Hokuto Shinken
is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Tetsuo Hara, with plot supervision by Buronson. It was serialized in "Weekly Comic Bunch" from 2001 to 2010, with the chapters collected into 22 "tankōbon" volumes by Shinchosha. It is a prequel to the popular 1980s manga "Fist of the North Star", which Hara originally illustrated with Buronson writing. Set primarily in Shanghai during the 1930s, the series centers on the 62nd successor of the Hokuto Shinken martial arts style, Kenshiro Kasumi, the namesake and predecessor of Kenshiro from "Fist of the North Star". The manga was adapted into a 26-episode anime series that aired on TV Asahi from 2006 to 2007.