Best Episodes of Baki Hanma

The moment comes when Pickle recognizes Katsumi as his prey; Katsumi responds by quickly unleashing his new and improved Mach Fist move.

It's a past-versus-present battle when Pickle, a powerful prehistoric human, fights a man who has ingested the most advanced performance enhancing drugs.

Baki learns the hard way that he might not be ready to fight the man known as “Mr. Unchained” — Oliva’s power and technique are on another level.

Pickle, who's used to devouring dinosaurs, struggles to find anything to eat in modern day Japan. Hoping to fight him, Retsu offers himself up as prey.

Captain Strydum pays Baki a visit and gives him some shocking news; scientists have discovered a human preserved in a salt slab from the Jurassic era.

Soon after the prehistoric human arrives in Tokyo, the fiercest underground fighters in the country attempt to take him on.

As riveted spectators look on, Katsumi Orochi sacrifices everything to his supersonic attacks, and yet Pickle continues to get back on his feet.

Oliva inadvertently kicks off a major incident when he enters Baki’s solitary confinement cell to challenge him to a fight in two weeks' time.

Baki enters Pickle’s enclosure and settles in; breathing the same air, eating the same flesh and living as the prehistoric man does.

Having recognized that the man he's now facing is stronger than any opponent he's ever faced, Pickle morphs into his true, all-powerful form.

The full effects of the 30 foot fall continue to crush Baki. Even Pickle looks disturbed by the sight of his opponent.

Baki goes on the offensive, visualizing three different dinosaurs at once as he clobbers Pickle, who responds with an unexpected move of his own.

After Retsu gives him a taste of highly evolved martial arts moves that have been passed on for thousands of years, Pickle suddenly begins to weep.

On the streets of Shinjuku, Pickle tussles with the legendary street-fighter Kaoru Hanayama, a modern day human with the power of a Jurassic dinosaur.

Just as the Mouth triplets are about to finish their attack on Iron Michael, Guevaru rolls in and instigates a fight.

Baki is surrounded by guards with their guns pointed right at him, but he doesn’t seem worried at all — he seems to be planning something.

Katsumi Orochi has never been able to gain the respect of his peers, but the time may have finally come for him to bring his skills to the next level.

Guevaru refuses to believe that Biscuit Oliva, the most notorious inmate in the prison, is comfortably serving his sentence in the company of his lover.

Guevaru is fighting for the people of his impoverished homeland, and he won’t go down so easily. Later, Oliva makes a discovery.

In the middle of a heavily guarded parade, the President of the United States is kidnapped in plain sight by an unknown young man.

The match between Guevaru and Oliva begins, and the rules are simple: They both hold onto the same piece of cloth and the first one to let go loses.

The world is shaken by news of a man taking down a monstrous elephant with his bare hands. Back in Japan, Baki is confronted by a knife-wielding child.

Baki comes across a man known as “Mr. Second,” a powerful inmate who seems to enjoy special privileges within the prison.

With just a few weeks left on his sentence, Iron Michael is attacked by triplet hit men hired to make sure the ex-boxing champ never fights again.

To train for his eventual battle against his father, Baki spars against an imaginary giant praying mantis he’s created in his mind.

Life returns to normal for Baki — but not for long. After bumping into his mother's old colleague, Baki recalls his parents' tumultuous relationship.

Strydum readies himself to fight Yujiro Hanma. Then Mitsunari Tokunaga talks to the Prime Minister about the upcoming battle between Yujiro and Baki.

Though training as a boxer, Retsu has no intention of changing his Kenpo fighting style. Then, boxing champ Akio Mani challenges him to a sparring match.

Legendary boxing promoter Kaiser arrives in Japan and walks into the gym where Retsu is training. Impressed, Kaiser makes him an offer.

Retsu's first boxing match in America is announced, and it's against former world champion Andrei Valev. Meanwhile, Baki gets a premonition.

For some reason, Chiharu Shiba keeps trying to fight Baki. Meanwhile, Retsu gets ready to face the battle-hardened boxer, Smoking Joe.

Despite getting clobbered, Chiharu Shiba never gives up — and Baki wants to copy his relentless style. A series of hard knocks leaves Retsu reeling.

Baki cooks some food and sets his table; and sure enough, his father arrives and sits down. But this isn’t going to be a normal family meal.

Their nice meal at a fancy hotel turns violent when Baki asks Yujiro a personal question, setting off a sky high scuffle for the ages.

Baki counters his father's attacks by visualizing a cockroach. Meanwhile, word of the epic battle starts to spread and a huge crowd begins to gather.

As a growing crowd looks on, the father-son battle continues. Baki puts his father on the offensive with a triceratops attack.

Using an ancient battlefield move, Baki is finally able to subdue Yujiro in what should be an inescapable move. But then, Baki notices his father's hand.