The Japanese comedian and actor Kendo Kobayashi has joined the voice cast of the upcoming Kinnikuman: Perfect Origin Arc anime as Wolfman. Kobayashi is most known for his sarcastic humor on Japanese variety and comedy shows. He has also gained recognition for his acting roles in TV dramas and film, while he also had a few other anime voice acting roles.
Production I.G is animating the new Kinnikuman anime, which is set to premiere on July 7. You can watch the teaser trailer below.
Mamoru Miyano is voicing Kinnikuman, with Akira Kamiya (who was the original Kinnikuman) voicing both Mayumi Kinniku and Prince Kamehame. The impressive voice cast for Kinnikuman: Perfect Origin Arc now includes:
- Mamoru Miyano as Kinnikuman
- Sumire Uesaka as Meat
- Daisuke Ono as Terryman
- Katsuyuki Konishi as Robin Mask
- Yuki Kaji as Warsman
- Tomokazu Seki as Ramenman
- Jun Kasama as Brocken Jr
- Kensho Ono as Geronimo
- Hiroki Yasumoto as Buffaloman
- Toshiya Miyata as Black Hole
- Tetsuya Kakihara as Stecasee-King
- Hiroyuki Yoshino as Springman
- Kisho Taniyama as Mr. Khamen
- Yasuhiro Mamiya as Atlantis
- Mitsuaki Kanuka as The Mountain
- Hiroshi Kamiya as Ashuraman
- Tomokazu Sugita as Neptuneman
- Akira Kamiya as Mayumi Kinniku/Prince Kamehame
- Toshio Furukawa as Chairperson
- Shinichiro Ota as Announcer
- Akio Otsuka as Strong the Budo
- Chikahiro Kobayashi as Max Radial
- Kenji Nojima as Turbomen
- Nobuyuki Hiyama as Darmeshiman
- Yusuke Tomioka as Crushman
- Yoshiyasu Otaka as Marlinman
- Shoya Ishige as Peek a Boo
- Toshiyuki Morikawa as Akuma Shogun
- Tetsu Inada as Sunshine
- Yuichi Nakamura as Kinnikuman Super Phoenix
- Kendo Kobayashi as Wolfman
The staff consists of Akira Sato as the director, Makoto Fukami in charge of the series composition, Hirotaka Marufuji as the character designer, and Yasuharu Takanashi in charge of the music.
Kinnikuman is a Japanese manga series created by Yoshinori Nakai and Takashi Shimada, also known as Yudetamago. It was originally published by Shuiesha’s Weekly Shonen Jump from 1979 to 1987 before restarting publication in 2011 in Shuiesha’s Shu Play news web magazine.
There is also a sequel, the Kinnikuman: The 2nd Generation (known as Ultimate Muscle outside Japan) manga that was serialized in Weekly Playboy between 1998 and 2004. It was also adapted into three different television series, all of which were broadcast on TV Tokyo in Japan and released in North America by 4Kids Entertainment.
It is one of the best-selling manga series in Japan, having sold over 77 million copies by 2021. The series has inspired several spin-off manga, anime series, films, games, and merchandise. The original Kinnikuman anime series was produced by Toei Animation and aired from 1983 to 1986 for a total of 137 episodes.
Source: Press Release, Official Website
© Yudetamago/Shueisha, Kinnikuman Production Committee
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