Karate Baka Ichidai

Karate Baka Ichidai

Alternative Titles

Synonyms

Ichidai the Karate Fool
The Fanatical Karate Generation

Japanese

空手バカ一代

English

Karate Master

Information

Type

TV

Aired

Oct 3, 1973 to Sep 25, 1974

Episodes

47

Duration

24 min per ep

Season

fall 1973

Broadcast

Unknown

Studios

TMS Entertainment

Licensors

Discotek Media

Status

Finished Airing

Source

Manga

Rating

PG-13 - Teens 13 or older

Demographics

Shounen

Statistics

Rank

6336

Score

6.62

Scored by

614

Popularity

11605

Members

2124

Favorites

4

External Links

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 founder of the "hard-knock" Kyokushin Karate school. (Source: The Anime Encyclopedia)

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