{"id":15423,"date":"2012-06-24T10:11:01","date_gmt":"2012-06-24T08:11:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/?p=15423"},"modified":"2021-08-05T22:36:48","modified_gmt":"2021-08-05T20:36:48","slug":"ken-le-survivant-de-lenfer-the-french-fist-of-the-north-star","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/ken-le-survivant-de-lenfer-the-french-fist-of-the-north-star\/","title":{"rendered":"KEN: Le Survivant de l’Enfer (The French “Fist of the North Star”)"},"content":{"rendered":"

In the early 1990s, French teenagers did not exactly watch TV programs like “SpongeBob SquarePants” or “Hannah Montana”…<\/p>\n

The show you are about to discover today was then considered the ultimate dessin anim\u00e9<\/a>\u00a0<\/em>(cartoon) not to miss on French TV for the 12-year-old boys on Wednesday afternoons.<\/p>\n

And nevermind that the storyline featured some pretty violent scenes!<\/p>\n

A\u00a0fact which would eventually lead a consortium of concerned parents and even politicians (such as S\u00e9gol\u00e8ne Royal,\u00a0the ex “partner” of French President Fran\u00e7ois Hollande<\/a>) to pressure the French TV channel TF1<\/a>, leaving it no other choice in the end than pulling the plug for good on the show, to the greatest chagrin of millions of French kids who were ready to skip school just to watch an episode!<\/p>\n

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https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=t-NV7FG3974<\/a><\/p>\n

Set in a Mad Max-like post-apocalyptic world, “Ken, le survivant<\/em>” (“Ken the Survivor”) tells the story of a warrior named Ken (or “Kenshiro” in the original Japanese anime “Fist of the North Star”), a Master of a martial art<\/a> known as “Hokuto.”
\nThe first French doublage <\/em>(dubbing) of this cartoon<\/a> is to this day deemed controversial: The fans of the original show see the “tongue-in-cheek<\/a>” French style as an affront to the original Japanese<\/a> version, while others seem to enjoy the various jeux de mots<\/a> <\/em>(puns) it often contains, such as the constant references to the martial art of\u00a0“Haut Couteau de Cuisine<\/em>” (literally “the High Kitchen Knife”)\u00a0instead of “Hokuto”!<\/div>\n
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\u2666\u00a0Intro to “Ken, le survivant<\/em>” (“Ken the Survivor”, or “Fist of the North Star”)<\/span>\u00a0\u2666<\/div>\n
An exclusive Transparent French<\/a> Blog Translation:<\/span><\/div>\n
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Ken, survivant de l’enfer<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Ken, the Survivor of Hell<\/p>\n

Ken, souvent croise le fer <\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Ken, often crosses swords<\/p>\n

Ken, dans le chaos des esprits <\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Ken, in the chaos of minds<\/p>\n

Ken, contre les fous<\/a> les bandits <\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Ken, against madmen and bandits<\/p>\n

Ken, survivant de l’enfer<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Ken, the Survivor of Hell<\/p>\n

Ken, souvent croise le fer<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Ken, often crosses swords<\/p>\n

Ken, dans le chaos des esprits<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Ken, in the chaos of minds<\/p>\n

Ken, contre les fous les bandits<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Ken, against madmen and bandits<\/p>\n

H\u00e9ros du futur<\/a>, il fait respecter la loi<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Hero of the future, he enforces the law<\/p>\n

Il est l’h\u00e9ritier des plus grands ma\u00eetres chinois<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

He is the inheritor of the greatest Chinese masters<\/p>\n

Il n’a qu’un seul but, il n’a qu’un seul id\u00e9al<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

He has only one objective, he has only one ideal<\/p>\n

Combattre et d\u00e9truire les Forces du Mal<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

To fight and destroy the Evil forces<\/p>\n

Ken, survivant de l’enfer<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Ken, the Survivor of Hell<\/p>\n

Ken, souvent croise le fer<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Ken, often crosses swords<\/p>\n

Ken, dans le chaos des esprits<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Ken, in the chaos of minds<\/p>\n

Ken, contre les fous les bandits<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Ken, against madmen and bandits<\/p>\n

C’est avec Julia sa fid\u00e8le compagne <\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

It’s with Julia, his faithful compagnon<\/p>\n

Qu’il fait r\u00e9gner la loi dans les villes et campagnes <\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

That he enforces the law in the cities and the countryside<\/p>\n

De la bombe atomique, il est le survivant <\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Of the atomic bomb, he is the survivor<\/p>\n

Utilise sa force contre tous les m\u00e9chants <\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Uses his force against villains<\/p>\n

Ken, survivant de l’enfer<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Ken, the Survivor of Hell<\/p>\n

Ken, souvent croise le fer<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Ken, often crosses swords<\/p>\n

Ken, dans le chaos des esprits<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Ken, in the chaos of minds<\/p>\n

Ken, contre les fous les bandits<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Ken, against madmen and bandits<\/p>\n

Ken, survivant de l’enfer<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Ken, the Survivor of Hell<\/p>\n

Ken, souvent croise le fer<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Ken, often crosses swords<\/p>\n

Ken, dans le chaos des esprits<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Ken, in the chaos of\u00a0minds<\/p>\n

Ken, contre les fous les bandits<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Ken, against madmen and bandits<\/p>\n

Ken!<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Ken!<\/p>\n