Karate Baka Ichidai

Karate Baka Ichidai, Ichidai the Karate Fool, The Fanatical Karate Generation, 空手バカ一代, Karate Master

Episodes: 47 / 47

Type: TV

Plot Summary: 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)

Genre: Adventure, Sports, Historical, Martial Arts, Shounen

Type: TV

Released: Oct 3, 1973 to Sep 25, 1974

Country: Japan

Status: Finished