Details
- Original title
- 北斗の拳 世紀末バイオレンス大百科
- Authors
- Collective work, edited by Reworks (リワークス)
- People
- Buronson, Tetsuo Hara
Edition
- Publisher
- Takarajimasha (株式会社宝島社)
- Collection
- TJ MOOK
- Release
- December 15, 2023
- Colophon date
- January 15, 2024 (2024年1月15日発行)
- Price
- 1,300 yen before tax (1,430 yen including tax)
- Pages
- 112
- Format
- A4, softcover
- ISBN
- 978-4-299-04728-1
- Magazine code
- C9476, 雑誌 66682-46
- ASIN
- 4299047281
Staff
- Editing (編集)
- Reworks (リワークス), Kikuchi Takeshi (菊地武司) (reading to be confirmed), Katō Yūto (加藤雄斗), Taniguchi Shūhei (谷口周平)
- Editorial collaboration (編集協力)
- Nakamura Kōji (中村宏治), Matsubara Kōichirō (松原弘一良)
- Design (デザイン)
- STUDIO BEAT, Taketoshi Akihiro (竹歳明弘) (reading to be confirmed)
- Cooperation (協力)
- Coamix (株式会社コアミックス)
- Publishing director (発行人)
- Yamazaki Jun (山崎准) (reading to be confirmed)
- Editor in chief (編集長)
- Abe Toshiyuki (阿部俊行)
- Sales manager (販売責任者)
- Kikuchi Takashi (菊地孝) (reading to be confirmed)
- Production manager (制作責任者)
- Itō Toshiyuki (伊藤俊之)
- Publisher (発行所)
- Takarajimasha (株式会社宝島社)
- Printing and binding (印刷・製本)
- Kōhō (株式会社光邦)
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MookHokuto no Ken
Hokuto no Ken Seikimatsu Violence Daihyakka (Takarajimasha, 2023) 北斗の拳 世紀末バイオレンス大百科
Overview
“Hokuto no Ken, the Great Encyclopedia of End-of-the-Century Violence” (北斗の拳 世紀末バイオレンス大百科) is a Takarajimasha mook released for the fortieth anniversary of Hokuto no Ken. Its cover presents it as “a bible dedicated to the rivals who have never stopped loving Hokuto no Ken” (『北斗の拳』を愛し続けた強敵たちに捧げる聖典), reading the word “rivals” (強敵) as “friends” (とも), as the series does. The preface places the manga in the climate of the 1980s and of Nostradamus's prophecy, then announces the principle of the volume: breaking the work down into categories to examine its details.
The manga fills the first half, with the four Hokuto brothers, Kenshiro, Raoh, Toki and Jagi, then the Six Sacred Stars of Nanto, the Five Chariots, the Hokuto Ryūken, the companions, the rivals and the female characters. The mook also reprints the 1983 short story, presented as the starting point of the saga (pilot version). The second half covers costumes, supporting characters and bodily destruction, then the machines and buildings of the series.
Five interviews follow. Buronson and Hara Tetsuo answer forty questions, including the one about dream match-ups, Souther against Raoh or Ein against Jagi. Chiba Shigeru, narrator of the 1984 anime series, looks back on forty years alongside the work, and the voice actress Fairouz Ai talks about her attachment to Yuda. The teams behind Sammy's Smart Slot machine and the mobile game Hokuto no Ken Legends ReVIVE also have their say. The last pages give news of the manga editions, merchandise, the new anime and the original artwork exhibition.
The manga fills the first half, with the four Hokuto brothers, Kenshiro, Raoh, Toki and Jagi, then the Six Sacred Stars of Nanto, the Five Chariots, the Hokuto Ryūken, the companions, the rivals and the female characters. The mook also reprints the 1983 short story, presented as the starting point of the saga (pilot version). The second half covers costumes, supporting characters and bodily destruction, then the machines and buildings of the series.
Five interviews follow. Buronson and Hara Tetsuo answer forty questions, including the one about dream match-ups, Souther against Raoh or Ein against Jagi. Chiba Shigeru, narrator of the 1984 anime series, looks back on forty years alongside the work, and the voice actress Fairouz Ai talks about her attachment to Yuda. The teams behind Sammy's Smart Slot machine and the mobile game Hokuto no Ken Legends ReVIVE also have their say. The last pages give news of the manga editions, merchandise, the new anime and the original artwork exhibition.
Table of contents
Opening
- “Hokuto no Ken illustration gallery” (北斗の拳 イラストギャラリー)p. 4-12
“The men who lived their destiny” (宿命に生きた男たち) (p. 13-26)
- Kenshiro (ケンシロウ)p. 13-17
- Raoh (ラオウ)p. 18-20
- Toki (トキ)p. 21-23
- Jagi (ジャギ)p. 24-25
- Column “Four volleys of columns! Robin, wait for me in hell!!” (弧羅無4連弾！ロビン地獄で待っていろ!!)p. 26Column page. The title writes the word “column” (コラム) with the characters 弧羅無.
The world of the manga
- “Hokuto no Ken traced through its fights to the death” (死闘で辿る『北斗の拳』)p. 27-31
- “Relationship chart of the main characters of Hokuto no Ken” (『北斗の拳』主要登場人物相関図)p. 32-33
- “Catalog of the killing fists of the end of the century” (世紀末殺人拳図録)p. 34-35
- “The six fists at the summit of the Nanto: the Six Sacred Fists of the Nanto” (南斗の頂点に立つ6つの拳 南斗六聖拳)p. 36-38
- “Wind! Cloud! Flame! Mountain! Sea! The Five Chariot Stars of the Nanto” (風！雲！炎！山！海！ 南斗五車星)p. 39
- “I have seen the world of demons!! The Hokuto Ryūken revealed” (俺は魔界を見た!! 北斗琉拳の全貌)p. 40-41
- “Comrades in arms: burning bonds race across the end of the century” (盟友 熱き絆が世紀末を駆け抜ける)p. 42-43
- “The fists we exchanged make me stronger” (交わした拳が俺を強くする)p. 44-45
- “Beauties of the end of the century: Hokuto no Ken as a love drama” (世紀末美女 恋愛ドラマとしての『北斗の拳』)p. 46-47
Reprint
- “Hokuto no Ken, the one-shot version” (読み切り版『北斗の拳』)p. 48-73Reprint of the 1983 short story, presented on the cover as the starting point of the saga of the Hokuto Shinken, “brought back to life in the Reiwa era”.
The end of the century by theme
- “Fashion collection of the end of the century” (世紀末モードコレクション)p. 74-77The characters' outfits, announced on the cover as “the outfits for surviving an age of turmoil”.
- “Best selection of bit players: the supporting characters we want to remember” (バイプレイヤーズ・ベストセレクション ～心に残したい脇役たち～)p. 78-81
- “Total destruction of the human body!! A blood-soaked shock album” (人体徹底崩壊!! 血まみれショック画報)p. 82-83
- “Cruelty! Misery! The hell of the victims of the end of the century” (残酷！悲惨！世紀末被害者地獄)p. 84-85
- “The legend of the deadliest machines of the end of the century: a big gathering of machines with character, and more!!” (The 世紀末最凶マシン伝説 個性派マシン＋α大集合!!)p. 86-89An inventory of the vehicles of the series.
- “The architecture that symbolizes an age of turmoil” (乱世の時代を象徴するアーキテクチャたち)p. 90-91An inventory of the buildings of the series.
Interviews
- “Forty questions, forty answers: Buronson (story) and Hara Tetsuo (art)” (原作・武論尊先生&漫画・原哲夫先生 40問40答Q&Aコーナー)p. 92-93The cover singles out the dream matchups: Souther against Raoh, Ein against Jagi.
- “Chiba Shigeru and Hokuto no Ken, a forty-year journey” (千葉繁と『北斗の拳』40年の軌跡)p. 94-95Interview with the narrator of the 1984 anime series, presented on the cover as “the legend who walked alongside the history of the series”.
- “Fairouz Ai talks about her love for Yuda!” (ファイルーズあい、ユダ愛を語る！)p. 96-97
- “The creative team of the Smart Slot Hokuto no Ken shares its passion!” (スマスロ『北斗の拳』制作チーム、熱き想いを語る！)p. 98-101The cover announces “the reasons for the return to the roots, revealed by the creative team”.
- “Round table with the Hokuto no Ken Legends ReVIVE development team” (「北斗の拳 LEGENDS ReVIVE」開発チーム座談会)p. 102-105
News
- “Latest news on the Hokuto no Ken manga editions” (『北斗の拳』コミックス最新情報)p. 106-107
- “Merchandise catalog of the savior of the end of the century” (世紀末救世グッズカタログ)p. 108-109
- “Latest news on the new anime and the original art exhibition” (新作アニメ&原画展最新情報)p. 110-111
Table of contents translated and entry compiled by Hokuto Chronicles from the original book. First published on October 13, 2026. © 2026 Hokuto Chronicles. Any reuse, even partial or reworded, must credit Hokuto Chronicles with a link to this page.
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