Fist of the North Star has been released multiple times on VHS and DVD in the US. It even has two different dubs (one by Streamline Pictures with Carl Macek of Robotech fame, and one by Manga Entertainment) .
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In this release:
* The film is digitally restored. It actually looks a minute better than the modern release.
* The movie composed goes into monochromatic mode during the most violent scenes – unbiased like in all previous US releases.
* The novel US dub (Streamline) is frail. The modern Japanese audio is also included.
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* There are also two sets of subtitles, one for the US dub dialog and one that is a faithful translation of the Japanese dialog. Before reading the Japanese subtitles, I never realized how many liberties Streamline took with the script. It’s almost like watching a different movie!
* The Japanese theatrical ending is passe, which is the same ending all previous US releases had. (There is a Japanese home-video ending where Ken and Raoh’s duel ends in a intention)
* We find the Japanese theatrical teasers & trailers.
* The 80’s hair-metal song “Heart of Madness” is liberally applied in the menus.
Again, this is probably the best release of this film in the US. If you need to replace your decade-old copy of the VHS tape, this is your best choice.
First, let’s score the splendid out of the method. The narrate quality on this disc is absolutely improbable. After watching VHS copies and fan-subbed digital versions for years, it’s truly eye-opening to seek Hokuto no Ken looking like this. Everything looks incredibly elegant. Sound is also quite righteous, so the A/V package is fair on.
But, let’s obtain to the terrible. Extras are comely mighty nil, except for some trailers (which are thankfully also up to the same quality as the feature), a bios part for the characters and a gallery. There are quite a few spelling errors, mostly with the contrivance things are romanized from the Japanese text, and mis-translations in the English subs for the Japanese track (there are also subs for the English whisper track, too) . A lot of these are very irksome when you are veteran to translations that have been archaic for a long time and customary by other folk that are a lot more fluent than I am. And shame on Toei for not bothering to uncensor the more graphic kills in the movie. Not only is it unprejudiced sluggish on their allotment, but it also throws off the movie by switching from the astronomical narrate quality of the rest of the film to the grainy, low-quality censored stuff. This may have caused some PTA folks in Japan to blow their tops in ‘86, but it’s now 23 years later. Give us an uncut print.
It’s nice to inspect this fetch a decent DVD release, but it’s certainly not worth $30. Buy it up if it falls under $20; that’s what I’m waiting to do.
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