Ultimate Muscle: The Kinnikuman Legacy
Seen it?2002 | 3 seasons | 24 min | Animation, Action & Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
Weeknight Watchearly ratingWhy it’s a Weeknight Watch
With a short run with a modest audience, it's a mixed bag. Fine if it's on; don't plan your night around it.
Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.Is it for you?
- Who'll love it
- Made for anyone who wants a laugh, sci-fi fans and action fans.
- The mood
- Light and funny, feel-good.
- The pace
- 3 seasons: a few weeks of evenings, short, snackable episodes, about 31 hours in all.
- What might put you off
- Rated TV-Y7. Worth a look first if you have very young kids.
- It's in Japanese, so expect subtitles (or a dub).
Ultimate Muscle: The Kinnikuman Legacy, known in Japan as Kinnikuman II sei, is a manga and anime series made by Yoshinori Nakai and Takashi Shimada under the pen name Yudetamago. It is the sequel to the hit manga Kinnikuman that they started in 1979. The toy line of Kinnikuman was released in North America as M.U.S.C.L.E.. The name of Ultimate Muscle was chosen to connect the Americanized storyline of the M.U.S.C.L.E. toyline of the 1980s into the anime. Bandai also produced intermittently distributed toy tie-ins during the initial run of Ultimate Muscle.
How it earned its rating
- CriticsNot counted
Not enough reviews on record yet
- AudiencesNot counted
Not measured yet: not enough ratings
- AwardsNot counted
No major awards or nominations
- Reach & staying powerBelow par
Ran for 3 seasons and reached a small audience so far
- Buzz & cultural impactSolid
Not enough engagement data yet
Season by season
The show overall is a Weeknight Watch. Here's how each season stacks up.
- Season 12002 · 26 episodesNot rated yet
- Season 22002 · 25 episodesNot rated yet
- Season 32004 · 26 episodesNot rated yet
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Cast & crew
- Konami YoshidaAlexandria Meat
- Masaya OnosakaMantaro Muscle
- Toshiyuki MorikawaTerry / Ricardo (voice)
- Takumi YamazakiSeiuchin
- Yasunori MasutaniGazelleman
- Ai NonakaKeiko
- Fumiko OrikasaRinko Nikaidō
- Hideyuki TanakaTerryman
- Eiji TakemotoWarsman
- Koichi TochikaCheck Mate / Comrade Turbinski (voice)