FIST OF THE BLUE SKY (SOUTEN NO KEN) Japanese Anime DVD TV Boxset Episodes Graphic Novels www.fistofthebluesky.fr

FIST OF THE BLUE SKY (SOUTEN NO KEN) - Japanese Anime DVDs TV Box set Episodes Graphic Novel www.fistofthebluesky.com

Fist of the Blue Sky (Souten no Ken in Japanese Version) is a graphic novel series by Tetsuo Hara with plot supervision by Buronson since 2001. It is a prequel to the popular 1980s series Fist of the North Star (Ken le Survivant in French), which Hara originally co-wrote with Buronson. Set primarily in Shanghai during the 1930s, the series centers around the 62nd successor of the Hokuto Shinken style, Kenshiro Kasumi, the namesake and predecessor of Fist of the North Star's own Kenshiro. It has been adapted into a 26-episode anime series that aired from 2006 to 2007

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The main protagonist of this story is Kasumi Kenshiro, better known as "Yan Wang" or "The King of Hell" (derived from the myth Yan Luo Wang). Kasumi is a laid back and chain-smoking Tokyo professor who possesses the deadly Chinese assassin martial art Hokuto Shinken who travels to Shanghai after hearing the news of his Triad friend Pan Guang-Lin and his sister Yu-Ling (Kasumi's love interest) are in trouble

In Shanghai, Kasumi has to fight the three Hokuto families, the Hokuto Sankaken (based on the royal families of Romance of the Three Kingdoms). At the same time Kasumi has to help Pan's "Qing Bang" Triad gang against the immoral "Hong-Hua" Triads in gaining territory and influence in Shanghai

Many of the plot points mentioned in the comic contain real historical facts, such as how Shanghai was controlled with International Settlements (the story focus mainly on the French settlement) during the 1930s. Also seen are Jewish refugees who escaped from Nazi persecution in Europe, and the invasion of China by the Japanese Army. Chiang Kai Shek and some historical Kuomingtang figures appear in the story as well

Tetsuo Hara wanted the fights in the manga to look more like traditional Chinese martial arts, so the action is somewhat faster and more detailed than those in Fist of the North Star. Hara went to Shanghai in person to get his inspiration

Watch all Fist of The Blue Sky's adventures among the 26 episodes of the full set TV Series available in Japanese with English Subtitles for your pleasure