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.
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Cover of volume 22, featuring most of the main characters. | |
| 蒼天の拳 (Sōten no Ken) | |
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| Illustrated by | Tetsuo Hara |
| Published by | Shinchosha |
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| Magazine | Weekly Comic Bunch |
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| Demographic | Seinen |
| Original run | May 2001 – August 2010 |
| Volumes | 22 |
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| Written by | Yasuhiro Imagawa |
| Music by | Marco d'Ambrosio |
| Studio | A.P.P.P. |
| Original network | TV Asahi |
| Original run | October 4, 2006 – March 14, 2007 |
| Episodes | 26 |
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| Sōten no Ken: Re:Genesis | |
| Written by | Hiroyuki Yatsu |
| Illustrated by | Hideki Tsuji |
| Published by | Coamix |
| Magazine | Comic Zenon |
| Demographic | Seinen |
| Original run | October 25, 2017 – present |
| Volumes | 4 |
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| Fist of the Blue Sky: Regenesis | |
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| Written by | Satoshi Ozaki |
| Music by | Masatoshi Nishimura |
| Studio | Polygon Pictures |
| Original network | Tokyo MX, Sun TV, KBS Kyoto, BS Fuji |
| Original run | April 2, 2018 – December 17, 2018 |
| Episodes | 24 |
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.