Ultimate Muscle, also called Ultimate Muscle: The Kinnikuman Legacy (キン肉マンⅡ世 Kinnikuman Nisei) is a anime series based on the manga by Yoshinori Nakai and Takashi Shimada under the pen name "Yudetamago" (Japanese for 'Boiled Egg'). It is a sequel to the popular Kinnikuman series that started in 1979. In North America it was distributed by 4Kids Entertainment.
Cast[]
| Character | Original Name | Seiyū | Dub Actor |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kid Muscle | Mantaro Kinniku | Masaya Onosaka | Marc Thompson |
| Meat Alexandria | Konami Yoshida | Mike Pollock | |
| Mac Metaphor | Announcer Yoshigai | Mahito Ōba | Eric Stuart |
| Doc Nakano | Kazuo Nakano | Naoki Tatsuta | Ted Lewis |
| Wally Tusket | Seiuchin | Takumi Yamazaki | Maddie Blaustein |
| Terry "The Grand" Kenyon | Terry the Kid | Toshiyuki Morikawa | Greg Abbey |
| Dik Dik Van Dik | Gazelleman | Yasunori Masutani | Eric Stuart |
| Kevin Mask | Ryōtarō Okiayu | Ted Lewis | |
| Monsieur Cheeks | Puripuriman | Dan Green | |
| Roxanne | Rinko Nikaido | Fumiko Orikasa | Lisa Ortiz |
| Trixie | Tamaki Maekawa | Reiko Kiuchi | Megan Hollingshead |
| Kiki | Keiko | Ai Nonaka | Kerry Williams |
| Hydrazoa | Clioneman | Takuro Takasaki | Dan Green |
| Road Rage | Dead Signal | Tetsu Inada | Sebastian Arcelus |
| Brocken Jr. | Yasuhiko Kawazu | Wayne Grayson | |
| Jeager | Jade | Kenji Nojima | |
| Checkmate | Kōichi Tōchika | ||
| Buffaloman | Kenji Nomura | Dan Green | |
| King Muscle | Suguru Kinniku | Toshio Furukawa | Eric Stuart |
| El Niño | The Nosonman | Takashi Nagasako | Dan Green |
| Robin Mask | Daisuke Gōri | ||
| Lord Flash | Warsman | Hideyuki Tanaka | Maddie Blaustein |
| Terryman | Ted Lewis | ||
| Ricardo | Toshiyuki Morikawa | Wayne Grayson | |
| Eskara | Scarface | Kenji Nomura | Marc Thompson |
Additional Voices[]
- Greg Abbey
- Maddie Blaustein
- J. David Brimmer
- James Carter Cathcart
- Kathleen Delaney
- Darren Dunstan
- Dan Green
- Michael Haigney
- Megan Hollingshead
- Ted Lewis
- David Moo
- Kathy Pilon
- Andrew Rannells
- Sam Riegel
- Tara Sands
- David Schecter
- Sean Schemmel
- Eric Stuart
- Veronica Taylor
- Marc Thompson
- Oliver Wyman
Transmission[]
| Date(s) | Channel | Country | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2002-2004 | FOX (FoxBox / 4KidsTV) |
United States | 
|
Video Releases[]
| Distributor | Year | Format | Contents | Region | Country | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FUNimation Entertainment | 2004 | 
|
Episodes 1-9 | NTSC | United States |
|
| 2 Volumes | ||||||
|
Episodes 1-9 | 1 NTSC | ||||
| 2 Volumes | ||||||
| Discotek Media | 2023 | 
|
The Complete Series* | |||
| 2 Discs | ||||||
*Standard Definition Blu-Ray
See Also[]
- Kinnikuman: Perfect Origin Arc
External Links[]
- Ultimate Muscle at the Internet Movie Database
- Ultimate Muscle (anime) at the Anime News Network