Fist of the North Star - Season 1
Season 1
Network
DatesOct 11, 1984 - Mar 21, 1985
Episodes
Season 1Episode 130 min
God or Devil!? The Mightiest Man Appears in Hell.
It is the year 199X and nuclear war has ravaged the world. Society has collapsed, leaving the weak to fight for their lives while the strong take what they please. The Zeed gang is looting villages and killing anyone that they find, not even women and children are safe. But, from the wasteland a mysterious stranger appears, to protect those that cannot protect themselves.
Oct 11, 1984
Season 1Episode 230 min
The Deadly Fist of Lingering Regret! The Future is Sighted in the Barren Desert!
Ken rescues an old man named Smith from Spade, a member of the Four Jacks working for the King organization. The old man seeks to deliver a bag of rice seeds to his village, hoping to harvest them for the future. Ken and Bato take Smith to his village, unaware that Spade and his men are following them. Spade, who lost his eye during his initial encounter with Ken, attacks the village and kills Smith in retaliation. Unable to rescue Smith, an angry Ken kills Spade with a technique that makes their victim feel remorse before dying. After the battle, Ken plants Smith's seed over his grave.
Oct 18, 1984
Season 1Episode 330 min
In the City Without Light, a Lone Fist Burns! The Furious Death by the Five Exploding Fingers.
Bato spots Rin in a truck full of captured villagers being taken to the village of Dorado, which is occupied by the King gang. On their way there, Ken encounters two of remaining Jacks, Diamond and Club, who are torturing the villagers of Dorado. With Bato's help, Ken is reunited with Rin.
Oct 25, 1984
Season 1Episode 430 min
Attack the Bloody Cross! The Secret Technique, Death by Soft Strikes.
Ken learns that the prisoners that were transported with Rin were taken to a prison camp in a nearby valley. Ken manages to break the imprisoned villagers free, but during their escape they're all slaughtered in an ambush led by Mr. Heart, the last of the Four Jacks. While Heart's excess flesh proves resistant to his attacks, Ken eventually uses a techniques which penetrates through his body. From his battle with Heart, Ken learns an important clue which reveals to him the identity of King.
Nov 1, 1984
Season 1Episode 530 min
Can the Flames of Love Burn in Hell? You Are Already Dead!!
Having learned that King is none other than his old friend turned nemesis Shin, Ken remembers how a year ago Shin defeated him in combat, engraved the seven scars on his chest, and kidnapped his fiancee Yuria (Julia). Ken arrives at a local castle where Shin was staying, but only finds Shin's right-hand man Joker, who reveals that Shin and his gang has already left the castle, taking Yuria with him. Joker escapes and sets the castle ablaze with Ken inside, but Ken manages to escape, swearing to find Shin.
Nov 8, 1984
Season 1Episode 630 min
The Devil's Hit list. Find the Man With the 7 Scars!
Ken and his friends arrive at an oasis under the surveillance of God's Army, a fanatical military group composed of former special forces members. Ken becomes a target for this group after Ken kills one of the security officers in battle.
Nov 15, 1984
Season 1Episode 730 min
Villains! - Shall We Have a Countdown to Death?
The members of God's Army conduct a full-scale search of the oasis for Kenshiro. When the search team begins to execute random villagers to lure him, Ken allows himself to be captured in order to infiltrate their training facility. There, he faces against the army's drill instructor, the Mad Sarge.
Nov 22, 1984
Season 1Episode 830 min
Strike the Hidden Power Point! There's No Requiem for the Wicked.
Ken penetrates the headquarters of God's Army and confronts their leader, the Colonel, a deluded follower of Shin who has mastered the art of Nanto Muonken.
Nov 29, 1984
Season 1Episode 930 min
Villains! - Say Your Prayers Before You Die!
Ken and his friends visit a village where young men and women are offered as slaves to Madam Patra, a local sorceress who controls the village's water supply.
Dec 6, 1984
Season 1Episode 1030 min
Inverse Raging Fire Punch! There Are Too Many Who Must Die!
Ken ventures into Patra's lair at Dragon God Mountain to save the young villagers. There he faces Patra's partner Dragon, a firebreather who attempts to coerce Ken to his side.
Dec 13, 1984
Season 1Episode 1130 min
Villains!! Listen to the Blues of Hell!!
Ken and his companions meet Taki, an old friend of Bato. Taki takes them to his home village where Auntie Toyo, an elderly woman who takes care of orphaned and abandoned children, is trying to dig a well. Unaware to him, the Warriors biker gang led by Jackal have followed Ken, seeking to claim Toyo's village as their new hideout.
Dec 20, 1984
Season 1Episode 1230 min
I Am Death! I'll Chase You to the Ends of Hell!
After Toyo is killed by Jackal, Ken leaves Bato and Rin to watch over Toyo's orphans while he chases after Jackal's gang. While searching for clues to Jackal's destination, Ken encounters Fox, Jackal's right-hand man.
Jan 10, 1985
Season 1Episode 1330 min
Arhat Deva Fist! Once Released There's No Stopping It!!
Ken chases Jackal to the ruins of Villainy Prison, a place that used to imprison the most vicious of criminals. Hoping to defeat Ken, Jackal releases Devil's Rebirth, a giant demon-like killer who has mastered the forbidden art of the Arhat Deva Fist.
Jan 17, 1985
Season 1Episode 1430 min
A Miserable Era! The Good Die So Young!!
Ken and his friends visit a village where their local doctor, a man named Duran, offers his hospitality. However, Duran's former partner-in-crime, Dante, is hired by Shin to hunt down Ken. Dante takes the opportunity of the situation to blackmail Duran to do his bidding.
Jan 24, 1985
Season 1Episode 1530 min
Count to Three! You're the One Who'll Die!
Ken and his friend must save a haunted village from Zaria, a witchdoctor who uses a strange hypnosis technique that turns villagers into mind-controlled slaves.
Jan 31, 1985
Season 1Episode 1630 min
Sing For Me, Villains! The Counting Rhymes of Hell!
Ken is caught at the middle of a gang war between the Scorpions and the Snakes, each seeking to recruit Ken to their side.
Feb 7, 1985
Season 1Episode 1730 min
Battle Makes a Man! The Gates of Confrontation Have Finally Opened
Shin gathers his entire army for a meeting as he officially declares war against Kenshiro. Barcom, the General of King's army, tells his men how Ken defeated some of Shin's best fighters. Meanwhile, Yuria recounts to Saki how she came to be Shin's captive and his rise to power.
Feb 14, 1985
Season 1Episode 1830 min
Life or Death?! Beyond the Wasteland Lies the First Circle of Hell!
One of King's subordinate gangs attacks a village Ken is visiting, while Yuria attempts to escape from Southern Cross with the help of her young maid Saki.
Feb 21, 1985
Season 1Episode 1930 min
Villains! Ready Your One-Way Tickets to Death
Ken is forced to return to Jeena village when Garekki of the Gold Wolf gang attempts to invade it, while Saki's elder brother, Temjina, escapes from Southern Cross, seeking to tell Ken of Yuria's whereabouts.
Feb 28, 1985
Season 1Episode 2030 min
Nightmarish Full-Scale War! My Fists Pack One Million Volts!
With Ken having learned the location of the city of Southern Cross from Temjina's dying words, Shin deploys a giant gunship as his last resource.
Mar 7, 1985
Season 1Episode 2130 min
The Evil Palace in Flames! Just One More Step to Reach You, Shin!
With Ken presumed dead, General Barcom leads a mutiny against Shin, seeking to take over the King gang for himself. Elsewhere, Joker searches the wreckage of the gunship for Ken's body, unconvinced that he is actually dead.
Mar 14, 1985
Season 1Episode 2230 min
Conclusion of Part One: Yuria, Forever... and Shin!
With Southern Cross left in ruins following Barcom's revolt, Shin is left by himself in his own palace, protected by the few followers he still has left. Ken confronts Shin for the first time in a year and defeats him, only to learn that Yuria has already killed herself.
Mar 21, 1985
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