| Legends of the Dark King: A Fist of the North Star Story | |
 Cover of the first volume | |
| 天の覇王 北斗の拳ラオウ外伝 (Ten no Haō Hokuto no Ken Raō Gaiden) | |
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| Manga | |
| Written by | Yuko Osada |
| Published by | Shinchosha |
| Magazine | Weekly Comic Bunch |
| Demographic | Seinen |
| Original run | March 24, 2006 – August 24, 2007 |
| Volumes | 5 |
| Anime television series | |
| Directed by | Masashi Abe |
| Produced by |
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| Written by | Hiroshi Ōnogi |
| Music by |
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| Studio | Satelight |
| Licensed by | |
| Original network | TVA, Tokyo MX, TVO, Kids Station |
| English network | Anime Network |
| Original run | October 10, 2008 – December 25, 2008 |
| Episodes | 13 |
Legends of the Dark King: A Fist of the North Star Story (Japanese: 天の覇王 北斗の拳 ラオウ外伝, Hepburn: Ten no Haō: Hokuto no Ken: Raō Gaiden, 'The Conqueror of the Heavens: Fist of the North Star Raoh Side-Story'), commonly romanized as Ten no Haoh or Raoh Gaiden, is a Japanese manga series by Yuko Osada that was serialized in the Weekly Comic Bunch from 2006 to 2007. It is a spinoff of the manga series Fist of the North Star by Buronson and Tetsuo Hara. The story centers on the Fist of the North Star antagonist Raoh and depicts his rise to power as the conqueror of a post-apocalyptic world prior to and during the events of the original work. The story of Legends of the Dark King also incorporates elements introduced in the Fist of the North Star: The Legends of the True Savior movie series, including Raoh's childhood friends of Reina and Souga, who help him establish his army.
The manga was adapted into a 13-episode anime series produced by Satelight and aired on Tokyo MX and other stations in late 2008. The anime has been licensed for North America by Sentai Filmworks and distributed by Section23 Films. The complete series was released on a DVD set on September 15, 2009.[1] The series was re-released with the English dub on DVD and Blu-ray on July 20, 2010.