Failed kamikaze pilot Ken Asuka becomes a rough, tough hooligan who settles all of his problems with karate, until he learns about the legendary swordsman Musashi Miyamoto in the novels of Eiji Yoshikawa. Resolving to live his life like Musashi, he begins to take karate more seriously. Based on a manga by Ikki Kajiwara and Jiro Tsunoda, itself inspired by the real life of Yasunobu Oyama, the founder of the "hard-knock" Kyokushin Karate school. (Source: The Anime Encyclopedia)...
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Genre : Adventure, Sports
Seasons : fall
Type : TV
Eposide : 47
Status : Finished Airing
Studio : TMS Entertainment
duration : 24 min per ep
Rating : PG-13 - Teens 13 or older
Popularity : 11684
Member : 2205
Dezaki, Osamu
Director
Okabe, Eiji
Episode Director
Kimura, Keiichiro
Storyboard
Takayashiki, Hideo
Storyboard
Royal Knights
Theme Song Performance
Shimon, Masato
Theme Song Performance
Aketagawa, Susumu
Recording
Kajiwara, Ikki
Original Creator
Kamijou, Osamu
Key Animation
Kusuda, Satoru
In-Between Animation
Mukuo, Takamura
Art Director
Sasakado, Nobuyoshi
In-Between Animation
Takahashi, Michiko
Key Animation
Takahashi, Hirokata
Director of Photography
Tsunoda, Jirou
Original Creator
Udagawa, Kazuhiko
Animation Director