Fist of the North Star, Vol. 1

About Buronson

Buronson started his career as a manga writer for Weekly Shonen Jump in 1972. He gained popularity with the hard-boiled action series Doberman Cop (with art by Shinji Hiramatsu). In 1983 he coauthored the massively successful Fist of the North Star. He has also written numerous hits under the pen name Sho Fumimura including Phantom Burai and Sanctuary. Tetsuo Hara began his career with The Iron Don Quixote for Weekly Shonen Jump in 1982. Fist of the North Star which began serialization in 1983 drew wide acclaim. In the 1990s he released the historical period pieces Hana no Keiji and Tokugawa Ieyasus Shadow Warrior. Fist of the Blue Sky published in 2001 ran for nine years in Weekly Comic Bunch. His most recent series Ikusa no Ko: Oda Saburou Nobunaga-den began in Monthly Comic Zenon in 2010.