri Jun 20, 2008 4:31 pm
by Fish and Chips
Fist of the North Star isn't nearly at Berserk's level of pure, unleaded violence of choice.

PostPosted: Fri Jun 20, 2008 5:59 pm
by NekoChan_C
Fish and Chips (post: 1237351) wrote:Fist of the North Star isn't nearly at Berserk's level of pure, unleaded violence of choice.


REALLY?!?!?! *goes slightly starry eyed at the thought of something MORE amazingly grotesque than HnK*

Hmm... But is the Beserk anime better than the manga, or vice versa?

PostPosted: Fri Jun 20, 2008 7:57 pm
by Fish and Chips
The Berserk Anime is essentially the distilled backstory of the Manga, so while it has a reasonably self-sufficient storyline, it has a dreadful cliffhanger where the ending should have been but wasn't.