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Ultimate Muscle

Kinnikuman
Kinnikuman (Jump Comics).jpg
Cover of the fifth Japanese volume of Kinnikuman, published by Shueisha on December 15, 1980
キン肉マン
Genre Comedy, Sports
Manga
Written by Yudetamago
Published by Shueisha
Demographic Shōnen, Seinen
Magazine Weekly Shōnen Jump (1979–1987)
Shū Play News (2011–)
Original run Initial run
May 1979 – March 1987
Continued run
2011
– present
Volumes 57 (List of volumes)
Anime television series
Directed by Yasuo Yamayoshi
Takenori Kawada
Tetsuo Imazawa
Music by Shinsuke Kazato
(real name: Shin Kawabe)
Studio Toei Animation
Original network Nippon Television
Original run April 3, 1983October 1, 1986
Episodes 137 (List of episodes)
Anime television series
Kinnikuman: Scramble for the Throne
Directed by Atsutoshi Umezawa
Music by Akihiko Yoshida
Studio Toei Animation
Original network Nippon Television
Original run October 6, 1991September 27, 1992
Episodes 46 (List of episodes)
Manga
Ultimate Muscle: The Kinnikuman Legacy
Written by Yudetamago
Published by Shueisha
English publisher
Demographic Seinen
Magazine Weekly Playboy
Original run April 1998April 2004
Volumes 29
Manga
Kinnikuman Nisei: All Chōjin Dai-Shingeki
Written by Yudetamago
Published by Shueisha
Demographic Shōnen
Magazine V Jump
Original run May 2001March 2007
Volumes 4
Anime television series
Ultimate Muscle: The Kinnikuman Legacy
(JP: Kinnikuman: The Second Generation)
Directed by Toshiaki Komura
Studio Toei Animation
Licensed by
Original network TV Tokyo
English network
Original run January 9, 2002December 25, 2002
Episodes 51 (List of episodes)
Anime television series
Ultimate Muscle
(JP: Kinnikuman: Ultimate Muscle)
Directed by Toshiaki Komura
Studio Toei Animation
Licensed by
Original network TV Tokyo
English network
Original run April 7, 2004March 29, 2006
Episodes 26 (List of episodes)
Manga
Kinnikuman Nisei: Kyūkyoku no Chōjin Tag Hen
Written by Yudetamago
Published by Shueisha
Demographic Seinen
Magazine Weekly Playboy (2004-2011)
Shū Play News (2011)
Original run 20042011
Volumes 28
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Kinnikuman (Japanese: キン肉マン?, "Muscle Man") is a manga series created by the duo Yoshinori Nakai and Takashi Shimada, known as Yudetamago. It follows Suguru Kinniku, a superhero who must win a wrestling tournament to retain the title of prince of Planet Kinniku. Nakai and Takashi planned the series when they were attending high school originally as a parody to Ultraman.

The manga was originally published in Shueisha's Weekly Shōnen Jump from 1979 to 1987, and was first adapted by Toei Animation into a 137-episode anime series broadcast on Nippon Television from 1983 to 1986. It restarted publication in 2011, and has spawned spin-off manga and anime series, video games, anime films, and several Kinnikuman-related merchandise.

Among the several spin-offs, there is Kinnikuman the 2nd (キン肉マンⅡ世 Kinnikuman Nisei) manga series that was serialized in Weekly Playboy between 1998 and 2004. It was published in North America by Viz Media under the title of Ultimate Muscle. It was also adapted into three different television series, all of which were broadcast by TV Tokyo in Japan and released in North America by 4Kids Entertainment.

The manga series has been popular in Japan, selling over 70 million copies by 2015. As popular as was the anime series and its merchandise, such as Kinkeshi, a line of action figures released as M.U.S.C.L.E. in North America. Although it received the Shogakukan Manga Award for children's manga in 1985, it has received mixed reviews from critics.


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