Is there anyone here that is a fan of either the old or/and new Fist Of The North Star series and movies?
I am a bit of a fan of the 1986 Anime Movie that was very well dubbed in english by Streamline Pictures which I saw on Video when it was first released in the UK by Manga Video back in 1992. For some reason it hasn't been released on DVD in the UK yet. The animation and character designs were very good. The animation was done by Toei Doga (the same company that did Transformers: The Movie). Although a very brutal and graphically violent movie with a very bleak and depressing background story and setting, the fight scenes are creative and entertaining and the musical score is good but very dated to listen to now.
The action is fast and to the point with far less boring spiritual talking and words of wisdom during the fights unlike the series. There was also two endings to the anime movie, the first one was in the Streamline Pictures version where Raoh almost defeats Ken until Lynn interrupts. The second one was in the original japanese language version in which the fight between Ken and Raoh was a draw.
I'm not really a fan of the old and new series though. I personally think it is because the fight scenes drag on quite a bit due to the huge amount of talking that goes on during these fight scenes which gets rather boring rather than just straight into the action and then leave the talking afterwards. The character designs and animation though are not bad although the old series is looking rather dated now along with the musical score. The new series is alot more up-to-date though which is good.
I've also read volume one of the graphic novel which ends with Ken defeating the Colonel Psi-Warrior. The graphic novel is pretty good with some good character designs and artwork, but very graphically violent.
The 1995 Live Action movie though is pretty dissapointing. The acting is pretty awful especially by Gary Daniels who is known for his wooden acting skills. The two fight scenes at the end though were not bad. But the film itself is very low budget looking and got released straight to video at the time.
Anyone else a fan of the Fist Of The North Star franchise?
I am a bit of a fan of the 1986 Anime Movie that was very well dubbed in english by Streamline Pictures which I saw on Video when it was first released in the UK by Manga Video back in 1992. For some reason it hasn't been released on DVD in the UK yet. The animation and character designs were very good. The animation was done by Toei Doga (the same company that did Transformers: The Movie). Although a very brutal and graphically violent movie with a very bleak and depressing background story and setting, the fight scenes are creative and entertaining and the musical score is good but very dated to listen to now.
The action is fast and to the point with far less boring spiritual talking and words of wisdom during the fights unlike the series. There was also two endings to the anime movie, the first one was in the Streamline Pictures version where Raoh almost defeats Ken until Lynn interrupts. The second one was in the original japanese language version in which the fight between Ken and Raoh was a draw.
I'm not really a fan of the old and new series though. I personally think it is because the fight scenes drag on quite a bit due to the huge amount of talking that goes on during these fight scenes which gets rather boring rather than just straight into the action and then leave the talking afterwards. The character designs and animation though are not bad although the old series is looking rather dated now along with the musical score. The new series is alot more up-to-date though which is good.
I've also read volume one of the graphic novel which ends with Ken defeating the Colonel Psi-Warrior. The graphic novel is pretty good with some good character designs and artwork, but very graphically violent.
The 1995 Live Action movie though is pretty dissapointing. The acting is pretty awful especially by Gary Daniels who is known for his wooden acting skills. The two fight scenes at the end though were not bad. But the film itself is very low budget looking and got released straight to video at the time.
Anyone else a fan of the Fist Of The North Star franchise?
