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An English version of ''Fist of the Blue Sky'' was serialized in the now-defunct ''[[Raijin Comics]]'' published by Gutsoon! Entertainment from 2003 and 2004. Only the first four collected volumes of this English edition were released before Gutsoon went out of business. While its art is less "dated" than its predecessor, its more hard-boiled and unapologetically masculine approach to the series was unfortunately believed to be as much of a turn-off to American fans as the original manga's frequent violence mixed with campy fashion. Ironically, Hara's compatriot Buronson has lucked out better domestically with that same gritty style when he worked on [[Sanctuary]] and [[Strain]]. [At least enough for those titles to finish their U.S. run, anyway.] Also of irony is that Buronson's one-shots-[[King of Wolves]] and [[Japan]]-seem to do better in the U.S. than ''either'' Fist, in spite of them containing ''more'' violence than those other manga. No other company has picked up the license yet. | An English version of ''Fist of the Blue Sky'' was serialized in the now-defunct ''[[Raijin Comics]]'' published by Gutsoon! Entertainment from 2003 and 2004. Only the first four collected volumes of this English edition were released before Gutsoon went out of business. While its art is less "dated" than its predecessor, its more hard-boiled and unapologetically masculine approach to the series was unfortunately believed to be as much of a turn-off to American fans as the original manga's frequent violence mixed with campy fashion. Ironically, Hara's compatriot Buronson has lucked out better domestically with that same gritty style when he worked on [[Sanctuary]] and [[Strain]]. [At least enough for those titles to finish their U.S. run, anyway.] Also of irony is that Buronson's one-shots-[[King of Wolves]] and [[Japan]]-seem to do better in the U.S. than ''either'' Fist, in spite of them containing ''more'' violence than those other manga. No other company has picked up the license yet. | ||
===Japanese volumes=== | |||
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|01 || | |01 || 2001-10-09 || ISBN 4-10-771000-9 | ||
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|02 || | |02 || 2001-11-09 || ISBN 4-10-771016-5 | ||
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|03 || | |03 || 2002-05-09 || ISBN 4-10-771036-X | ||
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|04 || | |04 || 2002-08-09 || ISBN 4-10-771051-3 | ||
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|05 || | |05 || 2003-01-09 || ISBN 4-10-771073-4 | ||
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|06 || | |06 || 2003-05-09 || ISBN 4-10-771089-0 | ||
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|07 || | |07 || 2003-09-09 || ISBN 4-10-771112-9 | ||
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|08 || | |08 || 2004-01-09|| ISBN 4-10-771129-3 | ||
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|09 || | |09 || 2004-05-09 || ISBN 4-10-771151-X | ||
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|10 || | |10 || 2004-08-09 || ISBN 4-10-771167-6 | ||
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|11 || | |11 || 2004-12-09 || ISBN 4-10-771189-7 | ||
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|12 || | |12 || 2005-03-09 || ISBN 4-10-771206-0 | ||
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|13 || | |13 || 2005-07-09 || ISBN 4-10-771225-7 | ||
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|14 || | |14 || 2006-01-09 || ISBN 4-10-771258-3 | ||
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|15 || | |15 || 2006-07-09 || ISBN 4-10-771281-8 | ||
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|16 || | |16 || 2007-02-09 || ISBN 4-10-771318-6 | ||
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|17 || | |17 || 2007-09-08 || ISBN 4-10-771356-8 | ||
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|18 || | |18 || 2008-03-08 || ISBN 4-10-771387-2 | ||
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|19 || 2008-10-09 || ISBN 4-10-771421-7 | |19 || 2008-10-09 || ISBN 4-10-771421-7 | ||
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|20 || 2009-03-09 || ISBN | |20 || 2009-03-09 || ISBN 4-10-771467-1 | ||
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|21 || 2009-12-15 || ISBN 4-10-771535-7 | |||
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