Violence Jack
"Violence Jack" (1973 debut), a manga and anime series by Go Nagai, is set in a post-apocalyptic world with corruption and psychotic gangs. It is credited with creating the post-apocalyptic manga and anime genre, depicting its post-apocalyptic world as a desert wasteland with biker gangs, anarchic violence, ruined buildings, innocent civilians, tribal chiefs and small abandoned villages. This was similar to, and may have influenced, the desert wasteland settings of later post-apocalyptic franchises such as the film series "Mad Max" (1979 debut) and the manga/anime series "Fist of the North Star" ("Hokuto no Ken", 1983 debut). Goichi Suda (Suda 51), who cited "Violence Jack" as an influence on his video game series "No More Heroes" (2007 debut), stated: “All of the desert-setting titles are actually inspired by "Violence Jack". That came way before "Hokuto no Ken", so that’s the real origin of everything.”