Ultimate Muscle: The Kinnikuman Legacy
Ultimate Muscle: The Kinnikuman Legacy, known in Japan as Kinnikuman II sei, is a manga and anime series made by Yoshinori Nakai and Takashi Shimada under the pen name Yudetamago. It is the sequel to the hit manga Kinnikuman that they started in 1979. The toy line of Kinnikuman was released in North America as M.U.S.C.L.E.. The name of Ultimate Muscle was chosen to connect the Americanized storyline of the M.U.S.C.L.E. toyline of the 1980s into the anime. Bandai also produced intermittently distributed toy tie-ins during the initial run of Ultimate Muscle.
Overview
Ultimate Muscle: The Kinnikuman Legacy, known in Japan as Kinnikuman II sei, is a manga and anime series made by Yoshinori Nakai and Takashi Shimada under the pen name Yudetamago. It is the sequel to the hit manga Kinnikuman that they started in 1979. The toy line of Kinnikuman was released in North America as M.U.S.C.L.E.. The name of Ultimate Muscle was chosen to connect the Americanized storyline of the M.U.S.C.L.E. toyline of the 1980s into the anime. Bandai also produced intermittently distributed toy tie-ins during the initial run of Ultimate Muscle.
Takashi Washio
Producer
Episodes
1. A Legend Reborn
Years have passed since the efforts of King Muscle and his fellow Muscle League Vanquised the evil dMp wrestlers. But now a generation of dMp have thrown down the gauntlet-literally, in the form of a giant rock fist that has slammed into palnet earth. The Muscle league put their faith in a new young leader, Kid Muscle.
2. Generation--Next!
Kid Muscle remains reluctant to follow in his fathers footsteps. Together with the help of sons of other legendary wrestling Heroes, Kid Muscle is taken to the Hercules Factory, a school were future heroes are put through brutal training exercizes. Only the most stongest and the most skillful will survive. Will Kid Muscle survive these grueling tests?
3. Making the Cut
Just as the new generation of wrestlers think their trails in the Hercules Factory are complete, they learn, in order to graduate they must face the legendary wrestlers they aspire to replace.
Cast & Crew
Konami Yoshida
Alexandria Meat
Masaya Onosaka
Mantaro Muscle
Toshiyuki Morikawa
Terry / Ricardo (voice)
Takumi Yamazaki
Seiuchin
Yasunori Masutani
Gazelleman
Ai Nonaka
Keiko
