Anime · Tokyo MX
Elegy for the Henchmen: Fist of the North Star
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How Elegy for the Henchmen: Fist of the North Star actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
Elegy for the Henchmen: Fist of the North Star reads strongest on Bingeability, Humour and Character Depth.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.
The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.
How much each hour depends on the one before it.
How often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.
The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
The story
What it's about
A young man named Nobu, who is looking for a job in the post-apocalyptic world, ends up tricked into joining Raoh's Army.
The craft
Key Crew
Directing, writing, production, camera, music and editing.
Cinematography
- Sayoko ItohDirector of Photography
Music
- Seiji MiuraOriginal Music Composer
Where to watch
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