The post-apocalyptic martial arts legend is back — and Singapore fans can watch it right now on Amazon Prime Video. Fist of the North Star (北斗の拳) returned to TV screens in April 2026 for the first time in 18 years, and with the finale a week away, now is the perfect weekend to binge all 11 episodes before the curtain falls.
You Are Already Dead — What This New Anime Is
The 40th Anniversary anime, produced by Warner Bros. Japan, is a full reimagining of the original manga’s story — not a continuation, but a faithful retelling that modernises the visuals while honouring the source material. For those new to the franchise: the story is set in a post-nuclear wasteland where civilisation has collapsed. Kenshiro, a master of Hokuto Shinken — a deadly martial art that destroys opponents from within — travels the devastated world searching for his kidnapped fiancée Yuria, clashing with warlords and protecting the weak along the way.
Director Hiroshi Maeda leads the production, and the art style uses CG animation that aims to bring Tetsuo Hara’s iconic angular character designs to life with modern production values. The result is a show that reads as unmistakably Hokuto no Ken while feeling built for 2026 screens.
Cast and Music
The voice cast is stacked. Shunsuke Takeuchi (known to anime fans as Ryunosuke Tanaka in Haikyuu!!) takes on Kenshiro, with Daiki Yamashita (Midoriya in My Hero Academia) as Bat and MAO as Rin. The supporting roster includes Yuichi Nakamura, Koichi Yamadera, and Saori Hayami — a lineup that reads like a who’s who of contemporary anime.
The opening theme is “Hallelujah” by [Alexandros], one of Japan’s most celebrated rock bands. The ending theme pulls off something remarkable: Toshl — vocalist of X Japan — performs “愛をとりもどせ!!” (Ai wo Torimodose), the legendary 1984 original anime’s opening song, reborn as the new series’ ending. For fans who grew up with the franchise, that song alone is worth tuning in for.
Where and When to Watch in Singapore
Fist of the North Star 2026 streams exclusively on Amazon Prime Video globally, including Singapore. New episodes release every Friday night into Saturday morning SGT (new episodes go up at approximately midnight SGT). Both English subtitles and an English dub are available.
Episode 11 of 12 drops this week, making it the penultimate episode before the finale on the weekend of 26–27 June. If you start this weekend, you can binge all 11 available episodes and be ready for the finale in real time.
Why This Is Worth Your Weekend
The franchise has been dormant for a long time — the last full animated production was a 2008 film, and before that, the original 1984–1988 TV anime that defined a generation of action anime fans across Asia. For a whole cohort of Singapore viewers, Hokuto no Ken was a formative part of growing up around the VHS era or early cable. This 2026 series is the first proper TV return in 38 years.
Even for viewers coming in fresh, the show rewards patience: it builds a brutal, kinetic world, and the new production leans into the franchise’s theatricality and emotionality rather than softening them. It is not a gentle watch, but it is a compelling one.
Last Words
If this show slipped past you over the past ten weeks, that is understandable — it launched quietly in April with limited English-language buzz. But with the finale one week out and all episodes available to binge now on Prime Video Singapore, there has never been a better moment to discover or rediscover one of action anime’s great classics. Fist of the North Star in 2026 is the rare revival that takes its source material seriously.
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