Ultimate Muscle
| Kinnikuman | |
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Cover of the fifth Japanese volume of Kinnikuman, published by Shueisha on December 15, 1980
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| キン肉マン | |
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| 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 |
| 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, 1983 – October 1, 1986 |
| Episodes | 137 |
| 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, 1991 – September 27, 1992 |
| Episodes | 46 |
| Manga | |
| Ultimate Muscle: The Kinnikuman Legacy | |
| Written by | Yudetamago |
| Published by | Shueisha |
| English publisher | |
| Demographic | Seinen |
| Magazine | Weekly Playboy |
| Original run | April 1998 – April 2004 |
| Volumes | 29 |
| Manga | |
| Kinnikuman Nisei: All Chōjin Dai-Shingeki | |
| Written by | Yudetamago |
| Published by | Shueisha |
| Demographic | Shōnen |
| Magazine | V Jump |
| Original run | May 2001 – March 2007 |
| Volumes | 4 |
| Anime television series | |
| Ultimate Muscle: The Kinnikuman Legacy (JP: Kinnikuman: The Second Generation) |
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| Directed by | Toshiaki Komura |
| Studio | Toei Animation |
| Licensed by | |
| Original network | TV Tokyo |
| English network | |
| Original run | January 9, 2002 – December 25, 2002 |
| Episodes | 51 |
| Anime television series | |
| Ultimate Muscle (JP: Kinnikuman: Ultimate Muscle) |
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| Directed by | Toshiaki Komura |
| Studio | Toei Animation |
| Licensed by | |
| Original network | TV Tokyo |
| English network | |
| Original run | April 7, 2004 – March 29, 2006 |
| Episodes | 26 |
| 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 | 2004 – 2011 |
| 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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