Details
- Original title
- 北斗の拳SPECIAL ―ALL ABOUT THE MAN―
- People
- Buronson, Tetsuo Hara
Edition
- Publisher
- Shueisha (集英社)
- Collection
- Weekly Shōnen Jump, special edition (週刊少年ジャンプ特別編集)
- Colophon date
- September 5, 1986 (issue dated '86 9月5日号)
- Price
- 390 yen
- Format
- B4
- Magazine code
- 雑誌コード 29937-9/5
Staff
- Cover (表紙)
- Hara Tetsuo (原哲夫)
- Art direction and layout (アートディレクト&レイアウト)
- Takuma Jumi (田熊樹美) (reading to be confirmed)
- Photoengraving (製版)
- Takahashi Shōzō (高橋昭三) (reading to be confirmed)
- Layout (レイアウト)
- Ishizuki Makoto (石附誠), Miyashita Toshiyuki (宮下俊幸), Izumida Mitsuyo (泉田充代) (readings to be confirmed)
- Photography (カメラ)
- Ura Yūsuke (浦祐介), Watanabe Harunobu (渡辺春信) (readings to be confirmed)
- Editorial collaboration (編集協力)
- Gendai Shoin (現代書院), Atelier Soreike (アトリエそれいけ)
- Publisher (発行)
- Shueisha (株式会社集英社)
- Printing (印刷)
- Kyōdō Printing (共同印刷株式会社)
Written from a physical copy (colophon checked)
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Hokuto no Ken Special All About the Man (Shueisha, 1986) 北斗の拳SPECIAL ―ALL ABOUT THE MAN―
Overview
“Hokuto no Ken Special, All About The Man” (北斗の拳SPECIAL ―ALL ABOUT THE MAN―) is a special issue of Weekly Shōnen Jump (週刊少年ジャンプ特別編集) that Shueisha dedicates entirely to Hokuto no Ken. Its cover features Kenshiro drawn by Hara Tetsuo.
It brings together a large collection of illustrations by Hara Tetsuo, a super-wide poster and its making-of, a collection of the series' title pages, portraits of Buronson and Hara Tetsuo, each followed by an interview (translated on the site: Buronson's interview and Hara Tetsuo's interview), a “data bank” on Kenshiro, the “chronicle of the fist saints” (拳聖烈伝), a gallery of supporting characters and a “book of Hokuto Shinken secret techniques” (北斗神拳奥義書). The “Memory of Hokuto no Ken” section (メモリー・オブ「北斗の拳」) reprints in full, over 51 pages, the short story published before the series, presented as a “phantom” one-shot (幻の読切). The issue opens with a sheet of “Ultra Hero Special” stickers (ウルトラヒーロー・スペシャルシール).
A contest, “Hidebu!! The gift that makes you scream with emotion” (ひでぶ!! 感激絶叫プレゼント), offers t-shirts, a clock and lucky coins featuring Kenshiro, anime cels and the Hokuto no Ken game for the Sega Mark III. Its questionnaire asks readers for their opinion on the very large B4 format and the price, and whether they would like more special issues of this kind.
It brings together a large collection of illustrations by Hara Tetsuo, a super-wide poster and its making-of, a collection of the series' title pages, portraits of Buronson and Hara Tetsuo, each followed by an interview (translated on the site: Buronson's interview and Hara Tetsuo's interview), a “data bank” on Kenshiro, the “chronicle of the fist saints” (拳聖烈伝), a gallery of supporting characters and a “book of Hokuto Shinken secret techniques” (北斗神拳奥義書). The “Memory of Hokuto no Ken” section (メモリー・オブ「北斗の拳」) reprints in full, over 51 pages, the short story published before the series, presented as a “phantom” one-shot (幻の読切). The issue opens with a sheet of “Ultra Hero Special” stickers (ウルトラヒーロー・スペシャルシール).
A contest, “Hidebu!! The gift that makes you scream with emotion” (ひでぶ!! 感激絶叫プレゼント), offers t-shirts, a clock and lucky coins featuring Kenshiro, anime cels and the Hokuto no Ken game for the Sega Mark III. Its questionnaire asks readers for their opinion on the very large B4 format and the price, and whether they would like more special issues of this kind.
Table of contents
Color features (カラー特集)
- “Ultra Hero special stickers” (ウルトラヒーロー・スペシャルシール)p. 3
- “In one burst! The super-wide poster” (興奮一気! 超ワイドポスター)p. 5, 70, 133
- “Explosive fever, the grand super illustration collection” (熱気爆烈 スーパーイラスト大鑑)p. 9, 121
- “Making of the super-wide poster” (MAKING OF 超ワイドポスター)p. 131
The phantom one-shot, reprinted (幻の読切漫画再録)
- “Memory of Hokuto no Ken” (メモリー・オブ「北斗の拳」)p. 41, 73The short story published before the series, printed in full over 51 pages according to the cover (連載前の幻の読切一挙掲載51ページ).
- “Announcement for Weekly Shōnen Jump issues No. 36 and 37” (週刊少年ジャンプNo.36、37のおしらせ)p. 120
Special features (スペシャル企画)
- “Violent!! Grand scoundrel extermination feature” (激烈!! 悪党撃滅必殺特集)p. 21
- “Portrait of Buronson” (武論尊ポートレート)p. 29Portrait, then Buronson's interview on p. 30.
- “Portrait of Hara Tetsuo” (原哲夫ポートレート)p. 31Portrait, then Hara Tetsuo's interview on p. 32.
- “Complete collection of title page masterpieces” (傑作トビラ完璧大全)p. 33
- “The Kenshiro data bank” (ケンシロウ・データバンク)p. 96
- “Chronicle of the fist saints” (拳聖烈伝)p. 97
- “Gallery of supporting characters of the end of the century” (世紀末わき役名鑑)p. 115
- “Secret transmission! The book of Hokuto Shinken secret techniques” (秘伝! 北斗神拳奥義書)p. 116
- “Hara Tetsuo graffiti” (原哲夫グラフィティー)p. 118
Table of contents translated and entry compiled by Hokuto Chronicles from the original book. First published on October 20, 2026. © 2026 Hokuto Chronicles. Any reuse, even partial or reworded, must credit Hokuto Chronicles with a link to this page.
Extras and supplements
- “Ultra Hero Special” sticker sheet (p. 3) and super-wide poster (超ワイドポスター), listed in the table of contents.
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