During the Warner Bros. Japan industry panel at Anime Expo 2025, the staff of the new TV anime adaptation of Buronson and Tetsuo Hara’s Fist of the North Star manga revealed the anime’s main cast. A new key visual for the Fist of the North Star anime was also revealed, depicting characters Bat and Rin, alongside a new teaser trailer that reconfirms the 2026 debut.
The new anime is titled Hokuto no Ken -Fist of the North Star-, and it will premiere in 2026 to celebrate the franchise’s 40th anniversary.
The cast of the anime includes:
- Shunsuke Takeuchi as Kenshiro
- Daiki Yamashita as Bat
- M.A.O as Rin
The original Fist of the North Star manga was serialized from 1983 to 1988 in Shueisha’s Weekly Shonen Jump magazine. In 1984, a TV anime adaptation began and popularized the franchise. Fist of the North Star influenced and inspired many popular anime and manga works over the many decades.
Finally, the Fist of the North Star manga is available to purchase both physically and digitally at VIZ Media. Here’s an overview of the prolific series:
One day, a wanderer appears out of the wasteland to bring justice to the guilty and hope to the people—a warrior named Ken, a man who bears seven scars upon his chest and holds the secret of a mysterious martial art known as Hokuto Shinken, the Divine Fist of the North Star!
