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[omercifulheaves]

King Wolf Art by Kentaro Miura

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The latest Viz volume of FIST OF THE NORTH STAR has some commentary by Buronson and man, he hits you with the heavy shit right out the gate.

[omercifulheaves]

Oh dip, Umbrella Entertainment just announced that they're working on a 4k and UNCUT restoration of Blood of Heroes / The Salute of the Juggler, the post apocalyptic sports flick written and directed by David Webb Peoples, the writer of Blade Runner and Unforgiven. Underrated flick that so far has only been available in a DVD where the picture looks like it's been dipped in napalm and a crappy upscale blu. Umbrella's an Australian outfit but their discs are generally region free, so I'll be grabbing this when it comes out. And Berserk fans will want to check this out if they haven't, since it's another 80's movie that inspired Kentaro Miura, as you can see in his manga Japan w/ Buronson and some early parts of Berserk's Golden Age arc.

[dailydefunctmangamagazine]

Weekly Comic Bunch (週刊コミックバンチ) / Shinchosha (新潮社) / 11th Nov 2005 issue

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北斗の拳 SPECIAL　ALL ABOUT THE MAN 週刊少年ジャンプ特別編集 1986年9月5日号 集英社

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[kellerkind]

This is a pretty small panel from Hokuto No Ken / Fist of the North Star.

I am not sure if due to "it's Japan in the 80s and money is not an issue because the economy is booming" that mangaka just got the time to go wild on the details and spend forever on seemingly minor aspects...

...or if this is just old school Japanese work ethic (Tetsuo Hara was born in 1961) in general, and "half-ass it because time and budget restrictions dictate that is the sensible thing to do" was just not an option.

Incredible art either way.

(Second image is a negative colored edit because that also looks cool.)

[omercifulheaves]

King Wolf Art by Kentaro Miura

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Japan Art by Kentaro Miura

[swdefcult]

yuria by tetsuo hara

[omercifulheaves]

Fist of the North Star 40th Anniversary Poster Art by Tetsuo Hara

[jumpbiennysaur]

Raoh from Fist of the North Star

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Kenshiro from Fist of the North Star 

[thedakku]

It’s the 40th anniversary of ‘Hokuto No Ken’ (Fist Of The North Star) by Buronson & Tetsuo Hara!

Making its debut on September 13, 1983 in Weekly Shonen Jump issue 41!

The prototype for the series was published months prior in Fresh Jump magazine. It was popular among readers according to a survey and was later serialized in WSJ.

It’s such an iconic series and has influenced so many over the decades.

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Japan Art by Kentaro Miura