Hokuto no Ken: Ichigo Aji
Hokuto no Ken: Ichigo Aji | |
Cover of Hokuto no Ken: Ichigo Aji volume one.
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北斗の拳 イチゴ味 | |
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Genre | Comedy |
Manga | |
Written by | Yūshi Kawata |
Illustrated by | Imōto Yukito |
Published by | Tokuma Shoten |
Demographic | Seinen |
Magazine | Web Comic Zenyon |
Original run | 2013 – present |
Volumes | 4 |
Anime television series | |
Directed by | Mankyū |
Music by | Yasuhiro Misawa |
Studio | Ajia-do Animation Works[1] |
Network | TV Tokyo, TVO, TV Aichi |
Original run | 6 October 2015 – 22 December 2015 |
Episodes | 12 |
Hokuto no Ken: Ichigo Aji (北斗の拳 イチゴ味?, lit. Fist of the North Star: Strawberry Flavor) is a Japanese comedy manga spoofing the post-apocalyptic action series Fist of the North Star (北斗の拳 Hokuto no Ken?). An anime television adaptation started airing in October 2015.[2][3]
Contents
Plot
The story focuses on Holy Emperor Souther's attempts to become friends with Kenshiro.[2]
Characters
- Souther
- Voiced by: Banjō Ginga[2]
- Souther (サウザー Sauzā?) is a villain from the original Fist of the North Star manga. In Hokuto no Ken: Ichigo Aji, however, he is transformed into a fun-loving version of himself who wants to party and be friends with Kenshiro. He is voiced by Banjō Ginga, who played the character in the original television anime series.[2]
- Shū
- Voiced by: Junichi Suwabe[4]
- Shū (シュウ?) was a former underling of Souther in the original series who sided against him with Kenshiro.
- Rei
- Voiced by: Kōsuke Toriumi[4]
- In the original series, Rei (レイ?) becomes an ally of Kenshiro's after the latter rescues his sister.
- Yuda
- Voiced by: Kishō Taniyama[5]
- Shin
- Voiced by: Toshiyuki Morikawa[6]
- Fudō
- Voiced by: Takashi Matsuyama[7]
- Kenshiro
- Voiced by: Katsuyuki Konishi[3]
- Yuria
- Voiced by: Yūko Minaguchi[10]
- Bat
- Voiced by: Daiki Yamashita[11]
- Rin
- Voiced by: Shouta Aoi[12]
Media
Manga
The series is written by Yūshi Kawata and illustrated by Imōto Yukito, based off work by Buronson and Tetsuo Hara. It began publication on Tokuma Shoten's Web Comic Zenyon website in 2013.[2]
The manga had over 1 million copies in print as of June 2015.[2]
Volume list
The series has been collected into four tankōbon volumes.[13]
No. | Japanese release date | Japanese ISBN |
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1 | 20 September 2013[14] | ISBN 978-4-19-980165-5 [14] |
2 | 20 May 2014[15] | ISBN 978-4-19-980209-6 [15] |
3 | 20 November 2014[16] | ISBN 978-4-19-980246-1 [16] |
4 | 20 June 2015[17] | ISBN 978-4-19-980273-7 [17] |
Anime
An anime television series based on the manga was announced in the fourth tankōbon volume in June 2015.[2] It will be directed by Mankyū, and will begin airing on TV Tokyo, TV Osaka, and TV Aichi on 6 October 2015 as part of a DD Hokuto no Ken 2 Ichigo Aji+ program along with the second DD Fist of the North Star television anime.[3] The series will be simulcast worldwide by Crunchyroll.[18]
References
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External links
- Hokuto no Ken: Ichigo Aji at Web Comic Zenyon (Japanese)
- Hokuto no Ken: Ichigo Aji (manga) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
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