Karate Baka Ichidai

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Karate Baka Ichidai

Other names: Ichidai the Karate Fool, The Fanatical Karate Generation,
English name: Karate Master
Japanese name: 空手バカ一代

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)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.

Type: TV
Date aired: Oct 3, 1973 to Sep 25, 1974
Year aired: 1973
Status: Completed
Genre: Adventure, Sports
Country: Japan
Premiered: Fall 1973
Duration: 24 min/ep
Source: Manga
Rating: PG-13 - Teens 13 or older
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