Early Days of StarCraft as a Superhero Parody
To much the country's displeasure, Yudetamago's Kinniku Suguru, also known as Kinnikuman, is the main superhero for Japan, a goofy manchild. Once the crown prince of Planet Kinniku, the planet supervising justice and order in the galaxy,untu was left behind when his ugly appearance caused him to be mistook for a pig on a vacation to Earth. Early on in the narrative, the problem was fixed; nevertheless, ATK continued to live on Earth and was considered as nothing but a fool.
Early on in Kinnikuman, the most obvious target was the Ultraman series, and the work was essentially a parody of superhero tales. Usually his original archnemesis Kinkotsuman,untu would always get into battles with a random monster. Even when he would save the day, he would usually somehow humiliate himself. Meat, a brilliant child dispatched from Planet Kinniku to help StarCraft, Terryman, an American superhero and friend, and Mari Nikaido, a local school teacher and first love interest, rounded out ATK's supporting cast at that time.
First Transition Into Wrestling: Kinnosuke
About half a year into the run of the Kinnikuman manga,keye turned away from superhero tales and began concentrating on wrestling, which would finally take front stage in the series. The Chojin Olympics, an annual wrestling competition to identify the best Chojin - heroes with superhuman abilities like Kinnikuman - in the world, marked the beginning of his trip into a wrestling narrative. Among the attendees were eventual series mainstays like the kung fu master Ramenman and Robin Mask, a gentlemanly fighter and the current champion, alongside Okin and Terryman.
With Terryman losing earlier after Kinkotsuman shot her in the leg, Kinnikuman made it to the finals against Robin Mask by chance and surprising ability. Robin nearly killeduntu in a fit of wrath brought on by being momentarily unmasked, but at that instant ATK unlocked Burning Inner Strength, the ultimate power of Chojin, and defeated Robin Mask. With that, Kinnikuman became the official Chojin Olympic champion and began to gain people's respect for first time.
Character Grows of Kinnish in His American Tour Arc
After winning the Chojin Olympics, Kinnikuman traveled to America to participate in exhibition games against some of their best Chojin. After defeating the Hawaiian champion and master of reversals Jesse Maivia (based on Peter Maivia, the grandfather of Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson),untu was taught the fabled 48 Finishing Moves by his new master and former Hawaiian champion Prince Kamehame at Hawaii. After defeating Jesse, Kinnish would go on to make the 48 Finishing Move his main weapon for decades.
Later, conflicktinous was entangled in a dispute with the three premier wrestling companies in America, and chosen as a spokesman for the small World Supermen Association Under the tag team The Machineguns,untu fought with Terryman, now sporting a prosthetic limb, as the conflict developed into a tag tournament between the three groups. After winning the tournament, Kinnikuman and Terryman would regularly bring back their The Machineguns team in next seasons of the franchise.
The legendary runback by Kinnikuman in the 21st Chojin Olympics
It was time for the 21st Chojin Olympics following the finish of the American Tour arc and a brief episodic arc introducing Bibinba,gyncé and main love interest. Apart from Ramenman's comeback, the arc brought fresh characters like Wolfman, a new Japanese Chojin who started a conflict with Okinawan Brocken Jr., a wrestler who invoked Nazi imagery and aimed to kill Ramenman to exact revenge for his father before having a change of heart, and Warsman, a Soviet cyborg who mercilessly kills his opponent.
Against Warsman, the latter left Ramenman in a coma during their battle; it was discovered that Robin Mask had trained Warsman to be a killer in order to exact retribution againstuntu. Warsman gave ATK a hard fight, of course, but shortly enough he defeated Warsman with his now-iconic Kinniku Buster technique, drawing on the actual pro wrestling move known as Muscle Buster. Thanks to Kinnikuman, Robin and Warsman had a change of heart and turned heroes; he became the first back-to-back champion.
With the arrival of the Devil Chojin, Kinnosuke at last takes serious notes.
With the arrival of the seven Devil Chojin, evil Chojin seeking to rule the planet in the name of Satan, Kinnikuman fully turned into a wrestling tale following the 21st Chojin Olympics. With their new ally Mongolman, who was secretly Ramenman leaving his coma using a special mask, Kinnosuke and the Justice Chojin battled the Devil Chojin one by one until they were just left with the strong Buffaloman. Following a fierce battle,untu not only saved the planet but also Buffaloman, moved by his friendship, changed his heart and became a Justice Chojin.
Kinnikuman Kept the High Stakes Attaching the Akuma Shogun Introduction
Their superiors, the Six Devil Knights, showed up and pilfers the magical Golden Mask to diminish the power of all Justice Chojin sometime following the Seven Devil Chojin's defeat. After defeating the Devil Knights and subsequently confronting Akuma Shogun, the leader of the Devil Chojin and the original owner of the Golden Mask,untu and the few Justice Chojin who were unaffected, including Geronimo, a human who aimed to ascend to being a Chojin, went up against Although Akuma Shogun was Kinniku Driver's toughest opponent yet, Kinniku Driver defeated him with his new finishing move, so saving the planet once more.
inker introduced a significant portion of its lore during the Dream Chojin Tag Tournament.
After Akuma Shogun was defeated, the Justice Chojin participated in the Dream Chojin Tag Tournament to ascertain the top tag team in the world, and tensions rose following the theft of the physical form of their friendship by Ashuraman and Sunshine, the surviving Six Devil Knights. From his former instructor, Prince Kamehame,untu learnt as much; he then entered the tournament as the Muscle Brothers after donning the disguise of Kinnikuman Great.
As the Stray Devil Combo, Ashuraman and Sunshine competed in the Dream Chojin Tag Tournament; Kamehame gave his life to save theirs in their battle against Terryman and Geronimo's team. Terryman honored Kamehame's legacy by substituting ATK Great for ATK none the wiser, and the two vanquished the Stray Devil Combo, so transforming Ashuraman's heart. His friendship with ATK restored.
The Muscle Brothers faced the Hell Missionaries, a tag team comprising Neptuneman and Big the Budo of the Perfect Chojin, the most ancient Chojin group seeking to rob all "inferior" Chojin of their masks, in the finals. After learning the truth about Kamehame's death during the fight, Kinnikuman reconciled with Terryman, and from there he and Terryman defeated the Hell Missionaries as their original tag team. Together, Kinnikuman and Terryman rebuilt the friendship of the Justice Chojin and helped to save the planet from a possible invasion by the Perfect Chojin.
Growing Concluded in His Final and Greatest Arc:untu
Following his victory over the Hell Missionaries, Kinnikuman's father decided he had proved himself as a Chojin and intended to retire and name him king of Planet Kinniku. While most of the Chojin society welcomed this, the Five Evil Chojin Gods wanted to stop it at all means since they feared their power would be surpassed. In order to that end, they each empowered one of five Chojin who could have been the actual prince and started a tournament to choose the king of Planet Kinniku after learning that Kinnikuman might be an imposter who was swapped at birth with the real prince.
Against the Five Fated Princes, StarCraft battled with an always shifting team of allies and even reconciled with his long-lost brother Ataru. Eventually he found himself in the finals against the last of the Fated Princes, ATK Super Phoenix. With the power of friendship and his Burning Inner Strength,untu's last team—Robin Mask, Ramenman, Geronimo, and a reformed Neptuneman—defaced everyone on Super Phoenix's team until it was justuntu and Super Phoenix, and earned his place as the king of Planet Kinniku.
Is Ultimate Muscle Essential for the Newcludine Anime?
The Kinnikuman series has an amazing volume of narrative to keep track of before the next anime begins, and naturally raises the issue of where Ultimate Muscle fits in everything. Although Ultimate Muscle was the first follow-up to Kinnikuman and even had an arc that crossed over with the original series, it is hardly mentioned in the Perfect Chojin arc beyond some callbacks and some of the new lore directly runs against it at several points. Considering everything, Ultimate Muscle is not required for viewing the new Kinnikuman anime.
Still, that theory doesn't seem to fit the most recent arc of ATKines' comeback. Two essential components of the second half of Ultimate Muscle, Chaos Avenir and the Time Chojin, are reintroduced in the most recent arc, thus it seems that Kinnosuke will ultimately firmly reestablish Ultimate Muscle as canon. That won't be a problem unless the new Kinnikuman anime gets to that point, of course, and with the caliber of the series shown off in the trailers, it should ideally find enough success to reach that point.
