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Hokuto no Ken was first adaptated into a weekly anime series by Toei Animation under the title Seikimatsu Kyūseishu Densetsu: Hokuto no Ken (世紀末救世主伝説 北斗の拳?, lit. Legend of the Centurys End Messiah: Fist of the North Star). The series aired on Fuji Television from October 4, 1984 to March 5, 1987, lasting 109 episodes.[17] It was immediately followed by a sequel series, titled Hokuto no Ken 2, which aired from March 13, 1987 to February 18, 1988, lasting for 43 additional episodes (a combined total of 152 episodes between both series). On July 24, 2002, a Super Premium Box consisting of all 152 episodes across 26 DVDs was released.[18]\r
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The first 36 episodes of the first series were translated and dubbed by Manga Entertainment in 1999, although only the first 24 episodes were released on VHS. All 36 episodes of the dub version were aired on Showtime Beyond in the United States and on Sci-Fi Channel in the United Kingdom, and were later released on individual DVD volumes in 2003. In 2008, the US subsidiary of Toei Animation produced official subtitled-only translations of all 152 episodes, which were released on various paid download and video streaming websites available only for North American customers. Discotek Media announced on October 2, 2009 that they have licensed the entire Fist of the North Star TV series. They stated they would release all 152 episodes in a total of four boxsets sometime in 2010.[19] The first two boxsets were released in that year, and the latter two in 2011. The episodes used the 2008 Japanese remaster, produced for a 25th anniversary deluxe boxset. However, Discoteks releases did not contain any of the special features for the 2008 Japanese set. The first set featured the first 36 episodes along with Manga Entertainments English dub, and a Japanese audio option with English subtitles; these subtitles were adjusted from the translation of Toeis streaming episodes. Discotek later released all discs from all four boxsets (a total of 21 discs) together in one set, Fist of the North Star, The TV Series: The Complete Series Collection, on March 25, 2014.\r
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In 2009, William Winckler Productions produced six all new English dubbed movie versions edited from the original TV series. Producer William Winckler, known for Tekkaman: The Space Knight, wrote, produced and directed the English films, which are seen on broadband in Japan. The Winckler dubbed films focus on story arcs of the main characters of Shin, Rei, Souther, Toki, Raoh, and Kaioh.[20] However these films are incredibly hard to find.\r
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『北斗の拳2 ~ ＴＯＵＧＨ ＢＯＹ: ＴＯＭ★ＣＡＴ』\r
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『北斗の拳2 ~ ＴＯＵＧＨ ＢＯＹ: ＴＯＭ★ＣＡＴ』\r
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『北斗の拳2 ~ ＴＯＵＧＨ ＢＯＹ: ＴＯＭ★ＣＡＴ』\r
『北斗の拳2 ~ ＴＯＵＧＨ ＢＯＹ: ＴＯＭ★ＣＡＴ』\r
『北斗の拳2 ~ ＴＯＵＧＨ ＢＯＹ: ＴＯＭ★ＣＡＴ』
