Sometimes things come around again in a great way. Viz Media held the license for the Fist of the North Star manga at one point and later it was picked up by Gutsoon!, a publisher I still dearly miss for the titles they had and for giving me good exposure to the works of Buronson and Hara.
Now, Viz Media has announced that they’ve regained the rights to this original property and will be bringing it out in print and digital form in 2021 starting in the summer.
The series comes from writer Buronson and Artist Tetsuo Hara which inspired a lot of anime over the years. The original series began in 1983 and ran for twenty-seven volumes before wrapping up in the summer of 1988.
Plot Concept: After an apocalypse, the world is laid to waste. Bandits rule the land, and might makes right the world over. Justice is a dying concept, so a new kind of hero begins to show himself to the people. With his “Fist of the North Star” technique, the man named Kenshiro slaughters those who would do violence upon the innocent. He journeys to violently set justice back in the world, and dreams of one day refinding his beloved Julia.
You’re already dead. 👉
The Fist of the North Star manga releases Summer 2021 in print and digital. pic.twitter.com/xVTplACPdf— VIZ 🌸 Yashahime: Princess Half-Demon is out now! (@VIZMedia) October 16, 2020