Kinnikuman
Alt name(s):
  • M.U.S.C.L.E
  • Muscle Man
  • キン肉マン
Author:
Yudetamago
Artist:
Yudetamago
Demographic:
Shounen
Format:
Award Winning
Genre:
Action Adventure Comedy Sci-Fi Sports Superhero
Theme:
Martial Arts
Rating:
  • 8.38
  • 8.74
  • 62
Pub. status:
Ongoing
Stats:
  • 99,260
  • 1,029
  • 721
Description:
Kinnikuman (Muscleman), a weak and clumsy super hero, constantly getting into wacky situations. As the series progressed, the story began changing from comedy to action as Kinnikuman battles stronger and stronger foes in the wrestling ring. The series continually introduced new Super Human characters, known as Chojin, who would challenge Kinnikuman and his friends for various purposes.

Received the Shogakukan Manga Award for shōnen manga in 1985.

The original run was from 1979-1986 and ended with Vol. 36. The series directly continued in 2010.
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Predatornoa
https://twitter.com/Anime/status/1140480451817218049?s=19
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goronyanpai
Is this manga really that great?
I haven't read this yet.
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Questionable91
Soldier's back after all this time. FINALLY
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Deslin393
Is this Ultimate muscle? Loved watching this on Foxbox /4kids! Lol the theme song was pretty good too!
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PageofSpace
>An entire arc about the jobber squad
>They actually win fights
Yudetamago has still got it, even decades later
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BrockenNaN
great series
Last edited 1 year ago by BrockenNaN.
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lionfromnorth
Best wrestling manga.
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BrockenNaN
I wonder if this will ever get reanimated?
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alexkachi
@gormadoc I'd say more: voice actor for Kinnikuman was Akira Kamiya who also voiced Kenshiro and Saeba Ryo from City Hunter around that time
Also, speaking of "compairing to nowadays shonen", Kinnikuman is basically your MHA or One Punch Man but 40 years ago and with wrestling. Yes, first chapters are a bit confusing and weird but as soon as it gets to Chojin Olympics (especially the 2nd one) it rises to the top
Last edited 1 year ago by alexkachi.
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Paulo27
We should have all scanlated chapters now.
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DingusAmongUs
Kinda wish I had more time to upload the chapters I promised to, but at least what I tried gathered more attention for this series, so that's nice.
Last edited 1 year ago by MangaDex.
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critter615
Thank you so much Dingus! I've been anxious to read this series, and this is a great platform to start on.
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Agent_Gunther
i remember watching this show when is first came up on western media. its actually a pretty good representation of tv wrestling...
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thomadaneau
Is this good? Like compared to nowadays shonen.
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gormadoc
It's interesting that the old scanlator was Toriyaman's world. The voice actor for Kinnikuman was Akira Kamiya; they share the same first name.
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Cavery210
I'm picking up where DingusAmongUs left off. Already uploaded the rest of the 21st Chojin Olympics and the entirety of the Seven Devil Chojin Arc.
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DingusAmongUs
Sorry for the lack of uploads. I've been really busy lately and haven't been able to upload any chapters. I'll try to upload a volume or two tomorrow.
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DingusAmongUs
I'll try and do a massive upload bomb this weekend and try to get to at least volume 10, but preferably around volume 15-ish.
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Cavery210
Hercules Factory also is in the middle of redoing the Throne Arc. They're up to Volume 56 of the revival.
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DingusAmongUs
I'm pretty sure the original run of Kinnikuman got a complete translation, but Nisei was officially licensed by Viz but is now out of print (with some volumes being especially hard to find) and scans of it are non-existent, and Chojin Tag is (as far as I know) barely translated beyond the first few volumes, and the Kinnikuman 2011 continuation has a few people doing scans (like Hercules Factory on Tumblr), but I'm not too sure if the releases are translated completely to the current releases.
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