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What do Pokémon and Fist of the North Star have in common? Apparently, a Palafin card

Pokémon has a very clear visual identity. We associate it with cute and adorable things. Sometimes it flirts with horror, but that makes sense in Japan. Historically, horror manga has been published in women’s manga magazines. That’s why the idea of Tetsuo Hara, the creator of Fist of the North Star, illustrating a Pokémon card seems a bit strange. But that’s exactly what has happened. Finizen, heir to the techniques of Fist of the North Star? Part of the Terastal Fes ex collection, which launches in Japan today, 6 […]

Pokémon has a very clear visual identity. We associate it with cute and adorable things. Sometimes it flirts with horror, but that makes sense in Japan. Historically, horror manga has been published in women’s manga magazines. That’s why the idea of Tetsuo Hara, the creator of Fist of the North Star, illustrating a Pokémon card, seems a bit strange. But that’s exactly what has happened.

Finizen, heir to the techniques of the Fist of the North Star?

Part of the Terastal Fes ex collection, which launches in Japan today – December 6th, and at some future point in the rest of the world, Hara has made an illustration of Finizen in his style. This means that we have Finizen executing the Hokuto Hyakuretsu Ken, the most famous attack of Kenshiro, the protagonist of Fist of the North Star. It’s one of the most unexpected crossovers we could imagine.

Aside from the illustration, which is beautiful, the card is exactly the same as the Palafin ex from PLANETA Mochizuki, only with Hara’s illustration. It makes for a great collectible item, or a personal preference for those who want to give a personal touch to their decks.

Although this is not Pokémon’s first puzzling collaboration, it is the most puzzling one so far. And it makes us dream about what the future holds in terms of guest artists. But first, excuse us, we have to get a Palafin illustrated by Tetsuo Hara – and hope that it arrives at some point to Pokémon TCG Pocket.

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Introducing Pokémon Trading Card Game Pocket, a free digital mobile-only version of the game that aims to digitize the experience of collecting Pokémon cards.

The legendary manga Hokuto no Ken, Fist of the North Star, is going to have a new anime adaptation

The Fist of the North Star returns in anime form to celebrate its fortieth anniversary, with new details coming in the near future

Many legendary manga were published long before we in the West had a clear idea of what manga was all about. That’s why it’s normal for us to have significant gaps in our knowledge of the medium. Even if they are popular in certain countries or known among enthusiasts, many classics are not as famous here as they are in their native Japan. And it’s a shame because it means we miss out on genuine masterpieces.

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Among those masterpieces is Fist of the North Star. Known as Hokuto no Ken in Japan, it was created by Buronson and Tetsuo Hara in 1983, and although it concluded in 1988, spin-offs are still regularly published even today. Some of them have been published in our country as well.

This manga has a very simple yet powerful premise. In a post-apocalyptic future, a man named Kenshiro roams the post-nuclear wasteland in search of the woman he loves. Along the way, he helps innocent people, confronts terrible villains, and clashes with other martial artists seeking to defeat him to prove their worth. All of this with the intensity that the premise conveys, but with much less testosterone and a lot more emotions than one might expect from an 80s work.

Bringing up Fist of the North Star is because it’s receiving a new anime adaptation. To celebrate its 40th anniversary, the most popular manga by Buronson and Tetsuo Hara will have an anime adaptation to introduce it to a new generation.

Unfortunately, we still don’t know the studio or the individuals involved in this adaptation. All we know is that it exists, and Warner Bros. Japan will share the details at some point in the future. It’s an opportunity to revisit Fist of the North Star once again.

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