Format
TV
Episodes
47
Episode Duration
24 min per ep
Status
Finished Airing
Premiered
Fall 1973
Aired
1973-10-03 to 1974-09-25
Source
Manga
Rating
PG-13 - Teens 13 or older
Genres
Adventure
Historical
Martial Arts
Shounen
Sports
Studios
TMS Entertainment
Producers
Licensors
Discotek Media
Karate Baka Ichidai (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)