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| name = New Fist of the North Star

| image = Shin_Hokuto_no_Ken.jpg

| image = [[Image:Shin_Hokuto_no_Ken.jpg|220px]]

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| caption = Japanese DVD cover (OAV 1)

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{{nihongo_title|New Fist of the North Star|新・北斗の拳|Shin Hokuto no Ken}} is a three-episode [[anime]] [[original video animation|OVA]] series based on the ''[[Fist of the North Star]]'' franchise, directed by [[~~Takeshi~~ Watanabe]] and produced by OB Planning. The story was adapted from {{nihongo|''Jubaku no Machi''|-呪縛の街-||"The Cursed City"}}, a 1996 ''Hokuto no Ken'' novel written by [[Buronson]] and [[Tetsuo Hara]] set sometime after the conclusion of the original [[manga]].<ref name=jubaku>{{cite book|title=北斗の拳 -呪縛の街- (Hokuto no Ken: Jubaku no Machi)|author=Buronson; Hara, Tetsuo|language=Japanese|year=1996|month=December|publisher=Shueisha|editor=Tobisha|isbn=4-08-703054-7}}</ref> An [[~~English language~~|~~English~~]] dubbed version of the OVA was produced by [[ADV Films]] in 2004.

{{nihongo_title|New Fist of the North Star|新・北斗の拳|Shin Hokuto no Ken}} is a three-episode anime [[wikipedia:original video animation|OVA]] series based on the ''[[Fist of the North Star]]'' franchise, directed by [[wikipedia:Takashi Watanabe|Takashi Watanabe]] and produced by OB Planning. The story was adapted from {{nihongo|''Jubaku no Machi''|-呪縛の街-||"The Cursed City"}}, a 1996 ''Hokuto no Ken'' novel written by [[Buronson]] and [[Tetsuo Hara]] set sometime after the conclusion of the original manga.<ref name=jubaku>{{cite book|title=北斗の拳 -呪縛の街- (Hokuto no Ken: Jubaku no Machi)|author=Buronson; Hara, Tetsuo|language=Japanese|year=1996|month=December|publisher=Shueisha|editor=Tobisha|isbn=4-08-703054-7}}</ref> Celebrity [[wikipedia:Gackt|Gackt]] was hired to voice [[Seiji]] and pro-wrestler [[w:c:prowrestling:Magnum Tokyo|Magnum Tokyo]] also makes a cameo. An English dubbed version of the OVA was produced by [[wikipedia:ADV Films|ADV Films]] in 2004.

==Plot==

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==Characters==

;{{nihongo|[[Kenshiro]]|ケンシロウ|Kenshirō}}

:{{anime voices|[[Takehito Koyasu]]|[[Robert Kraft]]}}

:{{anime voices|[[Takehito Koyasu]]|Robert Kraft}}

:The successor of the assassin's art of [[Hokuto Shinken]]. He gets involved in the conflict between Last Land and Freedom Village after saving Tobi.

;{{nihongo|[[Tobi]]|トビ}}

:{{anime voices|[[Akimitsu Takase]]|[[Christopher Loveless]]}}

:{{anime voices|[[Akimitsu Takase]]|Christopher Loveless}}

: A wandering adventurer known for his intelligent service to the people, rescued by Kenshiro when the Sanga's scouting party ambushed him and other villagers searching for water. Tobi was searching his brother Bista while travelling town to town, has a secret crush on Sarah. Later on he incited a religious Jihad in the Lastland using his brotherly connection with Bista, later on he fell corrupted with power that led to his downfall.

; {{nihongo|[[Bista]]|ビスタ|Bisuta}}~~, aka~~ {{nihongo|Doha|ドーハ|Dōha}}

; {{nihongo|[[Bista]]|ビスタ|Bisuta}}/{{nihongo|Doha|ドーハ|Dōha}}

:{{anime voices|[[Romi ~~Pak~~]]|[[Korey Simeone]]}}

:{{anime voices|[[Romi Park]]|Korey Simeone}}

: Tobi's little brother known for his illusion and parlour magic also was suffering from amnesia, he was taken by Sanga as a tool for fooling the common people in Lastland as a God. His amnesia was healed by Sarah through acupressure, was remained seriously wounded throughout the OVA.

; {{nihongo|[[Sāra]]|サーラ|Sāra}}

; {{nihongo|[[Sara (Shin HNK)|Sāra]]|サーラ|Sāra}}

:{{anime voices|[[Yurika Hino]]|[[Katie Gillette]]}}

:{{anime voices|[[Yurika Hino]]|Katie Gillette}}

: A kind hearted female healer in Freedom Village where she heals people with a passed down knowledge of Hokumon no Ken through her parents. She uses a healing art which utilizes the body{{'}}s ''keiraku hikō'' points to heal her patients. Her life was saved by Seiji in the past when attacked by a feral dog.

; {{nihongo|[[Sanga]]|サンガ}}

:{{anime voices|[[~~Unshou~~ Ishizuka]]|[[John Paul Shephard]]}}

:{{anime voices|[[Unshō Ishizuka]]|John Paul Shephard}}

: The dictator of the city Last Land, known for being manipulative and ambitious. He was killed by Kenshiro towards the end of first episode. He was cruel and hard towards his own son Seiji, but later revealed that he did that because he loved Seiji and wanted him to become stronger in this harsh wasteland.

; {{nihongo|[[Seiji]]|セイジ}}

:{{anime_voices|[[Gackt]]|[[Adam Dudley]]}}

:{{anime_voices|[[Gackt]]|Adam Dudley}}

: A dropout of the Hokumon temple, who has a love hate relationship with his father Sanga. He took over Lastland while Kenshiro was away to Hokumon temple get medicine for Bista. It was revealed that he learned all the secret of Hokumon No Ken in less than three years. Committed suicide by pressing a fatal point in his body after ridden with guilt over his past crime.

;{{nihongo|[[~~Toki~~]]|トキ}}

; {{nihongo|[[Myne]]|マイン}}

:{{~~anime voices~~|[[~~Hideyuki~~ Tanaka]]}}

:{{anime_voices|Tomoe Hanba|}}

: ~~The second of Kenshiro's eldest brothers, who intended to use Hokuto Shinken as a healing art. Appears in a flashback during the first episode of the OVA.~~

; {{nihongo|[[Geese]]|ギース}}

;{{nihongo|[[~~Ryū~~]]|~~リュウ~~|~~Ryū~~}}

:{{anime_voices|Seiji Sasaki|Jose Brown}}

: ~~The orphaned son of~~ [[~~Raoh~~]]~~, whom Kenshiro intends to train as his Hokuto Shinken successor. Appears in a flashback during the first episode.~~

; {{nihongo|[[Rogue]]|ローグ}}

:{{anime_voices|Koji Ishii|}}

; {{nihongo|[[Chess]]|チェス}}

:{{anime_voices|Kiyonobu Suzuki|Lowell Bartholomee}}

; {{nihongo|[[Roshi]]|老師}}

:{{anime_voices|[[Takaya Hashi]]|Travis Dean}}

; {{nihongo|[[Jinen]]|ジネン}}

:{{anime_voices|Masahiko Tanaka|Scot Friedman}}

; {{nihongo|[[Yura]]|ユラ}}

:{{anime_voices|[[Reiko Suzuki]]|Lainie Frasier}}

; {{nihongo|[[Magnum]]|マグナム}}

:{{anime_voices|[[w:c:puroresusystem:Magnum Tokyo|Magnum Tokyo]]|}}

; {{nihongo|[[Toki]]|トキ}}

:{{anime_voices|[[Hideyuki Tanaka]]|}}

; {{nihongo|Narration|ナレーション}}

:{{anime_voices|Fumihiko Tachiki|}}

==Reception==

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 {{Infobox film
 | name           = New Fist of the North Star
-| image          = Shin_Hokuto_no_Ken.jpg
+| image          = [[Image:Shin_Hokuto_no_Ken.jpg|220px]]
 | image_size     =
 | caption        = Japanese DVD cover (OAV 1)
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-{{nihongo_title|New Fist of the North Star|新・北斗の拳|Shin Hokuto no Ken}} is a three-episode [[anime]] [[original video animation|OVA]] series based on the ''[[Fist of the North Star]]'' franchise, directed by [[Takeshi Watanabe]] and produced by OB Planning. The story was adapted from {{nihongo|''Jubaku no Machi''|-呪縛の街-||"The Cursed City"}}, a 1996 ''Hokuto no Ken'' novel written by [[Buronson]] and [[Tetsuo Hara]] set sometime after the conclusion of the original [[manga]].<ref name=jubaku>{{cite book|title=北斗の拳 -呪縛の街- (Hokuto no Ken: Jubaku no Machi)|author=Buronson; Hara, Tetsuo|language=Japanese|year=1996|month=December|publisher=Shueisha|editor=Tobisha|isbn=4-08-703054-7}}</ref> An [[English language|English]] dubbed version of the OVA was produced by [[ADV Films]] in 2004.
+{{nihongo_title|New Fist of the North Star|新・北斗の拳|Shin Hokuto no Ken}} is a three-episode anime [[wikipedia:original video animation|OVA]] series based on the ''[[Fist of the North Star]]'' franchise, directed by [[wikipedia:Takashi Watanabe|Takashi Watanabe]] and produced by OB Planning. The story was adapted from {{nihongo|''Jubaku no Machi''|-呪縛の街-||"The Cursed City"}}, a 1996 ''Hokuto no Ken'' novel written by [[Buronson]] and [[Tetsuo Hara]] set sometime after the conclusion of the original manga.<ref name=jubaku>{{cite book|title=北斗の拳 -呪縛の街- (Hokuto no Ken: Jubaku no Machi)|author=Buronson; Hara, Tetsuo|language=Japanese|year=1996|month=December|publisher=Shueisha|editor=Tobisha|isbn=4-08-703054-7}}</ref> Celebrity [[wikipedia:Gackt|Gackt]] was hired to voice [[Seiji]] and pro-wrestler [[w:c:prowrestling:Magnum Tokyo|Magnum Tokyo]] also makes a cameo. An English dubbed version of the OVA was produced by [[wikipedia:ADV Films|ADV Films]] in 2004.
 ==Plot==
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 ==Characters==
 ;{{nihongo|[[Kenshiro]]|ケンシロウ|Kenshirō}}
-:{{anime voices|[[Takehito Koyasu]]|[[Robert Kraft]]}}
+:{{anime voices|[[Takehito Koyasu]]|Robert Kraft}}
 :The successor of the assassin's art of [[Hokuto Shinken]]. He gets involved in the conflict between Last Land and Freedom Village after saving Tobi.
 ;{{nihongo|[[Tobi]]|トビ}}
-:{{anime voices|[[Akimitsu Takase]]|[[Christopher Loveless]]}}
+:{{anime voices|[[Akimitsu Takase]]|Christopher Loveless}}
 : A wandering adventurer known for his intelligent service to the people, rescued by Kenshiro when the Sanga's scouting party ambushed him and other villagers searching for water. Tobi was searching his brother Bista while travelling town to town, has a secret crush on Sarah. Later on he incited a religious Jihad in the Lastland using his brotherly connection with Bista, later on he fell corrupted with power that led to his downfall.
-; {{nihongo|[[Bista]]|ビスタ|Bisuta}}, aka {{nihongo|Doha|ドーハ|Dōha}}
+; {{nihongo|[[Bista]]|ビスタ|Bisuta}}/{{nihongo|Doha|ドーハ|Dōha}}
-:{{anime voices|[[Romi Pak]]|[[Korey Simeone]]}}
+:{{anime voices|[[Romi Park]]|Korey Simeone}}
 : Tobi's little brother known for his illusion and parlour magic also was suffering from amnesia, he was taken by Sanga as a tool for fooling the common people in Lastland as a God. His amnesia was healed by Sarah through acupressure, was remained seriously wounded throughout the OVA.
-; {{nihongo|[[Sāra]]|サーラ|Sāra}}
+; {{nihongo|[[Sara (Shin HNK)|Sāra]]|サーラ|Sāra}}
-:{{anime voices|[[Yurika Hino]]|[[Katie Gillette]]}}
+:{{anime voices|[[Yurika Hino]]|Katie Gillette}}
 : A kind hearted female healer in Freedom Village where she heals people with a passed down knowledge of Hokumon no Ken through her parents. She uses a healing art which utilizes the body{{'}}s ''keiraku hikō'' points to heal her patients. Her life was saved by Seiji in the past when attacked by a feral dog.
 ; {{nihongo|[[Sanga]]|サンガ}}
-:{{anime voices|[[Unshou Ishizuka]]|[[John Paul Shephard]]}}
+:{{anime voices|[[Unshō Ishizuka]]|John Paul Shephard}}
 : The dictator of the city Last Land, known for being manipulative and ambitious. He was killed by Kenshiro towards the end of first episode. He was cruel and hard towards his own son Seiji, but later revealed that he did that because he loved Seiji and wanted him to become stronger in this harsh wasteland.
 ; {{nihongo|[[Seiji]]|セイジ}}
-:{{anime_voices|[[Gackt]]|[[Adam Dudley]]}}
+:{{anime_voices|[[Gackt]]|Adam Dudley}}
 : A dropout of the Hokumon temple, who has a love hate relationship with his father Sanga. He took over Lastland while Kenshiro was away to Hokumon temple get medicine for Bista. It was revealed that he learned all the secret of Hokumon No Ken in less than three years. Committed suicide by pressing a fatal point in his body after ridden with guilt over his past crime.
-;{{nihongo|[[Toki]]|トキ}}
+; {{nihongo|[[Myne]]|マイン}}
-:{{anime voices|[[Hideyuki Tanaka]]}}
+:{{anime_voices|Tomoe Hanba|}}
-: The second of Kenshiro's eldest brothers, who intended to use Hokuto Shinken as a healing art. Appears in a flashback during the first episode of the OVA.
+; {{nihongo|[[Geese]]|ギース}}
-;{{nihongo|[[Ryū]]|リュウ|Ryū}}
+:{{anime_voices|Seiji Sasaki|Jose Brown}}
-: The orphaned son of [[Raoh]], whom Kenshiro intends to train as his Hokuto Shinken successor. Appears in a flashback during the first episode.
+; {{nihongo|[[Rogue]]|ローグ}}
+:{{anime_voices|Koji Ishii|}}
+; {{nihongo|[[Chess]]|チェス}}
+:{{anime_voices|Kiyonobu Suzuki|Lowell Bartholomee}}
+; {{nihongo|[[Roshi]]|老師}}
+:{{anime_voices|[[Takaya Hashi]]|Travis Dean}}
+; {{nihongo|[[Jinen]]|ジネン}}
+:{{anime_voices|Masahiko Tanaka|Scot Friedman}}
+; {{nihongo|[[Yura]]|ユラ}}
+:{{anime_voices|[[Reiko Suzuki]]|Lainie Frasier}}
+; {{nihongo|[[Magnum]]|マグナム}}
+:{{anime_voices|[[w:c:puroresusystem:Magnum Tokyo|Magnum Tokyo]]|}}
+; {{nihongo|[[Toki]]|トキ}}
+:{{anime_voices|[[Hideyuki Tanaka]]|}}
+; {{nihongo|Narration|ナレーション}}
+:{{anime_voices|Fumihiko Tachiki|}}
 ==Reception==