This is the most brainless anime I've seen this side of Urotsukidoji:Legend of The Overfiend. Skulls and brain fly as Kenshiro thwacks his way through a Mad Max-esque world, looking for his beloved wife/bird. Considering 90% of the male populace all wish they could do kung-fu, it's hard to see how they could not like this film. Stupidly proportioned bad guys pop as Ken kicks, punches and jabs them all into oblivion. It's a little disturbing to be honest, and perhaps pessimistic of human nature. But I don't care. Ken makes the finest combat noise in the world (Yeeeeyadadadada!) and everyone else sports amusingly gruff "thug" voices. The artwork is rough around the edges, but at least it's not as bad as the T.V series. A bit of a Japanese institution, I'm lead to believe, Fist Of The North Star is top-drawer stuff, and can easily sit next to all those copies of "Enter the Dragon" and "Monkey".
Review of Fist of the North Star
