Kinnikuman Perfect Origin Arc, the upcoming anime adaptation of the long-running Kinnikuman shonen action manga, announced today on its official website several new cast members, as well as releasing a new key visual. The series also announced it will begin broadcasting on July 7 in Japan.
The new cast members include:
Strong the Budo voiced by Akio Otsuka
Max Radial voiced by Chikahiro Kobayashi
Turboman voiced by Kenji Nojima
Dalmatiman voiced by Nobuyuki Hiyama
Crushman voiced by Yusuke Tomioka
Marlinman voiced by Yoshiyasu Otaka
Peek-a-Boo voiced by Shouya Ishige
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.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
