Details
- Original title
- 北斗の拳 究極解説書 世紀末覇王列伝
- Authors
- Buronson and Hara Tetsuo (collaboration), TEAM MUSCLE (editing)
- People
- Buronson, Tetsuo Hara
Edition
- Publisher
- Home-sha (株式会社ホーム社)
- Distributor
- Shueisha (株式会社集英社)
- Collection
- Jump Comics Selection (ジャンプコミックスセレクション)
- Release
- April 1999
- Colophon date
- April 24, 1999 (1999年4月24日 第1刷発行)
- Price
- 781 yen before tax (820 yen including tax at the time of release, 859 yen at the current rate)
- Pages
- 191
- Format
- A5, softcover with dust jacket
- ISBN
- 978-4-8342-1684-4
- Magazine code
- C9979, 雑誌 44719-89
- ASIN
- 4834216845
Staff
- Authors (著者), collaboration (協力)
- Buronson (武論尊), Hara Tetsuo (原哲夫)
- Editing (編)
- TEAM MUSCLE
- Cover illustration (カバーイラスト)
- Hara Tetsuo (原哲夫)
- Title calligraphy (題字)
- Ishii Kazuyoshi (石井和義), director of the Seidōkaikan (正道会館館長)
- Editorial assistance (編集協力)
- Hashimoto Tatsunori (橋本達典), Shinno Kunihiko (秦野邦彦), Komukai Takeo (小向武雄) (reading to be confirmed)
- Interior design (本文デザイン)
- PINE, Ōmura Tetsuya (大村哲哉) (reading to be confirmed), Fukuda Ryōichi (福田亮一) (reading to be confirmed)
- Jacket design (デザイン)
- Iwagō Jūryoku (岩郷重力) and WONDER WORKZ
- Publishing director (発行人)
- Kawajiri Katsunori (川尻勝則) (reading to be confirmed)
- Publisher (発行所)
- Home-sha (株式会社ホーム社)
- Distributor (発売元)
- Shueisha (株式会社集英社)
- Printing (印刷所)
- Kōsaidō (株式会社廣済堂)
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DatabookHokuto no Ken
Hokuto no Ken Kyūkyoku Kaisetsusho, Seikimatsu Haō Retsuden (Home-sha, 1999) 北斗の拳 究極解説書 世紀末覇王列伝
Overview
“Hokuto no Ken, the Ultimate Explanation Book: Biographies of the Conquerors of the End of the Century” (北斗の拳 究極解説書 世紀末覇王列伝) is the first Kyūkyoku Kaisetsusho in the Jump Comics Selection line, devoted to Hokuto no Ken. TEAM MUSCLE produced it in collaboration with Buronson and Hara Tetsuo. Hara drew its cover, and Ishii Kazuyoshi, director of the Seidōkaikan, brushed the title calligraphy. The back cover presents it as “a study book approved by the authors” (著者公認の研究本) and ends with a wink at the famous line: “You already know!!” (おまえは、もう知っている!!).
The foreword speaks to those who wanted to become Kenshiro as children and played at pressing vital points. The volume first retells the manga in thirteen chapters, from Shin to the conclusion, with a parody newspaper at each stage, “The conqueror's journal” (覇王新聞). It then devotes a biography to sixty-nine characters. Each fighter gets a school, an overall score and a chart rating his technique, speed, looks, charisma and power. The table of contents also announces the secrets of Hokuto, ten ultimate battles and a phantom karuta. A “Hokuto manliness ranking” (北斗男気番付) comes back in three parts. Under the title “Those who inherit Hokuto” (北斗を継ぐもの), three personalities give their testimony: Satake Masaaki, the group BOOMER and the mangaka Morita Masanori. The sequel, the Kyūkyoku Kaisetsusho PART2, came out at the end of the same year.
The foreword speaks to those who wanted to become Kenshiro as children and played at pressing vital points. The volume first retells the manga in thirteen chapters, from Shin to the conclusion, with a parody newspaper at each stage, “The conqueror's journal” (覇王新聞). It then devotes a biography to sixty-nine characters. Each fighter gets a school, an overall score and a chart rating his technique, speed, looks, charisma and power. The table of contents also announces the secrets of Hokuto, ten ultimate battles and a phantom karuta. A “Hokuto manliness ranking” (北斗男気番付) comes back in three parts. Under the title “Those who inherit Hokuto” (北斗を継ぐもの), three personalities give their testimony: Satake Masaaki, the group BOOMER and the mangaka Morita Masanori. The sequel, the Kyūkyoku Kaisetsusho PART2, came out at the end of the same year.
Table of contents
Color features (p. 2-16)
- “Hokuto Figure Collection” (北斗フィギュアコレクション)p. 2-7Violence Action Figures photographed against a planet backdrop, each with its name, price, blister and signature line.
- “Hokuto Art Collection” (北斗アートコレクション)p. 8-16Color illustration gallery, including pin-ups captioned “Hokuto no Ken Special” (北斗の拳スペシャル).
Opening
- Foreword (まえがき)p. 17Unsigned. It addresses those who, as children, wanted to become Kenshiro and played at pressing vital points.
- Table of contents (CONTENTS)p. 18-20
Complete overview of Hokuto research (北斗徹底研究総覧) (p. 21-189)
- “Official Hokuto chronicle” (北斗正史)p. 21-43Thirteen chapters, from “Shin” (シン編) to “Final chapter” (終章). Each chapter has a numbered story box, captioned panels and a parody newspaper, “The conqueror's journal” (覇王新聞).
- “Biographies of great fighters, biographies of characters” (拳豪列伝 人物列伝)p. 49-113Sixty-nine characters, from Kenshiro (ケンシロウ) to Bolge (ボルゲ), followed by the secondary characters (サブキャラ列伝). Each fighter has a sheet with a five-axis chart (technique, speed, looks, charisma, power), school, overall score, profile and techniques. Characters who do not fight get a shorter sheet.
- “Hokuto family tree, Nanto and Gento relationship chart” (北斗家系図／南斗・元斗相関図)p. 82-83Double-page spread inserted in the middle of the biographies.
- “The secrets of Hokuto” (北斗の秘密)p. 119-149Twenty-four questions, including: Why is the Hokuto Shinken passed on to a single successor? How many vital points are there in all? Where do the seven scars on Kenshiro's chest come from? What is his record across all his fights? Does the star of imminent death really exist? How many people did Kenshiro kill in the end?
- “The ten ultimate Hokuto battles” (北斗究極十番勝負)p. 150-181
- “The phantom Hokuto karuta” (幻の北斗骨牌)p. 182-185
Short sections
- “Hokuto manliness ranking” (北斗男気番付)p. 44-47, 114-117, 186-189Three parts. The first has eight rankings of five characters each.
- “Those who inherit Hokuto” (北斗を継ぐもの)p. 48, 118, 190Satake Masaaki (fighter) p. 48, BOOMER (TV personalities) p. 118, Morita Masanori (mangaka) p. 190.
Closing
- Afterword (あとがき)p. 191
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