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Kinnikuman (TV)

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Alternative title:
Kinnikuman El Hombre Músculos (Spanish)
M.U.S.C.L.E.
Mr. Muscleman (French)
Muscleman
キン肉マン (Japanese)
Themes: wrestling
Objectionable content: Significant
Plot Summary: Kinnikuman is a superhero...a bad one. The one day a person named Meat tells Kinnikuman that he is the prince of an alien planet. Kinnikuman must save the day numerous times fighting evil chōjin and competing in tournaments to prove himself to his family and to gain respect and money.
User Ratings: 48 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 3 votes (sub:3)
 Excellent: 3 votes (sub:3)
 Very good: 6 votes (sub:4, others:2
2 Spanish dubbed
)
 Good: 12 votes (sub:8, raw:1, dub:1, others:2
1 Catalan dubbed
1 Spanish dubbed
)
 Decent: 8 votes (sub:3, dub:2, ?:1, others:2
1 Spanish dubbed
1 French dubbed
)
 So-so: 4 votes (sub:1, raw:1, dub:1, ?:1)
 Not really good: 2 votes (dub:2)
 Weak: 3 votes (raw:1, sub:1, dub:1)
 Bad: 1 vote (sub:1)
 Awful: 2 votes (dub:2)
 Worst ever: 4 votes (sub:1, edit.dub:1, others:2
1 Indonesian dubbed
1 Spanish dubbed
)
Seen in part or in whole by 153 users, rank: #4338 (of 9509)
Median rating: Decent
Arithmetic mean: 5.792 (Decent−), std. dev.: 2.7307, rank: #7762 (of 9648)
Weighted mean: 5.646 (Decent−), rank: #8046 (of 9648) (seen all: 7.01 / seen some: 4.93 / won't finish: 4.19)
Bayesian estimate: 6.060 (Decent), rank: #6318 (of 7274)
Running time: 23 minutes per episode
Number of episodes: 137
Episode titles: We have 137
Vintage:
1983-04-03 to 1986-08-19
1989-03-22 (France)
1991-04-05 (TV3 - Televisió de Catalunya)
2000-07-30 to 2000-10-09 (Chile) (52 cap)
Release dates: We have 1
Opening Theme:
"Mr. Muscleman" by Bernard Minet [French version]
#1: "Kinnikuman Go Fight!" (キン肉マンGo Fight!) by Akira Kushida (eps 1-65)
#2: "Honō no Kinnikuman" (炎のキン肉マン; "Blazing Kinnikuman") by Akira Kushida, Koorogi '73, and SHINES (eps 66-124)
#3: "Kinnikuman Senpū (Sensation)" (キン肉マン旋風!) by Akira Kushida (eps 125-137)
Ending Theme:
#1: "Niku 2×9 Rock 'n Roll" by Akira Kushida, Akira Kamiya, and Tetsuo Mizutori (eps 1-65)
#2: "Kinniku Mambo" (キン肉マンボ) by Akira Kamiya, Koorogi '73, and SHINES (eps 66-96, 107-124)
#3: "Kinnikuman Ondo" (キン肉マン音頭) by Akira Kamiya, Minori Matsushima, Koorogi '73, and SHINES (eps 97-106)
#4: "Kinnikuman Club" (キン肉マン倶楽部) by Akira Kamiya (eps 125-137)
Insert song:
"Akadō Suzunosuke no Uta" (赤胴鈴之助の歌) by Mitsuo Kaneko (ep 56)
"Akuma no Mōgyū" (悪魔の猛牛) by Takayuki Miyauchi (eps 81-82,86)
"Ashura Jigoku" (阿修羅地獄) by Gakurō Fukuda (ep 75)
"Asia no Ōkami" (アジアの狼) by Yōji Saitō (ep 108)
"Chakkiri Bushi" (ちゃっきり節) by Issei Futamata (ep 30)
"Dohyō no Eiyū" (土俵の英雄) by Akira Kushida (ep 69)
"Gekkō Kamen wa Dare Deshō" (月光仮面は誰でしょう) by Yoshiko Kondō (ep 56)
"Hakuba Dōji" (白馬童子) by Kuranosuke Hamaguchi (ep 56)
"Kanashimi no Bear Claw" (悲しみのベアークロー) by Woo (eps 62,72,75)
"Kiseki no Gyakuten Fighter" (奇跡の逆転ファイター) by Akira Kamiya (eps 71,83)
"Kung Fu Fighter" (カンフーファイター) by Koorogi '73 (ep 109)
"Kyōdai Jingi" (兄弟仁義) by Koji Totani (eps 14,62)
"Megumi no Hito" (め組のひと) by Rats & Star (ep 42)
"Mr. Muscleman - Qui Est Le Plus Fort?" by Bernard Denimal [French version]
"Ride of the Valkyries" (Walkürenritt) by Richard Wagner (ep 16)
"See You Again, Hero!" by Akira Kamiya (eps 59,65,69)
"Texas Bronco" (テキサスブロンコ) by Akira Kushida (eps 59,99)
"Tsuki" (月) by Tetsuo Mizutori (ep 7)
"Yuke Yuke Hyūma" (ゆけゆけ飛雄馬) by Takeo Watanabe (ep 98)
"Yuke! Tiger Mask" (行け!タイガーマスク) by Hideyo Morimoto (ep 45)
"Yume Shibai" (夢芝居) by Tomio Umezawa (ep 73)
Official website:
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Trivia: We have 6
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Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Script:
Haruya Yamazaki (103 episodes
eps 1-27, 29-38, 40, 42, 44-47, 49, 51-54, 56-57, 59-60, 62-63, 66-67, 69-70, 72-73, 75-76, 78-79, 82-83, 85, 87-88, 90-91, 93-94, 98, 101-102, 104-105, 107-108, 110, 113, 116-117, 119-137
)

Kenji Terada (34 episodes
eps 28, 39, 41, 43, 48, 50, 55, 58, 61, 64-65, 68, 71, 74, 77, 80-81, 84, 86, 89, 92, 95-97, 99-100, 103, 106, 109, 111-112, 114-115, 118
)

Storyboard:
Akinori Ōrai (5 episodes
eps 24, 62, 73, 95, 103
)

Jōhei Matsuura (ep 93)
Kōzō Morishita (ep 55)
Takenori Kawada (eps 46, 64)
Tetsuo Imazawa (ep 66)
Episode Director:
Akinori Ōrai (29 episodes
eps 4, 8, 11, 15, 18, 21, 27, 29, 32, 34, 39, 44, 50-51, 56, 58, 63, 68, 74, 83, 91, 97, 101, 106, 108, 112, 115, 117, 122
)

Akinori Yabe (9 episodes
eps 13, 30, 37, 41, 46, 49, 53, 61, 85
)

Akio Yamadera (5 episodes
eps 88, 95, 103, 109, 114
)

Jōhei Matsuura (10 episodes
eps 71, 77, 82, 89, 94, 99, 105, 111, 118, 123
)

Takao Yoshizawa (4 episodes
eps 6, 12, 19, 25
)

Takenori Kawada (30 episodes
eps 3, 5, 10, 17, 22, 24, 26, 31, 35, 38, 43, 47, 52, 57, 65-66, 70, 76, 84, 86-87, 92, 96, 100, 102, 110, 127, 131, 135, 137
)

Takeshi Shirato (8 episodes
eps 36, 42, 48, 54, 59, 69, 75, 80
)

Tetsuo Imazawa (4 episodes
eps 2, 9, 16, 23
)

Yasuo Yamayoshi (23 episodes
eps 1, 7, 14, 20, 28, 33, 40, 45, 60, 67, 72, 78, 81, 90, 104, 107, 113, 119-120, 124-125, 129, 133
)

Yoshikazu Shirota (4 episodes
eps 64, 73, 130, 134
)

Yūji Asada (9 episodes
eps 55, 79, 93, 98, 116, 126, 128, 132, 136
)

Original story: Yudetamago
Character Design: Toshio Mori
Art:
Eiji Itō (4 episodes
eps 6, 10-11, 52
)

Masato Itō (27 episodes
eps 26, 30, 33, 38, 41, 45, 48, 53, 57, 61, 64, 68, 72, 76, 81, 85, 88, 94, 99, 106, 109, 113, 117, 127, 130, 132, 135
)

Tadami Shimokawa (8 episodes
eps 18, 60, 62-63, 65, 78-79, 86
)

Takao Sawada (ep 59)
Tomoko Eridate (69 episodes
eps 1-5, 7-9, 12-14, 16-17, 19-25, 27-29, 31-32, 34-37, 39-40, 42-44, 46-47, 54-56, 66-67, 69-71, 73-75, 77, 80, 82-84, 87-95 odd, 107-108, 123, 125-126, 129, 131-134, 136-137
)

Tomoko Ide (10 episodes
eps 51, 58, 98, 102-103, 105, 110, 120, 122, 124
)

Toshikatsu Sanuki (14 episodes
eps 90, 92, 96, 100-101, 104, 111-112, 114, 116, 118-119, 121, 128
)

Yūji Ikeda (ep 15)
Animation Director:
Akira Shimizu (6 episodes
eps 88, 95, 103, 109, 114, 121
)

Akira Shinoda (26 episodes
eps 4, 8, 15, 21, 25, 27, 32, 39, 41, 44, 56, 63, 71, 77, 82, 89, 94, 99, 105, 108, 111, 115, 118, 123, 126, 128
)

Daizō Takeuchi (ep 6)
Eiji Fukuyama (eps 130, 134)
Eikichi Takahashi (40 episodes
eps 1, 7, 14, 20, 24, 28, 31, 38, 43, 45, 47, 52, 57, 62, 66, 70, 72, 76, 78, 81, 84, 86-87, 90, 93, 96, 98, 102, 104, 107, 110, 113, 116, 119-120, 124-125, 127, 132, 136
)

Fukuo Yamamoto (5 episodes
eps 9, 16, 23, 29, 34
)

Hideaki Ōshika (eps 2, 11, 18)
Hirohide Shikishima (eps 4, 8, 15)
Noboru Takahashi (eps 46, 58, 64)
Shigetaka Kiyoyama (eps 68, 74, 83)
Takao Ozone (3 episodes
eps 131, 135, 137
)

Takeshi Shirato (8 episodes
eps 36, 42, 48, 54, 59, 69, 75, 80
)

Tetsuya Tsukamoto (5 episodes
eps 12, 19, 30, 37, 51
)

Tomoyuki Matsumoto (7 episodes
eps 91, 97, 101, 106, 112, 117, 122
)

Toshio Mori (20 episodes
eps 3, 5, 10, 13, 17, 22, 26, 33, 35, 40, 53, 60, 67, 73, 79, 85, 92, 100, 129, 133
)

Art design: Tomoko Eridate
Producer:
Hidehiko Takei (Nippon TV)
Kyōtarō Kimura
Takeshi Tamiya (Toei Animation)

Assistant Director: Yoshitomo Yonetani
Editing: Fumio Soda
Insert Song Performance:
Gakurō (ep 74)
Masashi Tashiro (ep 42)
Masayuki Suzuki (ep 42)
Nobuyoshi Kuwano (ep 42)
Takayuki Miyauchi (eps 82, 86)
Woo (eps 62, 72, 75)
Yōji Saitō (ep 108)
Key Animation: Junichi Hayama (eps 128, 136)
Music Selection: Shigeru Miyashita
Production Supervision: Yoshihiro Seki
Recording: Osamu Ichikawa
Sound Effects: Masakazu Yokoyama (E&M)
Theme Song Performance:
Akira Kamiya (ED 2-4)
Akira Kushida
Koorogi '73
Minori Matsushima (ED 3)
Akira Kamiya as Kinnikuman
Minori Matsushima as Meat Alexandria

Chisato Nakajima as Mari Nikaidō
Daisuke Gouri as
Ashuraman
Robin Mask
Eiji Kanie as
Prince Kamehame (eps 88-111)
Ramenman/Mongolman (eps 7-110)
Hideyuki Hori as Warsman (eps 59-137)
Hideyuki Tanaka as Terryman
Hiromi Tsuru as Natsuko Shōno
Issei Futamata as Kinkotsuman
Kaneto Shiozawa as Geronimo
Kazuhiko Kishino as
King Mayumi Kinniku
Neptuneman
Keiko Yamamoto as
Kinkotsu-Obaba
Nachiguron
Kōji Totani as
Announcer Yoshigai
Detective Gobugari
Masaharu Satō as
Buffaloman
Iwao
Sunshine
Masashi Hirose as Rikishiman
Nana Yamaguchi as Queen Sayuri Kinniku
Ryōichi Tanaka as Warsman (eps 47-58)
Sanji Hase as Kazuo Nakano (eps 1-49, 59-137)
Tetsuo Mizutori as
Brocken Jr.
Yosaku-san
Yonehiko Kitagawa as
Akuma Shōgun
Big The Budō
Chairman Harabote Muscle

Akira Kamiya as Tatsunori Kinniku (ep 44)
Banjō Ginga as
Jiraiyer
Ramenman (eps 130-136)
Chisato Nakajima as
Alisa Mackintosh (eps 18, 44-46)
Ebiko (ep 24)
Momoko Momoi (ep 15)
Specialman (young; ep 11)
Terryman (young; ep 75)
Daisuke Gouri as
Barracuda (eps 36-42)
Black Hole (eps 48-53)
Daimaō Satan (eps 64-66)
Dirty Baron
Hell Knight
Rikishiman (eps 93, 100)
Yokozuna Kitanosato (eps 55, 69)
Zangyaku Seijin (ep 14)
Eiji Kanie as
Dorlo Flears (9 episodes
eps 18-19, 21-27
)

Irezumiman (ep 8)
Specialman (eps 10-11)
Harumi Iizuka as
Emi Watanabe (ep 11)
Manicurist (ep 39)
Skier A (ep 41)
Takashi (eps 3, 5)
Hideyuki Hori as
Baracky
Gangarian
Specialman (ep 66)
Hideyuki Tanaka as
Cubeman (eps 31-32, 34)
Hitoshi (ep 5)
Jiraiyer (ep 134)
Kareyasu
Miguel de la Madrid (ep 9)
Pentagon
Planetman
Samson Teacher
Springman (8 episodes
eps 48, 53-55, 59-62
)

Tatsunori Hara (ep 21)
The Fishers (ep 30)
TV Producer (ep 2)
Watchman (ep 33)
Hiromi Tsuru as
Boy (ep 3)
Girl A (ep 2)
Kenji (15 episodes
eps 29-32, 37, 40, 42-47, 49-50, 58
)

Nǃxauko (ep 24)
Prince Cherry
Terryman (young; ep 11)
Hiroshi Ohtake as Kazuo Nakano (eps 50-58)
Issei Futamata as
Alien (ep 4)
Baron Ram
Benkiman (eps 31, 33-36)
Bulldoggy
Cook (ep 2)
God of Evolution (The Executioner; eps 87-88)
King Ton (ep 2)
Kirika (male)
Masaru Tsugawa (Boxer; ep 4)
PPman (ep 3)
Red Shoes Man (eps 8, 15-17)
Silverman (eps 82, 84)
Skyman (ep 10)
Sneagator
Specialman (ep 88)
SteCase King (5 episodes
eps 48-50, 59-60
)

SW-26 (ep 19)
Kaneto Shiozawa as Screw Kid
Kazuhiko Kishino as
Atlantis (9 episodes
eps 48, 51, 53-56, 58-60
)

Black Hole (eps 88-90)
Canadianman (eps 68, 70)
Chavo Kuerrori (ep 22)
Dynamite Piper (ep 25)
Gen. Picadillicaone (ep 3)
Gōriki (ep 1)
Gorizaemon (ep 5)
Gudon
Gyūdon Manager (ep 4)
Junkman
Mindpuzzleman (ep 32)
Nǃxau (eps 16, 24)
Sabotenman (ep 35)
Serious Announcer (eps 10-11)
Sphinxman (ep 8)
Tamori (ep 34)
The Sheik (eps 25-27)
Keiko Yamamoto as Kazubo (ep 14)
Kōji Totani as
Big Magnum
Canadianman (ep 85)
EDF Officer (ep 3)
Eraginesu (ep 5)
Kappatron (ep 4)
Mr. Khamen (ep 60)
Pentagon (ep 32)
Sheikian (ep 1)
Tendon (ep 24)
Yudetamago (ep 2)
Kōzō Shioya as Pilot (ep 1)
Masaharu Satō as
Beauty Rhodes (ep 22)
Canadianman (ep 69)
Curry Cook (eps 9-10)
Devil Magician (ep 23)
Doctor Bombe
Doryman
Gagne Mask (eps 15-18)
Kasugano Oyakata (ep 55)
King Cobra (eps 31-33)
Kinniku Clan Ancestor (ep 66)
PM Yasuhiro Nakasone
Prince Kamehame (eps 19-21, 114)
Ramenman (eps 120, 125)
Skull Bōzu (ep 24)
Specialman (eps 7, 85)
Station Manager (ep 2)
Tileman (eps 29-30, 35)
TV Producer (ep 2)
Uldraman (ep 67)
Yudetamago (ep 36)
Masashi Hirose as
Kendaman
Teapackman (4 episodes
eps 31-32, 66-67
)

The Ninja
Minori Matsushima as
Kirika
Princess Lilly
Silver Mask
Nana Yamaguchi as
Busuko (eps 7, 9)
Edith Harrison (eps 22-27)
Kazubo (eps 3, 5, 9)
Kimiko Nakano
Margaret Thatcher (ep 9)
Mayumi Kinniku (young; ep 44)
Seiko Yamaguchi (ep 5)
Naoko Watanabe as
College Girl A (ep 6)
Girl B (ep 2)
Ryōichi Tanaka as
Jesse Maivia (eps 19-21)
Mister Khamen (eps 48, 53-57)
Sanji Hase as
Cementos
Kani Base (eps 7-11)
Kaz Nakano (eps 19-21)
Okamarasu (ep 5)
Seiko Nakano as Laura Mackintosh (eps 44-45)
Tetsuo Mizutori as
Benkiman (ep 67)
Brockenman (eps 7-10)
Duke Kamata (eps 19-20)
Franky (ep 3)
Fun Announcer (eps 10-11)
Ronald Reagan (ep 9)
Wild Bakuto
Yoku Shioya as Prince Paul
Yonehiko Kitagawa as
Canadianman (eps 10, 88)
Chief Cheyenne
Chikāra
God (ep 66)
Goldman
Hyorohyoroman (4 episodes
eps 30, 35, 66-67
)

Kintaman (ep 8)
Oilman (eps 31, 35, 66)
Pierre Trudeau (ep 9)
The Mountain (10 episodes
eps 48, 51, 53-60
)

Yama Khan

Japanese companies
Korean staff
Korean cast
(none)
Jeong-Gu Lee as Terryman
Korean companies
(none)
French staff
French cast
ADR Director: Gérard Dessalles

Theme Song Composition:
Gérard Salesses
Jean-François Porry
Theme Song Lyrics: Jean-François Porry
Theme Song Performance: Bernard Minet
Laurence Badie as Mitsu
Michel Barbey as Muscleman

Gerard Berner as
Robin des etoiles
Terryman
Joëlle Fossier as Marie
Olivier Destrez as
Noodleman
Ramenman
Serge Lhorca as Muscleman's Father

Gerard Berner as
Brokeman
le Noiraud
Gérard Dessalles as
Broken Jr
Commissaire
Pedro la rocaille
Joëlle Fossier as
Dédé Cubitus
Melle Libellule
Olivier Destrez as Commentateur Sportif
Serge Lhorca as
Commentateur Sportif
Westerman

French companies
Broadcaster: TF1
Dubbing: SOFI
Production: Club Dorothée 
Spanish staff
Spanish cast
Dubbing Director: Jorge Araneda J. (Latin American dub)
Translation: Brenda Nava (Chilean dub)
Executive producer: Jorge Araneda J. (Technoworks)

Insert Song Performance:
Jordi Vila (Catalan dub; ep 42)
Manel Català (Catalan dub; Catalan dub; Catalan dub; 6 episodes
eps 59, 62, 71-72, 75, 99
)

Theme Song Performance:
Àngela Aloy (ED1; Catalan dub)
Claudio Carrizo (OP, ED & Summer Song; Chilean dub)
Daniela Aleuy (Chorus)
Jordi Vila (OP, Catalan dub)
Manel Català (OP1, OP2, OP3; Catalan dub)
Eva Giner as Mitsu (Valencian dub)
Felip Bau as Musculman (Valencian dub)
Jordi Vila as Musculator (Catalan dub)
Jorge Araneda J. as KIN-NIKUMAN
René Pinochet as MITO

Cesar Lechiguero as Geronimo (Valencian dub)
Edu Zamanillo as Kinkotsuman (Valencian dub)
Eduard Farelo as Blockman Jr. (Catalan dub)
Ferran Català as Terryman (Valencian dub)
Francesc Fenollosa as Iwao (Valencian dub)
Joan Pera as Menja-tallarines (Catalan dub)
Julia Sorli as Mari Nikaido (Valencian dub)
Laura Olazabal as Natsuko
Marina Vinyals as Natsuko Shono (Valencian dub)
Oriol Rafel as Terryman (Catalan dub)
Paco Alegre as Robin (Valencian dub)
Salomo Sanjuan as Buffaloman (Valencian dub)
Sandro Larenas as ROBIN MASK
Vicens Manuel Doménech as Warsman (Catalan dub) 
Xavier Fernández as Robin (Catalan dub)

Albert Socias as Sr. Comissari (Catalan dub)
Aleix Puiggalí as Sr. Yoshigai (Catalan dub)
Alejandro Trejo as
ANUNCIADOR
RAMEN MAN
Alexis Quiroz as
BROKEN JUNIOR
DOCTOR
Alfred Luchetti as
Búfal (Catalan Dub)
Gladiador (Junkman; Catalan Dub)
Amadeu Aguado as Baró de la brutícia (Catalan Dub)
Carlos Carvajal as YOSAKU
Carme Canet as Mari Nikaidô (Catalan dub)
Enric Serra Frediani as Robin (Catalan dub)
Esther Artero as Princesa Lily (Catalan dub)
Ferran Llavina as Pedro Larrocalla (Catalan dub)
Francesc Rocamora as El Ninja (Catalan Dub)
Germán José as Nachi (Catalan dub) 
Gianina Talloni as NATSUKO
Isabel Muntaner as Natsuko Shôno (Catalan dub)
Ivan Pera as Geronimo (Catalan dub)
Jaume Mallofre as Rei Neptú (Catalan Dub)
Joan Pera as
Estèreo (SteCase King; Catalan Dub)
Planeta (Catalan Dub)
Joan Sanz as Sr. Nakano (Catalan dub)
John Knuckey as NAKANO
Jorge Lillo as TERRY MAN
José Maria Portillo as Dorlo Flears (Catalan dub)
Keyros Guillén as MARY
Lluís Marrasé as Nachi (Catalan dub)
Manel Català as
Ashura (Catalan Dub)
Big the Budo (Catalan Dub)
Rei Múscul (Catalan dub)
Omar Lopez as
IWAO
PRESIDENTE
Pep Ballester as Búfal (Catalan dub)
Pep Bermúdez as Raig de Sol (Catalan dub)
Pilar Rebollar as Edith Harrison (Catalan dub)
Ramón Llenas as Decta Cúbitus (Catalan dub)
Raquel Capdet as Nen hospitalitzat (Catalan dub)
Rosa Nualart as Mitsú (Catalan dub)
Sandro Larenas as GOBUGARI
Tito Bustamante as
KIN-KOTSUMAN
REY
Toni Moreno as Terryman (Catalan dub)
Vicens Manuel Doménech as Doctor Bombai (Catalan Dub)
Viviana Navarro as NATIGRON
Xavier Casan as Atlantis (Catalan Dub)
Xavier Fernández as Neptú (Neptuneman; Catalan Dub)
Spanish companies
Broadcaster:
Chilevision (Chile)
ETC...TV (Chile)
K3 (Televisió de Catalunya)
TV3 (Televisió de Catalunya)
UCV Television (Chile)
Distributor: Cloverway (Latin America)
Dubbing: Technoworks Ltda., Santiago de Chile (Latin America)
Dubbing Studio: Tramontana (Catalan dub)
Production: Toei Animation (2000)

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