{"id":35061,"date":"2026-07-10T19:07:13","date_gmt":"2026-07-10T23:07:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/design-providers.com\/rise\/hokuto-no-ken-releases-commemorative-visual-for-2nd-cour\/"},"modified":"2026-07-10T19:07:13","modified_gmt":"2026-07-10T23:07:13","slug":"hokuto-no-ken-releases-commemorative-visual-for-2nd-cour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/design-providers.com\/rise\/hokuto-no-ken-releases-commemorative-visual-for-2nd-cour\/","title":{"rendered":"Hokuto no Ken Releases Commemorative Visual for 2nd Cour"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 16px\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The official X\/Twitter account and website of the <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Fist of the North Star: Hokuto no Ken<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> anime series have released a commemorative visual for the anime\u2019s <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">second cour<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">. The upcoming second cour will premiere in Japan sometime in 2027.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 16px\">The visual features the main protagonist, Kenshiro, and Rei striking a battle pose back-to-back.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 16px\">\u00a9 \u6b66\u8ad6\u5c0a\u30fb\u539f\u54f2\u592b\uff0f\u30b3\u30a2\u30df\u30c3\u30af\u30b9, \u300c\u5317\u6597\u306e\u62f3\u300d\u88fd\u4f5c\u59d4\u54e1\u4f1a<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 16px\">Hiroshi Maeda <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">(<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Genesis of Aquarion <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">compositing director) is directing the 2026 <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Fist of the North Star<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> anime series, with <\/span>Kazuhiko Inukai <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">(<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Bakugan: Armored Alliance<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">) as series composer, <\/span>Kazuma Ogasawara<span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> as assistant director, <\/span>Naoki Hisatsune<span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> (<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Magic Kaito 2010<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> sub-character designer) as character designer, <\/span>Koji <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">(written in katakana) as animation director, and <\/span>Yuki Hayashi<span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> (<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">My Hero Academia<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">) as music composer. <\/span>TMS Entertainment<span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> is handling the animation production, with<\/span> NIA Animation<span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> and <\/span>Kishida Studio BACU<span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> credited with the production cooperation\/CG production.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 16px\">Meanwhile, the anime\u2019s main voice cast stars:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 16px;color: #000000\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u2022 <\/span>Shunsuke Takeuchi<span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> as Kenshiro<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 16px;color: #000000\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u2022 <\/span>Daiki Yamashita<span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> as Bat<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 16px;color: #000000\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u2022 <\/span>M.A.O <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">as Rin<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 16px;color: #000000\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u2022 <\/span>Koji Yusa <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">as Shin<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 16px;color: #000000\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u2022 <\/span>Saori Hayami<span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> as Yuria<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 16px;color: #000000\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u2022 <\/span>Yuichi Nakamura<span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> as Rei<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 16px;color: #000000\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u2022 <\/span>Ruriko Aoki <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">as Mamiya<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 16px\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Fist of the North Star: Hokuto no Ke<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">n is the latest anime adaptation of the post-apocalyptic manga series (known simply as <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Hokuto no Ken<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> or <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Fist of the North Star<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">) written by <\/span>Buronson<span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> and drawn by <\/span>Tetsuo Hara<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">. It was serialized in Shueisha\u2019s Weekly Shonen Jump from September 13, 1983 to August 8, 1988. A total of 27 tankobon volumes were published in Japan. VIZ Media released the manga in English in hardcover format under its VIZ Signature imprint.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 16px\">The manga previously inspired two TV anime series and an anime film in the 1980s. A new series made up of OVAs and films was released between 2006 and 2008 with five installments. Other media include a 1995 live-action film, a stage play, and video games.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 16px\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">A novel titled <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Hokuto no Ken: Jubaku no Machi<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> was published in 1996 and received a 2003-2004 three-episode OVA adaptation titled <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">New Fist of the North Star<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 16px\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">A motion comic adaptation of the <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Elegy for the Henchmen: Fist of the North Star<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> gag manga spin-off, titled <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Fist of the North Star: Elegy of Ken-Oh\u2019s Army Grunts<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, was released in January 2026 and <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">returned with a second cour<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> on July 6, 2026.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 16px\">\u00a9 \u6b66\u8ad6\u5c0a\u30fb\u539f\u54f2\u592b\uff0f\u30b3\u30a2\u30df\u30c3\u30af\u30b9, \u300c\u5317\u6597\u306e\u62f3\u300d\u88fd\u4f5c\u59d4\u54e1\u4f1a<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 16px\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Amazon\u2019s <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Prime Video<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> service licensed the new <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Fist of the North Star: Hokuto no Ken<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> anime for streaming in select countries and territories worldwide. It describes the main premise as:\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 16px\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">In the year 199X, the world was engulfed in nuclear fire!! Yet\u2026humanity somehow survived!! A lone man with seven scars on his chest emerges. His name is Kenshiro, heir to Hokuto Shinken. In a world where only the strong survive, Kenshiro forges a path with his iron fists!<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 16px\">Sources<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">: <\/span><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/hokutonokeninfo\/status\/2073572568984928617\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Fist of the North Star Official X\/Twitter<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, <\/span><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/hokuto-anime.com\/news\/index00880000.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Official Anime Website<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, <\/span><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.crunchyroll.com\/news\/latest\/2026\/7\/5\/fist-of-the-north-star-hokuto-no-ken-cour-2-anime-commemorative-visual\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Crunchyroll News<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The official X\/Twitter account and website of the Fist of the North Star: Hokuto no Ken anime series have released a commemorative visual for the anime\u2019s second cour. The upcoming second cour will premiere in Japan sometime in 2027.\u00a0 The visual features the main protagonist, Kenshiro, and Rei striking a battle pose back-to-back.\u00a0 \u00a9 \u6b66\u8ad6\u5c0a\u30fb\u539f\u54f2\u592b\uff0f\u30b3\u30a2\u30df\u30c3\u30af\u30b9, 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