Kinnikuman Perfect Origin Arc, the upcoming and most recent animated adaptation of the long-running Kinnikuman shonen action manga, has revealed several new cast additions for the show. The series will broadcast in Japan on the Chubu-Nippon Broadcasting / Tokyo Broadcasting System networks beginning on July 7, 2024, and it will also stream on Netflix.
The new cast additions include:
Brockenman voiced by Jun Kasama
Kinkotsuman voiced by Tomokazu Seki
Iwao voiced by Katsuyuki Konishi
Bibinba voiced by Sumire Uesaka
Also known in the English as Ultimate Muscle, the original Kinnikuman manga by Yudetamago has been serialized since 1979 in Shueisha publications such as Weekly Shonen Jump, Weekly Playboy, and Shu Play News. Akira Sato directs Kinnikuman Perfect Origin Arc at animation studio Production I.G. Makoto Fukami provides the series composition, Hirotaka Marufuji provides the character designs, and Yasuharu Takanashi provides the music.
Kinnikuman Perfect Origin Arc key visual
The story of Kinnikuman follows Kinnikuman, a clumsy and foolish superhero who discovers that he is actually the prince of Planet Kinniku, a world of mighty super humans, and who eventually grows to become the strongest wrestler in the world.
Source: Comic Natalie