The state of watching FOTNS in thr UK

Hey guys, new fan here 👊

So i recently got into Fist of the North Star and i live in the UK. I first came across it whilst looking into my favourite anime/manga Berserk, as both the creators worked together on a project called JAPAN.

I decided I would start off with the Legends of the True Savour movies, as they came up first in Dub. After watching them and wanting to know the full actual story i turned my attention to the original anime, however i came across some road bumps...

So, in the UK, legitimately there are only a few ways of watching the show on DVD. So theres episodes 1-36 dubbed from the original series as a boxset of 6 DVDs or individually, and New Fist of the North Star complete edition or individually. Interestingly as a side note, the English dub has an original ost with electric and DnB type music which in my opinion also works and rocks 🔥 Thats it in terms of legitimately watching the show. You can't even get the 'Legends' series even though they are in English.

I then learned of a dub done by William Winckler, a series of 6 1h30-40min 'sagas' going through the major points of the original anime using sed series and its original ost. However, the dub is of low quality in term's of voice acting and how it pieces together most of the story together. Especially 'The Kaioh Saga' as thats my only exposure to FOTNS2 and its the ending 🤣 Equally, there is no legitimate way to watch this dub. The only place it exists is The Internet Archive. I have since made a fan DVD for myself of this dub to watch at my own leisure, and plan on doing the same with the 'Legends' series.

I really hope one day a full dub is done for the original series as I eas enthralled by the story and actually amazed at how well it actually looked! I have since seen on this sub that somebody is making a fan edit so hopefully one day it can all be viewed in English! 🔥