Fist of the North Star: Ken's Rage
Hisashi Koinuma, the game's producer said that the staff aim to create a "new realistic feel" for the "Fist of the North Star" series while still being faithful to the original's roots. During this process, he mentioned his concerns for the characters' body structure, muscles, and other minute details (such as perfecting the model for Raoh's wrinkled forehead). He noted that the official mode for this title carries more action adventure tones than other "Warriors" titles thus far yet gave his assurance that "Warriors" fans can easily feel at home in the game's original story mode. He personally spoke his thoughts regarding the game at Yodobashi-Akiba, Biccamera Yurakucho, and Biccamera Ikebukuro on March 22 and March 25. He also played a rock-paper-scissor game for attendants, the winner of the crowd obtaining an original T-shirt signed by the game's voice actors.
DD Fist of the North Star
To celebrate the series's 30th anniversary, a second anime adaptation was announced in January 2013, through "Zenon"s March issue. Produced by Ajia-do Animation Works under the direction of Akitaro Daichi, 13 episodes were broadcast by TV Tokyo from April 2, to June 25, 2013. Four DVDs collecting the episodes were released between June 28, and September 27, 2013. The anime was streamed by Crunchyroll; the first two episodes were available from June 4, 2013, with three more episodes streamed every week there after. In December 2014, Sentai Filmworks announced the licensing of the series to the North American digital and home media market. Sentai released it on DVD and Blu-Ray on April 14, 2015, and also made it available through the streaming site Hidive, and on iTunes, Microsoft Store and PlayStation Store.