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“Prequel to Fist of the North Star: Raoh's brutal conquest to reshape post-apocalyptic world through Hokuto Shinken mastery.”
Legends of the Dark King: A Fist of the North Star Story
北斗の拳 ラオウ外伝 天の覇王
7.07
4,351 rank · 13,901 viewers · 30 favorites
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Martial Arts
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Prequel to Fist of the North Star: Raoh's brutal conquest to reshape post-apocalyptic world through Hokuto Shinken mastery.
In the wastelands following the great nuclear war, a legend grew of a man. “Hokuto No Ken.” The Fist of the North Star. Master of a legendary fighting technique. A man of impossible strength and endurance. Yet before Ken claimed the title of the Fist, there was another master, trained in the art of Hokuto Shinken, the King of the Fist, the Divine Fist of Heaven. Raoh: the ultimate assassin, the ultimate warrior. This is the story of the world before Fist of the North Star, and how one man took the future of a savage world into his deadly hands and reshaped its destiny. Not as a hero but as a conqueror. For in the mind of the man called Raoh, the only way to save Mankind is to grind it under his giant heel! The greatest battle is about to begin in Legends of the Dark King ~ Fist of the North Star! (Source: Sentai Filmworks)
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- 7 “Legends of the Dark King (or more literally translated, Conqueror of the Heavens: Fist of the North Star Raoh Gaiden) is a prequel to Fist of the North Star focused primarily on Raoh building his...”
- 7 “First things first. My "reviews" system is explained on a blog entry. Which can be found through my profile. And eh.. should mention again. That my "reviews" will get their so called "true form" in...”
- 6 “It is not difficult to understand what kind of anime it is, it's enough to literally look at the poster to deduce that the story will not be very deep but that there will be a lot of beatings,...”
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- Format 13 × 24′ eps × min
- Total runtime 5h 12m all episodes
- Aired Oct 2008 – Dec 2008 Fall 2008
- Source Tv media type
- Rated R 17+ (violence & profanity)
- Ref. BS-3698 catalog
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- Sentai Filmworks Licensor