The official website and Twitter/X account for the ongoing second season of Kinnikuman: Perfect Origin Arc announced that professional WWE wrestler Shinsuke Nakamura will be joining the voice cast as Kamandas, a colleague of Warsman. This will be Nakamura’s first voice acting role.
He joins some of the anime’s main voice cast that stars:
- • Mamoru Miyano as Kinnikuman
- • Akira Kamiya as Mayumi Kinniku and Prince Kamehame
- • Sumire Uesaka as Meat
- • Daisuke Ono as Terryman
- • Katsuyuki Konishi as Robin Mask and Iwao
- • Yuki Kaji as Warsman
The second season aired in Japan on January 12, 2025, with Netflix streaming the series worldwide. The first season premiered on July 7, 2024 and began streaming on Netflix worldwide the following day. It ended on September 22, 2024.
Akira Sato (AOASHI) is directing the new anime, with Makoto Fukami (Tengoku-Daimakyo) as series screenwriter, Hirotaka Marufuji (Lupin the 3rd Part 6) as character designer, and Yasuharu Takanashi (Naruto Shippuden co-composer) as music composer. Production I.G is handling the animation production.
Kinnikuman Perfect Origin Arc celebrates the 40th anniversary of Toei Animation’s original Kinnikuman anime series, which first premiered in Japan on April 3, 1983 and ended on October 1, 1986 at 137 episodes. It also inspired a 1984 special episode and the 46-episode Kinnikuman: Kinnikusei Oui Soudatsu-hen series in 1991.
Another Kinnikuman anime series was previously licensed by 4Kids Entertainment in 2002 and aired on the Fox Box programming block under the title Ultimate Muscle: The Kinnikuman Legacy. The first season aired for 51 episodes in 2002. The second season aired for 26 episodes from 2003 to 2004. Discotek Media licensed both seasons and released the full 77-episode series on Blu-ray in 2023.
The original Kinnikuman manga series was created by the creative duo Yudetamago and was initially serialized in Shueisha’s Weekly Shonen Jump on May 26, 1979 to May 4, 1987. The manga returned to serialization on Shupure NEWS, where it has been running since November 28, 2011. A total of 87 tankobon volumes were released under the Jump Comics label as of January 2025, with an 88th volume set for release on April 4, 2025.
Pony Canyon describes the second season of Kinnikuman: Perfect Origin Arc as:
After many years of strife, the three factions of Chojin: Seigi, Akuma, and Perfect came together and signed the Three-Faction Peace Treaty and true peace finally spread across the galaxy… Or so we thought. But then a mysterious group of elite Perfect Chojin called Perfect Large Numbers Corps appeared to try to withdraw the treaty.
Faced with this unexpected situation, Kinnikuman and Terryman from the Seigi Chojin faction, as well as Buffaloman and a total of seven former enemy Akuma Chojin also suddenly join in the fight and fierce battles are held around the world!
But the ones who call themselves “True Perfect Chojin” are all unmatched in strength and casualties keep adding up from both the Seigi and Akuma fighters. On top of that, the second wave of fighters from Perfect Large Numbers Corps arrives, seemingly signaling the end for our heroes… But then Robin Mask, Ramenman, Brocken. Jr., and Warsman from the Seigi Chojin appear! Round 2 of this fierce battle between factions begins now!
Source: Kinnikuman Official Anime Twitter, Official Anime Website
