Kinnikuman: Perfect Origin Arc Season 2 anime was announced in January 2025, following the end of the first season. Production I.G.'s anime began with Episode 0 on July 7 and is streaming on Netflix. The announcement image has been revealed.
Kinnikuman: Perfect Origin Arc – Season 2 Announcement Image
The anime features a special opening theme song “Kinnikuman Go Fight!!” by Mamoru Miyano (voice of Kinnikuman) for Episode 0 of the first season, and the same voice actor also performs the main ending theme song “Chojin”. The main opening theme is “LOVE & JUSTICE” by Yasuharu Takanashi×FLOW.
The anime's production staff includes Akira Sato as director, Makoto Fukami as series composition, Hirotaka Marufuji as character designer, and Yasuharu Takanashi as music composer.
Kinnikuman is a Japanese manga series created by Yoshinori Nakai and Takashi Shimada, also known as Yudetamago. It was originally published in Shuiesha's Weekly Shonen Jump from 1979 to 1987 before resuming publication in 2011 in Shuiesha's Shu Play.
There is also a sequel, Kinnikuman: The 2nd Generation (known as Ultimate Muscle outside of Japan) manga that was serialized in Weekly Playboy magazine from 1998 to 2004. It has also been adapted into three different television series, all of which aired on TV Tokyo in Japan and were released in North America by 4Kids Entertainment. The original Kinnikuman anime series was produced by Toei Animation and aired from 1983 to 1986 with a total of 137 episodes.
Source: Press Release, Official Website
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