Hokuto no Ken: Ichigo Aji | |
Cover of Hokuto no Ken: Ichigo Aji volume one.
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北斗の拳 イチゴ味 | |
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Genre | Comedy |
Manga | |
Written by | Yūshi Kawata |
Illustrated by | Imōto Yukito |
Published by | Tokuma Shoten |
Demographic | Seinen |
Magazine | Web Comic Zenyon |
Original run | 2013 – present |
Volumes | 4 |
Anime television series | |
Directed by | Mankyū |
Music by | Yasuhiro Misawa |
Studio | Ajia-do Animation Works |
Original network | TV Tokyo, TVO, TV Aichi |
Original run | 6 October 2015 – 22 December 2015 |
Episodes | 12 |
Hokuto no Ken: Ichigo Aji (北斗の拳 イチゴ味?, lit. Fist of the North Star: Strawberry Flavor) is a Japanese comedy manga spoofing the post-apocalyptic action series Fist of the North Star (北斗の拳 Hokuto no Ken?). An anime television adaptation started airing in October 2015.
The story focuses on Holy Emperor Thouzer's attempts to become friends with Kenshiro.
The series is written by Yūshi Kawata and illustrated by Imōto Yukito, based off work by Buronson and Tetsuo Hara. It began publication on Tokuma Shoten's Web Comic Zenyon website in 2013.
The manga had over 1 million copies in print as of June 2015.
The series has been collected into four tankōbon volumes.
An anime television series based on the manga was announced in the fourth tankōbon volume in June 2015. It will be directed by Mankyū, and will begin airing on TV Tokyo, TV Osaka, and TV Aichi on 6 October 2015 as part of a DD Hokuto no Ken 2 Ichigo Aji+ program along with the second DD Fist of the North Star television anime. The series will be simulcast worldwide by Crunchyroll.