Kinnikuman: Perfect Origin Arc Season 2 anime has been announced for January 2025 immediately after the first season’s finale. The anime by Production I.G began with Episode 0 on July 7, and it is streaming on Netflix. An announcement visual has been revealed.
The anime featured a special opening theme song “Kinnikuman Go Fight!!” by Mamoru Miyano (voice of Kinnikuman) for Episode 0 of the first season, and the voice actor also performed the main ending theme song “Chojin.” The main opening song was “LOVE & JUSTICE” by Yasuharu Takanashi×FLOW.
The staff for the anime 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.
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
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