The upcoming Kinnikuman: Perfect Origin Arc anime by Production I.G revealed a new trailer, along with additional cast members and information on the theme songs. The opening theme is “LOVE & JUSTICE” by Yasuharu Takanashi×FLOW, and you can hear a preview in the new trailer.
Episode 0 will have a special opening song titled “Kinnikuman Go Fight!!” performed by Kinnikuman (voiced by Mamoru Miyano). Both of the opening songs have lyrics written by Yukinojo Mori. Mamoru Miyano will also perform the ending theme song “Chojin.” The additional cast members include:
- Atsushi Tamaru as Specialman
- Wataru Komada as Canadianman
- Kodai Inaoka as Tileman
- Kentaro Tone as Currycook
- Masayuki Katou as Benkiman
- Hideo Ishikawa as Knock
- Tetsuya Yanagihara as Kazuo Nakano
- Eriko Kadokura as Kimiko Nakano
Mamoru Miyano is voicing Kinnikuman, with Akira Kamiya (who was the original Kinnikuman) voicing both Mayumi Kinniku and Prince Kamehame. The rest of the previously announced cast includes:
- 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
- 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
- Akira Kawashima as Neptune King/Big the Budo
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. 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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