Karate Master
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Karate Master

Ichidai the Karate Fool

Karate Baka Ichidai

TMS Entertainment

Genres

  • Sports

Tags

all 12
  • DemographicShounen79
  • ActionMartial Arts73
  • Main CastMale Protagonist60
  • OrganisationsYakuza50
  • SportBoxing40
  • SportJudo40
  • SportWrestling40
  • TimeTime Skip20
  • TraitsDelinquents20
  • OrganisationsGangs20
  • OtherBiographical20
  • OtherWar10

Genres: Sports. Tags: Shounen, Martial Arts, Male Protagonist, Yakuza, Boxing, Judo, Wrestling, Time Skip, Delinquents, Gangs, Biographical, War.

#848

Popularity

13

Favorites

848

Members

TV46 / 47 epsFinished
TMS Entertainment·Fall 1973
Premiered
Fall 1973
Aired
Oct 3, 1973 – Sep 25, 1974
Broadcast
Duration
24 min
Studio
TMS Entertainment

Alternative Titles

en-x-romajiKarate Baka Ichidai

ja空手バカ一代

enIchidai the Karate Fool

enThe Fanatical Karate Generation

Synopsis

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 found

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848users
Planning48557.2%
Completed19322.8%
Watching789.2%
Dropped657.7%
Paused273.2%

Tags

Shows how closely each tag relates to this anime
Demographic1
Shounen
79
Action1
Martial Arts
73
Main Cast1
Male Protagonist
60
Organisations2
Yakuza
50
Gangs
20
Sport3
Boxing
40
Judo
40
Wrestling
40
Time1
Time Skip
20
Traits1
Delinquents
20
Other2
Biographical
20
War
10
Show spoiler tags7
Drama2
Tragedy
60
Revenge
40
Scene2
Foreign
60
Prison
10
Action2
Guns
40
Fugitive
10
Traits1
Ninja
10

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