Fist of the Blue Sky

Fist of the Blue Sky (Japanese: 蒼天の拳, Hepburn: Sōten no Ken) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Tetsuo Hara, with plot supervision by Buronson. It was serialized in Weekly Comic Bunch from 2001 to 2010, with the chapters collected into 22 tankōbon volumes by Shinchosha. It is a prequel to the popular 1980s manga Fist of the North Star, which Hara originally illustrated with Buronson writing. Set primarily in Shanghai during the 1930s, the series centers on the 62nd successor of the Hokuto Shinken martial arts style, Kenshiro Kasumi, the namesake and predecessor of Kenshiro from Fist of the North Star. The manga was adapted into a 26-episode anime series that aired on TV Asahi from 2006 to 2007.

Fist of the Blue Sky
Cover of volume 22, featuring most of the main characters.
蒼天の拳
(Sōten no Ken)
Manga
Written by
  • Tetsuo Hara
  • Supervision:
  • Buronson
Illustrated byTetsuo Hara
Published byShinchosha
English publisher
MagazineWeekly Comic Bunch
English magazine
  • NA: Raijin Comics
DemographicSeinen
Original runMay 2001August 2010
Volumes22
Anime television series
Directed by
Produced by
  • Naomi Nishiguchi
  • Kazuhiko Hidano
  • Masanobu Watanabe
Written byYasuhiro Imagawa
Music byMarco d'Ambrosio
StudioA.P.P.P.
Original networkTV Asahi
Original run October 4, 2006 March 14, 2007
Episodes26
Manga
Sōten no Ken: Re:Genesis
Written byHiroyuki Yatsu
Illustrated byHideki Tsuji
Published byCoamix
MagazineComic Zenon
DemographicSeinen
Original runOctober 25, 2017 – present
Volumes4
Anime television series
Fist of the Blue Sky: Regenesis
Directed by
  • Yoshio Kazumi
  • Supervision:
  • Buronson
Produced by
  • Tomonari Katō
  • Ken Kawakita
Written bySatoshi Ozaki
Music byMasatoshi Nishimura
StudioPolygon Pictures
Original networkTokyo MX, Sun TV, KBS Kyoto, BS Fuji
Original run April 2, 2018 December 17, 2018
Episodes24

A continuation of the manga, titled Sōten no Ken: Re:Genesis (蒼天の拳 RE:GENESIS), began serialization in the December 2017 issue of Comic Zenon. It is written by Hiroyuki Yatsu and illustrated by Hideki Tsuji with the additional involvement of Tetsuo Hara. An anime series of the same name began airing from April 2 to December 17, 2018 with oversight by Tetsuo Hara.

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