Fist of the North Star: HOKUTO NO KEN Episode 1 English Subbed Episode Title: A Cry from the Heart Episode Description: In the year 199X, the world was ravaged by nuclear fire, and it seemed humanity had been destroyed. Yet people survived, fighting bitterly over the last remnants of water and food. In this age ruled by violence, a lone man staggers across the wasteland, barely clinging to life. ©Buronson&Tetsuo Hara/Coamix, HOKUTO Committee