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Although the series has never been fully released on VHS in Japan, Toei released three hour-long "digest" episodes on | Although the series has never been fully released on VHS in Japan, Toei released three hour-long "digest" episodes on VHS during the late 1980s, composed of clips of episodes from Chapters 1, 2, and 4 of the first series. The complete series has been collected on DVD in Japan, in a boxed collection known as the ''Super Premium Box''<ref name=premiumbox>{{cite web|url=http://polydor.jp/anime/hokuto/premierbox.html|title=北斗の拳 DVD BOX|language=Japanese|accessdate=2007-08-04}}</ref> and in 26 individually released discs containing 5-6 episodes per volume.<ref name=hokutodvd>{{cite web|url=http://polydor.jp/anime/hokuto/index.html|title=北斗の拳|language=Japanese|accessdate=2007-08-04}}</ref> A three volume DVD series, the ''Kyūkyoku Retsuden'' series, which features key episodes of the series.<ref name=kyukyokuretsuden>{{cite web|url=http://polydor.jp/anime/hokuto/kyukyoku_1.html|title=北斗の拳 究極列伝|language=Japanese|accessdate=2007-08-04}}</ref> Toei later produced an HD Remaster Edition of the ''Hokuto no Ken'' DVD set, which was released on March 28, 2008.<ref name=hdremaster>{{cite web|url=http://www.toei-anim.co.jp/dvd/hokutonoken/|title=「北斗の拳」DVD-BOX発売|language=Japanese|accessdate=2007-10-19}}</ref> | ||
===English=== | ===English=== |
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