Should you watch Fist of the North Star?
Who it’s good for, who it isn’t, and what’s in it. No ratings, no scores.

Fist of the North Star
Anime · 1986
After a nuclear holocaust tears the world apart, mankind is forced to the harshness of not only the oppression of others who are much more powerful, but the dead earth which seems to be getting worse with every passing moment. But a savior has risen from the ashes, a man who will defeat those who would torment the weak and make the world a livable place once more. A man named Kenshiro...
The sides of Fist of the North Star
- A world ruined by nuclear war
- Kenshiro, a martial artist who protects the weak
- Warlords ruling over the survivors
Fist of the North Star is good for you if…
- you like Kenshiro's martial arts against brutal warlords.
- you like enemies bursting apart under a single strike.
- you can take a dead, post-nuclear world ruled by brutes.
Fist of the North Star is bad for you if…
- you don't watch anime.
- you find 1980s animation dated.
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