Details
- Authors
- Collective, AnimeLand editorial staff
- People
- Buronson, Nobuhiko Horie, Tetsuo Hara
- Language
- French
Edition
- Publisher
- Ynnis Éditions
- Release
- June 18, 2025
- Price
- €14.95
- Pages
- 144
- Format
- Quarterly magazine, 270 × 192 mm, softcover, color
- ISBN
- 978-2-37697-568-7
Staff
- Publication Director
- Cédric Littardi
- Editorial and Artistic Director
- Sébastien Rost
- AnimeLand Editorial Director
- Bruno de la Cruz
- AnimeLand Editorial Assistant
- Nicolas Chazan
- Logo
- Élise Godmuse
- Graphic Design and Layout
- Wilfrid Desachy
- Proofreading
- Joséphine Lemercier
- Production
- centSucres
- Contributors to this issue
- Paul Gaussem, Guillaume Lopez, Elliot Têtedoie, Jules Seigneur, Jérémie Bluteau, Valentin Costes, Philippe Bunel, Méko, Nicolas Chazan, Emmanuel Bochew, Nathan Souris, Jonathan Cordier de Mello, Nicolas Gouraud, Stéphanie Chaptal, Bruno de la Cruz
- Publisher
- Ynnis Éditions
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AnimeLand #251, feature “Hokuto no Ken” (Ynnis Éditions, July-September 2025)
Overview
AnimeLand is the oldest French magazine devoted to Japanese animation and manga, founded in 1991 and now published by Ynnis Éditions. Its issue #251 puts Hokuto no Ken on the cover and makes it its main feature, in the wake of the exhibition marking the series' fortieth anniversary in Tokyo. After the Third Éditions essay, it is the second French publication entirely devoted to the series, and the first in the press.
The two authors of the Third Éditions book are among the contributors. Paul Gaussem opens the feature with “Anatomie d'une lutte” and writes the portraits of Tetsuo Hara and Buronson. Guillaume Lopez writes about the anime series, “L'école de la bravoure.” In between, Bruno de la Cruz tells the story of the founding of Coamix around Nobuhiko Horie, and Tsukasa Hōjō, co-founder of the company, answers the magazine's questions. The anime section covers Masami Suda, storyboarding, the animated spin-offs and the history of the French version, from self-censorship to controversy. Three veterans of the production speak, the animators Jun'ichi Hayama, interviewed by Emmanuel Bochew, and Takuya Wada, then Yoshitomo Yonetani, assistant producer and assistant director. Photos of the opening of the Tokyo exhibition, attended by Hara and Buronson, and original artwork illustrate the whole.
A second feature widens the scope to post-apocalyptic manga, with a history of the genre and meetings with Masakazu Ishiguro, Oh! great, Kei Urana and Hideyoshi Andō.
The two authors of the Third Éditions book are among the contributors. Paul Gaussem opens the feature with “Anatomie d'une lutte” and writes the portraits of Tetsuo Hara and Buronson. Guillaume Lopez writes about the anime series, “L'école de la bravoure.” In between, Bruno de la Cruz tells the story of the founding of Coamix around Nobuhiko Horie, and Tsukasa Hōjō, co-founder of the company, answers the magazine's questions. The anime section covers Masami Suda, storyboarding, the animated spin-offs and the history of the French version, from self-censorship to controversy. Three veterans of the production speak, the animators Jun'ichi Hayama, interviewed by Emmanuel Bochew, and Takuya Wada, then Yoshitomo Yonetani, assistant producer and assistant director. Photos of the opening of the Tokyo exhibition, attended by Hara and Buronson, and original artwork illustrate the whole.
A second feature widens the scope to post-apocalyptic manga, with a history of the genre and meetings with Masakazu Ishiguro, Oh! great, Kei Urana and Hideyoshi Andō.
Table of contents
Hokuto no Ken Feature
- Hokuto no Ken, Anatomy of a Strugglep. 4Feature introduction by Paul Gaussem, from the beginnings in the 1983 Weekly Shōnen Jump to the fortieth-anniversary exhibition.
- Profile of Tetsuo Hara, Artist of Hokuto no Kenp. 14By Paul Gaussem, from his calling to the partnership with Nobuhiko Horie and Coamix, with photos from the Tokyo exhibition.
- Profile of Buronson, Outcast Scriptwriter of Hokuto no Ken
- The Other Hokuto no Ken Manga, To Each Their Own DramaDerivative series and gaiden.
- The Coamix Empire, the Rebel Publisher of Hokuto no Kenp. 30By Bruno de la Cruz, from Bart 3230 to Comic Bunch and the Silent Manga Audition contests.
- Interview with Tsukasa Hōjō, Author of City Hunter and Co-founder of Coamixp. 36
- The Hokuto no Ken Anime, the School of Braveryp. 40By Guillaume Lopez, the 1984 series, its staff, and its reception.
- Masami Suda, the Drawing Monsterp. 43
- The School of Storyboarding
- Animated Spin-offs
- The True Story of the French Dub, Self-Censorship and Controversy
- Interview with Jun'ichi Hayama, Animator on Hokuto no Kenp. 52Interview conducted and translated by Emmanuel Bochew.
- Interview with Takuya Wada, Animator on Hokuto no Kenp. 58Interview conducted at Japan Expo 2024, prepared by Bruno de la Cruz.
- Interview with Yoshitomo Yonetani, Assistant Producer and Assistant Director on Hokuto no Ken
Post-Apocalyptic Feature
- Origins and Definition, When Science Fiction Imagines the Worst
- The End of the World in Manga: Bombs, God, and Feel-Goodp. 82By Méko.
- Interview with Masakazu Ishiguro, Author of A Journey Beyond Heaven
- Interview with Oh! great, Author of Kaijin Fugeki, Kindred Spirits
- Interview with Kei Urana and Hideyoshi Andō, Authors of Gachiakutap. 106Interview prepared and conducted by Nicolas Chazan.
Sections
- Wishlist, Manga, Anime, and Goodies Selection
- Aside, Interview with You Chiba
- Taiwan Focus, Interview with Chang Sheng
- Japan, Interview with Hyūga Natsu, Author of The Apothecary Diaries
- Tribute to Kazuo Umezu (1936-2024)p. 140By Jonathan Cordier de Mello.
- Postscript
Table of contents translated and entry compiled by Hokuto Chronicles from the original book. First published on October 6, 2026. © 2026 Hokuto Chronicles. Any reuse, even partial or reworded, must credit Hokuto Chronicles with a link to this page.
Extras and supplements
- No supplements reported
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