{"site":"Yomimono","license":"CC BY 4.0 (citation required)","generated_at":"2026-05-23T00:52:55.171Z","story":{"id":"r_354197cf977c401f9fbec104","slug":"fist-of-the-north-star-anime-adds-three-cast-members-for-episode-8","url":"https://yomimono.id/fist-of-the-north-star-anime-adds-three-cast-members-for-episode-8","headline":"Fist of the North Star Anime Adds Three Cast Members for Episode 8","summary":"The new Fist of the North Star anime announced three additional cast members on Wednesday. Kaori Ishihara voices Taki, a boy from the village where Bat once lived. Sayuri Sadaoka voices Toyo, an old woman from the same village. Takashi Matsuyama voices Jackal, an antagonist who attacks the village. All three characters will appear in the upcoming eighth episode. The CG-based series premiered on April 10 on Tokyo MX and BS11, with Amazon Prime Video handling worldwide streaming. The production commemorates the 40th anniversary of the original manga, which ran in Weekly Shonen Jump from 1983 to 1988. The staff previously stated the adaptation will be more faithful to the source material than earlier anime. Hiroshi Maeda directs at TMS Entertainment, with Kazuma Ogasawara as assistant director. Kazuhiko Inukai handles series scripts, Naoki Hisatsune designs the characters, and Yuki Hayashi composes the music. Alexandros performs the opening theme \"Hallelujah,\" and Toshl performs a remix of the original series' opening as the ending theme.","why_it_matters":"The three roles are tied to a specific episode rather than the main cast, signaling the series is moving into its episodic mid-run and introducing the smaller-scale village conflicts that defined the manga's early wandering structure.","published_at":"2026-05-16T13:31:08.000Z","source_count":2,"sources":["Anime News Network","The Fandom Post"],"citations":[{"source":"Anime News Network","title":"New Hokuto no Ken -Fist of the North Star- Anime Reveals 3 More Cast Members","url":"https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2026-05-13/new-hokuto-no-ken-fist-of-the-north-star-anime-reveals-3-more-cast-members/.237320"},{"source":"The Fandom Post","title":"'Fist of the North Star' 40th Anniversary Anime Expands Cast","url":"https://www.fandompost.com/2026/05/13/fist-of-the-north-star-40th-anniversary-anime-expands-cast-2/"}],"license_url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/","entities":{"anime_titles":["Fist of the North Star","Hokuto no Ken"],"manga_titles":[],"studios":["Warner Bros. Japan"],"people":["Kaori Ishihara","Sayuri Sadaoka","Takashi Matsuyama"],"type":"announcement","domain":"anime","is_roundup":false}}}