Crunchyroll is now streaming all 152 episodes of the original 1984 Fist of the North Star anime with English subtitles. The Fist of the North Star anime is also streaming with various subtitle language options, including Spanish (LATAM), French, and Brazilian Portuguese, on Crunchyroll.
Fist of the North Star: Elegy of Ken-Oh’s Army Grunts will premiere in January 2026, followed by the main new Hokuto no Ken -Fist of the North Star- anime sometime that same year. More details about broadcasting and streaming will be announced at a later date.
The cast of Hokuto no Ken -Fist of the North Star- includes:
- Shunsuke Takeuchi as Kenshiro
- Daiki Yamashita as Bat
- M.A.O as Rin
- Wataru Takagi as Jagi
- Tsuguo Mogami as Toki
- Taiten Kusunoki as Raoh
The cast of Fist of the North Star: Elegy of Ken-Oh’s Army Grunts includes:
- Hiro Shimono as Nobu
- Shinnosuke Ogami as Zaku
- Masaaki Yano as Buzz
- Shinya Takahashi as the narrator
Buronson and Tetsuo Hara’s Fist of the North Star manga was serialized from 1983 to 1988 in Shueisha’s Weekly Shonen Jump magazine. In 1984, the TV anime adaptation began and popularized the franchise as fans know it today. Undoubtedly, Fist of the North Star influenced and inspired many popular anime and manga works over the many decades.
The Fist of the North Star manga is available to purchase both physically and digitally at VIZ Media. Lastly, here’s an overview of the prolific series, via VIZ Media:
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!
