Kinnikuman
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Key facts
- Animanga/Header.image
- Kinnikuman (Jump Comics).jpg
- Animanga/Header.caption
- Fifth volume cover, featuring Suguru Kinniku (right) and Meat Alexandria (left)
- Animanga/Header.ja_kanji
- キン肉マン
- Animanga/Print.type
- manga
- Animanga/Print.author
- Yudetamago
- Animanga/Print.publisher
- Shueisha
- Animanga/Print.imprint
- Jump Comics
- Animanga/Print.volumes
- 3
- Animanga/Print.volume_list
- List of Kinnikuman volumes
- Animanga/Print.title
- Kinnikuman II Sei: Kyūkyoku no Chōjin Tag-hen
- Animanga/Print.magazine
- Weekly Playboy
- Animanga/Print.first
- June 2008
- Animanga/Print.last
- June 19, 2013
- Animanga/Video.type
- TV series
- Animanga/Video.title
- Kinnikuman: Perfect Origin Arc
- Animanga/Video.studio
- Production I.G
- Animanga/Video.network
- JNN (CBC, TBS (Agaru Anime))
- Animanga/Video.first
- July 7, 2024
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Wikidata facts
- Official website
- web.archive.org/web/20100806123639/http://www.kinnikuman.jp
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- Commons category
- Kinnikuman
- number of parts of this work
- 92
- start time
- 1979-05-28
- title
- キン肉マン
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18 sectionsContents
- Plot
- ''Kinnikuman''
- ''Ultimate Muscle''
- Media
- Manga
- Sequel and spin-offs
- Anime
- Television series
- ''Ultimate Muscle''
- ''Kinnikuman: Perfect Origin Arc''
- Films
- Video games
- Other media
- Reception
- Legacy
- Notes
- References
- External links
is a Japanese manga series created by the duo Yoshinori Nakai and Takashi Shimada, known as Yudetamago. It follows Suguru Kinniku, a superhero who must win a wrestling tournament to retain the title of prince of Planet Kinniku. Nakai and Takashi planned the series when they were attending high school originally as a parody to Ultraman.
The manga was originally published in Shueisha's manga magazine Weekly Shōnen Jump from 1979 to 1987, and was first adapted by Toei Animation into a 137-episode anime series broadcast on Nippon Television from 1983 to 1986. It restarted publication in 2011 in Shueisha's web magazine Shū Play News, and has spawned spin-off manga and anime series, video games, anime films, and several Kinnikuman-related merchandise.