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Kinnikuman Perfect Origin Arc Anime Reveals New Video, More Cast, Theme Song Artists

The staff for the upcoming Kinnikuman: Perfect Origin Hen (Kinnikuman: Perfect Origin Arc, or literally, Kinnikuman Perfect Chо̄jin/Superhuman Origin Arc) anime revealed more cast members, the theme song artists, and the anime's third promotional video on Sunday. The new video previews the opening theme song "LOVE & JUSTICE" by Yasuharu Takanashi×FLOW. The theme song for the series' Episode 0 is a new rendition of the original "Kinnikuman Go Fight!" song performed by Kinnikuman, as voiced by Mamoru Miyano. Both theme songs' lyrics are written by Yukinojo Mori (Dragon Ball Z series, One Punch Man season 2, Astro Note theme song lyrics). Kinnikuman, as voiced by Mamoru Miyano, also performs the ending theme song "Chōjin."

The newly announced cast members are (image above from left to right):

• Atsushi Tamaru as Specialman
• Wataru Komada as Canadianman
• Kōdai Inaoka as Tileman
• Kentarō Tone as Currycook
• Masayuki Katō as Benkiman
• Hideo Ishikawa as Knock
• Tetsuya Yanagihara as Kazuo Nakano
• Eriko Kadokura as Kimiko Nakano

Previously announced cast members include:

• Mamoru Miyano as Kinnikuman
• Akira Kamiya as both Mayumi Kinniku and Prince Kamehame
• Sumire Uesaka as both Meat and Bibimba (Japanese homonym for bibimbap)
• Daisuke Ono as Terryman
• Katsuyuki Konishi as both Robin Mask and Iwao
• Yūki Kaji as Warsman
• Tomokazu Seki as both Ramenman and Kinkotsuman
• Jun Kasama as both Brocken Jr. and Brockenman
• Kenshō Ono as Geronimo
• Toshio Furukawa as Chairperson
• Hiroki Yasumoto as Buffaloman
• Toshiya Miyata as Black Hole
• Tetsuya Kakihara as Stecasee-King
• Hiroyuki Yoshino as Springman
• Kishō Taniyama as Mr. Khamen
• Yasuhiro Mamiya as Atlantis
• Mitsuaki Kanuka as The Mountain
• Hiroshi Kamiya as Ashuraman
• Tomokazu Sugita as Neptuneman
• Shinichirō Ōta as Announcer
• Akio Ōtsuka as Strong the Budo
• Chikahiro Kobayashi as Max Radial
• Kenji Nojima as Turbomen
• Nobuyuki Hiyama as Darmeshiman
• Yūsuke Tomioka as Crushman
• Yoshiyasu Otaka as Marlinman
• Shōya Ishige as Peek a Boo
• Toshiyuki Morikawa as Akuma Shogun
• Tetsu Inada as Sunshine
• Yūichi Nakamura as Kinnikuman Super Phoenix
• Kendō Kobayashi as Wolfman
• Akira Kawashima as Big the Budo, Neptune King

The arc is named after the 2011 revival manga's arc of the same name. Pony Canyon describes the story:

Prince Kinnikuman, who came to Earth from Kinnikusei, a planet at the end of the universe, was always ridiculed by humans as a useless Chōjin. However, by chance, he was given the right to participate in the Chōjin World Cup, a tournament to determine the world's best Chōjin, and by a miracle, he won the championship. The following year, he even won it again!

Since then, he has become a central figure among Seigi Chōjin who protects the peace of the universe. He has managed to defeat the raging forces of the enemy, including Akuma Chōjin who plans to rule the world, and Perfect Chōjin who aims to wipe out the weak Chōjin on Earth, with the power of friendship with his friends, including Terryman and Robin Mask.

In recognition of his achievements, Kinnikuman wins the "Survival Match for the Kinnikusei Throne," the final test of his career, and is crowned the 58th Great King of Kinnikusei! He returned to his home planet from Earth, got married, and said goodbye to eight years of fighting. About a year and a half later, the entire universe was supposed to be at peace...

Akira Satō (Release the Spyce) is directing the anime at Production I.G Makoto Fukami (Psycho-Pass, 2016 Berserk) is in charge of the series scripts. Hirotaka Marufuji (Lupin the 3rd Part 6) is designing the characters. Yasuharu Takanashi (Naruto Shippūden) is composing the music.

The television anime will premiere on July 7 on CBC, TBS, and 26 other affiliated networks with episode 0, which recaps older scenes with new animation. The anime will run in a new "Agaru Anime" programming block, which will air every Sunday at 11:30 p.m. (10:30 a.m. EDT) with the theme of presenting anime from Nagoya to the rest of Japan and the world.

The series will also begin streaming on Netflix on July 8.

The new anime commemorates the 40th anniversary of the original television anime, which premiered in April 1983.

The manga creator duo known as Yudetamago resumed their original Kinnikuman wrestling manga as a free web manga in 2011. The creators went back to their first 1979 Kinnikuman storyline and continued where they last left the story in 1987. The original manga has inspired various television anime series and films. Yudetamago previously published a Kinnikuman one-shot manga in Shueisha's Grand Jump magazine in 2015, and then published a one-shot in Weekly Shonen Jump for the first time in 11 years in June 2019. The manga's 84th compiled book volume shipped in Japan on March 29.

Toy figures of Kinnikuman were imported into the United States under the "M.U.S.C.L.E" brand name in the 1980s. Viz Media then released Takashi Shimada and Yoshinori Nakai's Kinnikuman Nisei - Second Generations manga sequel in North America as Ultimate Muscle: The Kinnikuman Legacy, and 4Kids Entertainment broadcast the anime adaptation on television.

Sources: Press release, Comic Natalie