Buronson and Horie wrote the Fist of the Blue Sky manga, with art by Hara.
As previously announced, Kouichi Yamadera returns to the lead role of Kenshiro Kasumi, after also starring in the previous Fist of the Blue Sky television anime in 2006.
Fist of the Blue Sky launched in the debut issue of Shinchosha’s Weekly Comic Bunch magazine in May 2001 and continued until the magazine ceased publication in August 2010.
The artist AK-69 performs the anime’s opening theme song “Sōten no Hate ni” (To the Ends of the Blue Sky), while Uesaka performs the ending theme song “Inori no Hoshizora” (Starry Night of Prayer).