Season 3 of the anime Kinnikuman: Perfect Origin Arc has been officially announced during the Kinnikuman Chojin Festival 2025 on August 3. The series originally premiered in July 2024. Season 1 aired until September that year, while Season 2 ran from January to March 2025. Netflix is streaming the anime worldwide.
Alongside the Season 3 announcement, it was also confirmed that new character songs are in production. The original 1983 anime series featured individual songs for many of its fighters, and the new production is looking to revive this tradition in response to fan demand.
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.
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: Kinnikuman: Perfect Origin Arc Official Website
© Yudetamago/Shueisha, Kinnikuman Production Committee
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