Sentai Acquires Raoh Gaiden
AD Vision has announced Sentai Filmworks’ acquisition of the 2008 Hokuto no Ken: Raoh Gaiden: Ten no Haoh television series. ADV will release the 13 episode series in a $39.98 subtitled DVD collection on September 15 under the American title Legends of the Dark Kings: A Fist of the North Star Story.
The adaptation of Youkow Osada’s 2006 manga spin-off from Buronson and Tetsuo Hara’s Hokuto no Ken (Fist of the North Star) manga details the rise to power of popular antagonist Raoh before the events depicted in the Hokuto no Ken television series and movies.
Good luck with this. Even most hardcore Hokuto no Ken fans concede how awful this show was. And when nearly all of America’s most devoted anime viewers ignored this show when it was circulating in the fan community for free, it’ll be ponderable to predict how many will now choose to spend money on it.
Source: ADV Nation
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Haven’t seen it myself, but I imagine no one watched it for free, because the fans haven’t been there for the series in general in America for a while now. But I’m guessing the CR broadcast has helped cultivate a renewed interest in the franchise; after all, it’s no coincidence that Discotek just picked up the first movie. [Plus, that Neo-Tokyo bundle couldn’t have hurt, either.] Anyway, a Raoh back-story must be a challenge in itself, given his lack of personality. So I’m willing to give the OVAs a whirl, in hopes that they bring over the other spin-offs, and hopefully the Souten No Ken anime and manga(again).
Except I personally know two die-hard Hokuto fans that have imported R2 Hokuto no Ken anime DVDs who both refused to finish watching this show. If it’s so bad that even Hokuto no Ken die-hards won’t watch it, how much hope does it have?
Especially in recent years Hokuto no Ken has earned a reputation for its lengthy manly monologues, but when Raoh has a lengthy monologue explaining his machismo philosophy to his horse -as he does in this TV series- we’ve reached the realm of ridiculous irrelevance.
“but when Raoh has a lengthy monologue explaining his machismo philosophy to his horse -as he does in this TV series- we’ve reached the realm of ridiculous irrelevance.”
Is it really any worse than Shia trying to “reason” with Bumblee?