A new trailer for the short anime adaptation of Hiroshi Kurao’s Elegy of the Henchmen: Fist of the North Star (also known as Fist of the North Star: Elegy of Ken-Oh’s Army Grunts) spin-off manga was released. The trailer confirms female unit Itsuka Saisei performs the opening theme song “Blacker Co., Ltd.”
Elegy of the Henchmen: Fist of the North Star premieres on January 5, 2026 on AT-X and Tokyo MX channels in Japan.
Takuma Hase and Yūma Saitō are technical directors and editors for the anime at Do-Raku. Daisuke Miura is the animation director, and Mirai Iwai is the art director and the color key artist. Sayoko Itō is the compositing director of photography, and Seiji Miura is the music composer.
The anime’s cast includes:
- Hiro Shimono as Nobu
- Shinnosuke Ogami as Zaku
- Masaaki Yano as Buzz
- Shinya Takahashi as the narrator
The new Hokuto no Ken -Fist of the North Star- anime will follow up sometime in 2026.
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
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, a TV anime adaptation began and popularized the franchise. 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, and the 1984 anime is currently streaming on Crunchyroll.
