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<blockquote data-quote="WizarDru" data-source="post: 1626995" data-attributes="member: 151">raiji Ahem. That 6 should have been a '9'. Whoops. Raijin Comics has gone on hiatus, which is a shame, as the master series are just beautiful to look at. I mean, just gorgeous color work on the Hokuto no Ken books.&nbsp; &nbsp;Toki is one of the coolest characters, and he is a major character in the manga and TV series, even though he doesn't make it into the movie (which really streamlined the story to begin with). Rei was one of the coolest characters EVAR, and you see him there, too.&nbsp; &nbsp;The manga actually has lots more depth than you might first imagine, especially since it isn't bogged down with the TV Series filler episodes, or cut to the bone, story-wise, like the movie is. It's always striked me as strange how the shows that are directly influenced by Fist of the Northstar have succeeded here, when it, like Captain Harlock, just never seems to get a foothold. Beserk!, Gantz, Blame, Trigun, Hellsing and a host of other shows and manga all directly cite it as an influence. Heck, shows like Gantz quote it directly. Go figure.&nbsp; &nbsp;I really would have liked to have seen the later stories with the Gento Stars, Falco and Rai-oh, Ra-oh's brother....but c'est la vie.&nbsp;&nbsp;Oh, and Zappo, no one I know has any knowledge of a Fist of the Northstar RPG, so it may very well have been just in Europe.&nbsp; Knowing that manga has had a much bigger penetration in Italy, Spain, France and Germany than the US up until just recently, that doesn't suprise me.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="WizarDru, post: 1626995, member: 151"] raiji Ahem. That 6 should have been a '9'. Whoops. Raijin Comics has gone on hiatus, which is a shame, as the master series are just beautiful to look at. I mean, just gorgeous color work on the Hokuto no Ken books. Toki is one of the coolest characters, and he is a major character in the manga and TV series, even though he doesn't make it into the movie (which really streamlined the story to begin with). Rei was one of the coolest characters EVAR, and you see him there, too. The manga actually has lots more depth than you might first imagine, especially since it isn't bogged down with the TV Series filler episodes, or cut to the bone, story-wise, like the movie is. It's always striked me as strange how the shows that are directly influenced by Fist of the Northstar have succeeded here, when it, like Captain Harlock, just never seems to get a foothold. Beserk!, Gantz, Blame, Trigun, Hellsing and a host of other shows and manga all directly cite it as an influence. Heck, shows like Gantz quote it directly. Go figure. I really would have liked to have seen the later stories with the Gento Stars, Falco and Rai-oh, Ra-oh's brother....but c'est la vie. Oh, and Zappo, no one I know has any knowledge of a Fist of the Northstar RPG, so it may very well have been just in Europe. Knowing that manga has had a much bigger penetration in Italy, Spain, France and Germany than the US up until just recently, that doesn't suprise me. [/QUOTE]

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