More of the series now available on
Direct2Drive download service

The IGN entertainment website has
posted the first episode of
Toei Animation's original
Fist of the North Star anime series with English subtitles for free. The anime adapts
Buronson and
Tetsuo Hara's manga about a man who metes out justice on a lawless, post-apocalyptic land.
Toei Animation is
offering the first 15 English-subtitled episodes of both
Fist of the North Star and the
Slam Dunk anime series for download on IGN's
Direct2Drive service. (
Slam Dunk's first subbed episode is still
available for free streaming.)
Viz Media and
Gutsoon! Entertainment released part of the original
Fist of the North Star manga, but neither completed the full run.