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Ultimate Muscle: The Kinnikuman Legacy (2002)
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Overview
Ultimate Muscle: The Kinnikuman Legacy, known in Japan as Kinnikuman II sei, is a manga and anime series made by Yoshinori Nakai and Takashi Shimada under the pen name Yudetamago. It is the sequel to the hit manga Kinnikuman that they started in 1979. The toy line of Kinnikuman was released in North America as M.U.S.C.L.E.. The name of Ultimate Muscle was chosen to connect the Americanized storyline of the M.U.S.C.L.E. toyline of the 1980s into the anime. Bandai also produced intermittently distributed toy tie-ins during the initial run of Ultimate Muscle.
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Cast & Crew
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Top Cast
Konami YoshidaAlexandria Meat
Masaya OnosakaMantaro Muscle
Toshiyuki MorikawaTerry / Ricardo (voice)
Takumi YamazakiSeiuchin
Yasunori MasutaniGazelleman
Ai NonakaKeiko
Fumiko OrikasaRinko Nikaidō
Hideyuki TanakaTerryman
Eiji TakemotoWarsman
Koichi TochikaCheck Mate / Comrade Turbinski (voice)
Mahito OhbaAnnouncer Yoshigai
Masaharu SatoHarabote Muscle
Naoki TatsutaKazuo Nakano
Reiko KiuchiTamaki Maekawa
Ryotaro OkiayuKevin Mask
Tetsu InadaIkemen Muscle
Shinichiro OtaIkemen Muscle
Yasuhiko KawazuBrocken Jr.
Key Crew
Kyotaro KimuraProducer
Takashi ShimadaComic Book
Takashi WashioProducer
Toshiaki KomuraSeries Composition
Toshiaki KomuraSeries Director
Yoshinori NakaiComic Book
ARTWORK GALLERY
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EPISODE GUIDE
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Season 1
26 episodes · First aired 2002-01-09
E01
A Legend Reborn
2002-01-09 · 24 min
Years have passed since the efforts of King Muscle and his fellow Muscle League Vanquised the evil dMp wrestlers. But now a generation of dMp have thrown down the gauntlet-literally, in the form of a giant rock fist that has slammed into palnet earth. The Muscle league put their faith in a new young leader, Kid Muscle.
E02
Generation--Next!
2002-01-16 · 24 min
Kid Muscle remains reluctant to follow in his fathers footsteps. Together with the help of sons of other legendary wrestling Heroes, Kid Muscle is taken to the Hercules Factory, a school were future heroes are put through brutal training exercizes. Only the most stongest and the most skillful will survive. Will Kid Muscle survive these grueling tests?
E03
Making the Cut
2002-01-23 · 24 min
Just as the new generation of wrestlers think their trails in the Hercules Factory are complete, they learn, in order to graduate they must face the legendary wrestlers they aspire to replace.
E04
Like Father, Like Son
2002-01-30 · 24 min
It turns out that Kid Muscle faces a face that looks very much like his own! He's set to wrestle his own father, the lengendary King Muscle, a challenge he first laughs off. But then he realizes that his father takes this match very seriously. Will Kid Muscle beat his father? And what does Mom have to say about all this?
E05
Dial Up Danger
2002-02-06 · 24 min
The new generation of Muscle League wrestlers thought the Hercules Factory was tough. But the factory was a pillow compared to what the Muscle League will face when they square off with their first match with the dMp.
E06
Mask of Terror
2002-02-13 · 24 min
Trouble has got Kid Muscle's Line when he faces his first dMp challenger,Dialbolic. Roxanne might ring Kid Muscle's bells, but will she be enought tho inspire our reluctant hero to victory.
E07
Call Waiting
2002-02-20 · 24 min
After using his ""Trouma Voice Dial"", Dialbollic finally makes an eror. But Kid Muscle's victory proves fleeting when Dialbollic unleashes a volley of electrical attacks to Kid Muscle.
E08
Trouble Afoot
2002-02-27 · 24 min
Max Man (Pumpinator) is in the ring, ready to finish off Mantaro, when Kevin Mask interrupts and belittle him for being a coward and self centered, and tells him he will get more respect if he fights Mantaro when he is at full strength, rather than taking advantage of his weakened condition. Max Man agrees to a one hour rest for Mantaro. In the mean time Mantaro is laid out on 3 front row seats resting under a blanket, next to the beef guidon. Throughout the episode, Mantaro is seen sneaking the bowls to eat.
Max Man, in his impatience decides to make short work of a Hercules Factory graduate while he waits for Mantaro to rest. He will fight number one, which is Gazelleman, but since the DMP already beat the hell out of him, he will take number two. Terry the Kid agrees, but Max Man notes that Sieuchin is number two, and Terry is number three. Sieuchin gets into the ring and begins to beat the hell out of Max Man. Meat notices that Max Man looks really familiar. After a few brutal mo
E09
Fury of the Scorned Shoe
2002-03-06 · 24 min
It seems yaers ago, Shacodile has suffered a defeat from King Muscle. Because of this, Pumpinator, his grandson wants to defeat Kid Muscle, in sought of victory.
E10
Unmellow Yellow
2002-03-13 · 24 min
The Muscle League embark on a trip to Little Tokyo to challenge the ""Sunshine Nightmare"". While waiting Kid Muscle goest to the Sushi bar and meats Sunshine himself!!!
E11
The Hand That Bites You
2002-03-20 · 24 min
When terry is kidnapped by one of Sunshines goons, he finds himself in a situation where he has to battle Tyrannoclaw.
E12
Cold War
2002-03-27 · 24 min
Terry ""The Grand"" Kenyon discovers that father knows best and relies on his famiy's signature attacks to defeat the first Night Mare, Tyrannoclaw.
E13
Checkmate!
2002-04-03 · 24 min
Evil Super Villain Sunshine's second Night Mare, Checkmate dazzles the arena but leaves Kid Muscle in a daze because this DMP villain doesn't feel pain.
E14
Feeling No Pain
2002-04-10 · 24 min
Checkmate is a triple threat against Kid Muscle, transforming from ruthless King, to beastly Knight to cold-hearted Castle.
E15
The Student Rebellion
2002-04-17 · 24 min
Kid Muscle and the Muscle League are horrified when Checkmate turns against Sunshine, in a showdown between master and apprentice.
E16
The Final Move
2002-04-24 · 24 min
As Checkmate and Kid Muscle face each other within the ring, Checkmate's right knee suddenly swells up.
E17
Roxanne Rocks!
2002-05-01 · 24 min
Roxanne is captured by the remaining members of the DMP in order to get Kid Muscle to battle them. But they got more than they barganed for when Kid Muscle will do anything to get Roxanne back!
E18
Cutting the Slack
2002-05-08 · 24 min
After defeating the DMP and restoring peace once again, Kid Muscle heads back to town and again sets about flirting with local girls.
E19
The Muscle League vs. the Muscle League
2002-05-15 · 24 min
The tag match between the first semester and second semester Hercules Factory students is to be held in two separate arenas.
E20
Water Damage
2002-05-22 · 24 min
Knowing Dik Dik Van Dik's defeat, Wally Tusket who now is filled with fighting spirit starts fierce attack on Hydrazoa.
E21
A Bad Sign
2002-05-29 · 24 min
Wally Tusket who is again taken into Hydrazoa's body and is squeezed by Big Bone Crash* finally stops moving.
E22
Road Rage
2002-06-05 · 24 min
Rage's Traffic Sign attack pushes Kid Muscle into a crisis.
E23
From Bad to Worse
2002-06-12 · 24 min
The second match of A block between Terry Kenyon and Eskara is unbelievable.
E24
Ultimate Courage
2002-06-19 · 24 min
Kid muscle has the perfect chance to escape from his match but sees that his friends who fought to protect him now were the ones who needed that protection.
E25
Ink or Swim
2002-12-14 · 24 min
Kid Muscle takes on Hydrazoa for a chance at the finals but will Kid be able to pull off a miracle to defeat this high powered, fishy threat.
E26
The Kid vs. the Squid
2002-07-03 · 24 min
Kid Muscle takes on Hydrazoa for a chance at the finals but will Kid be able to pull off a miracle to defeat this high powered, fishy threat.
Season 2
25 episodes · First aired 2002-07-10
E01
Fight for the Finals
2002-07-10 · 24 min
Jaguer and Eskara face off for a chance to battle Kid Muscle in the Finals. When Eskara adds concrete to the Ring to upset Jaguers teacher will Jaguer be able to defeat his classmate on his own?
E02
A Generation Xed
2002-07-17 · 24 min
Eskara takes home the win with overwhelming power but is there a special reason he is fighting in this tournament?
E03
Eskara vs. Kid Muscle
2002-07-24 · 24 min
After a misunderstanding Kid Muscle thinks that Roxanne is in love with him. He decides to win the match against Eskara for her and then ask her to marry him, He even TRAINS for the match! He mostly manhandels Eskara until he relizes Roxanne was talking about her new dog! With his spark gone will the Kid be a match for the powerful Eskara?
E04
Kinniku-busted
2002-07-31 · 24 min
After being beaten up by Eskara the Kid formulates a plan to put the powerful foe in his trademark Kinnikubuster but when he does Eskara is able to slip out of it both times and take away the Kids' consciousness and when Kevin Mask steps forward Eskaras' idnetity is revealed to be Mars. He is the last of the dMp and after winning this tournament has decided to restart this evil wrestling organization! But will mind of Jaguar and the body of Kid Muscle he'll have to work for it!
E05
A Desperate Situation
2002-08-07 · 24 min
Kept alive by the spirit of Jaguer the Kid keeps fighting. But with the skull that connected him to Jaguer gone and the Kinniku-buster beaten the only way for the Kid to win to make up his own move! But can the Kid be that creative?
E06
The Champion of Planet Earth
2002-08-14 · 24 min
After being manhandeled by Mars the Kid, in order to make new moves to win, must use something he has never before... HIS BRAIN! The kid begins bombarding Mars with all sorts of unique moves before bulling off his biggest yet! The Kid's NEW signanture move THE MUSCLE MILLENIUM giving The Kid the match, championship and right to guard the earth from further evil!
E07
The Ultimate Challenge
2002-08-21 · 24 min
After defeating Eskara The Kid is summoned back to Muscle Planet to test his Ultimate Muscle power! He is weak and is bruised from his battles and so is given the chance to fight the Gruesome Threesome (a group of wrestlers who got there name from what their victims looked like) to find alternative ways to win otherthen getting beaten up. But his Muscular foes won't be easy to overcome.
E08
Checkmate Returns
2002-08-28 · 24 min
The Kid is getting clobbered by the half-man, half-machine, Forkollossus! With Forkollossus playing with The Kids consciance, The Kid doesn't understand if he's right about ruining evil wrestlers life even if it is saving the world! And when the baddest of the dMp returns, Checkmate, it can only spell trouble for the Kid or maybe not!
E09
Hanzo vs. Ninja Ned
2002-09-04 · 24 min
After defeating Forkollossus the Kid is transported to his next enemy of the gruesome threesome, Hanzo the Horrible! Hearing this Hanzo's capture Ninja Ned tries to talk them out of giving him his freedom because of the horrible things he has done, taken the face of hundreds, when he is ignored Ninja Ned goes to battle Hanzo instead of the Kid! But when this legend is defeated will the Kid be able to beat Hanzo and avenge Ninja Ned?
E10
The Ninja Alliance
2002-09-11 · 24 min
As Ninja Ned falls down the bottomless pit his scarf flies up to The Kid, meaning only one thing Ninja Ned has selected The Kid to avenge him. So then The Kid knows what he must do...RUN! But when The Ninja's spirit comes to help him The Kid gets enough courage to go face Hanzo! Now with the strength and knowledge of The Ninja and a new grass mat, will The Kid be able to defeat the faceless Samurai?
E11
Tatami or Not, Here I Come
2002-09-18 · 24 min
The Kid continues to battle for his life without his finisher attack to save him. And now Hanzo shows that the grass mat can't stop his Tatami puppet. Soon the Kid is beaten off the mat. He soon meets Ninja Ned in the spirit world who tells him with the loss of the old Kid a new stronger Ultimate Muscle is now inside him. With that the Kid wakes up and finds he has been saved by the Ninja's scarf. Now with the new Ultimate Muscle can the Kid stop the powerful Samurai?
E12
Bone Cold Day in Paradise
2002-09-25 · 24 min
With Hanzo defeated the Kid goes to face his new even greater foe ""Bone Cold""! But when the fight takes place in such a warm beach what could go wrong...well Mitch could get kidnapped. Now the Kid must find the 3rd flame of the torch and complete his Ultimate Muscle training.
E13
For Meat's Sake
2002-10-02 · 24 min
Kid Muscle meets the third and final competitor in his Ultimate Muscle challenge, Bone Cold. Definately the strongest and worst of the three Bone Cold only has one weakness, a secret Mitch knows then again Mitch also knows a secret about Meats but before he tells either secret Bone Cold shoots him Mitch and... breaks his hip! But with his last breath before he is transported to a bed he tells Meats he is his father. Now can The Kid beat Bone Cold and avenge Mitch or will Bone Cold win and be set free from jail?
E14
The Ultimate Victor
2002-10-09 · 24 min
After a long battle with Bone Cold, Kid Muscle finally pulls together and calls upon the power of Ultimate Muscle. With one final Muscle Millennium move, he takes out Bone Cold and claims his third victory of the Ultimate Muscle Challenge. However, when he can't light the torch, he sees Bone Cold and his father Skullduggery make up their ways and become family again. Terry and Checkmate have also become friends, despite their differences, and now, having learned this, Kid lights the third flame and claims the true power of Ultimate Muscle!
E15
The Chojin Crown
2002-10-16 · 24 min
When the Chojin Crown tournament becomes a tournament once more, all Muscle League Fighters must return to thier home countries to fight for a position in the tournament. All fighters return- except Kid Muscle.
When Kid overhears Roxanne and her mother talking about how they love guys with bulging muscles fighting in a tournament for honor and the cheers of millions of fans, he runs off to join the Tournament for the Chojin Crown.
E16
The Prince and the Pauper
2002-10-23 · 24 min
There is only one spot in left in the Chojin Crown tournament and The Kid has his eye on it (to get Roxanne's eyes on him), but first he will have to get past El Nino ""The Wrestler of the People""! Will The Kid be able to pvercome El Nino's hurricane-like attacks and go on to the Chojin Crown or will El Nino finally fulfill his mothers final wishes and get his face on a tee-shirt?
E17
Rock, Paper, Chojin
2002-10-30 · 24 min
The Kid, now with a spot in the Chojin Crown, must compete in several tests until one Chojin will prevail. The first grueling task is a best out of 3 rock, paper, scissers and made you look competition, this Dik Dik Van Dik lost(he's a naturally curious creature). Followed by a heat where 3 wrestlers race to the finish line to save a falling person, this Wally lost. Will the Kid be able to survive and advance?
E18
Three Feet Heat
2002-11-06 · 24 min
After Terry ""The Grand"" Kenyon Loses To Jeager In The Catch The Falling Person Game, The Next Challenge To Qualify For The Finals Is The Three-Legged Obstacle Race Where A Chojin A Paired Up With A Non-Chojin And Have To Finish In The Top 12. Kid Muscle Gets Stuck With A Sumo Wrestler Named Sasaki. Can Kid Muscle Get To The Top 12 In Order To Qualify For The Finals.
E19
The Poison Six-Pack
2002-11-13 · 24 min
A Group Of Evil Wrestlers Called The Poison Six-Pack, Who Are Disguised As Evil Kid Muscle Clones, Crash The Ikemen Chojin Crown Banquet, Attacked Ikemen McMadd, And Kidnapped Roxanne, Trixie, And Kiki And Then Escape In Their Flying Transport That Looks Like A Jester's Head. To Get Them Back, Kid Muscle, Jeager, Kevin Mask, Terry ""The Grand"" Kenyon, Dik Dik Van Dik, Wally Tusket, And Checkmate Must Battle The Six-Pack, In Their True Forms, In A Tag-Team Match Located In The Redwood Forest To Free The Girls Who Are Dressed Up In Jungle Outfits. Terry ""The Grand Kenyon And Jeager Are Pitted Up Against The First 2 Poison Six-Pack Members, Dazz-Ling [An Illusionist Who's From Jamacia Like Mr. Peel The Banana] And The Protecter [A One-Eyed Armored Character] To Determine Trixie's Fate. Can Terry And Jeager Work Together To Defeat Their Opponents And Free Trixie?
E20
Tag! You're It!
2002-11-20 · 24 min
The Tag-Team Match Between Terry Kenyon And Jeager VS Dazz-Ling And The Protector Of The Poison Six-Pack Continue. Kid Muscle Uses The Stink Bug On A Fishing Pole To Snap Terry Kenyon Out Of Dazz-Ling's Illusion And Terry Saves Jeager From The Protector And They Agree To Work As A Team. Terry Kenyon Deflects Dazz-Ling's Illusion Beam At The Protector Trapping Him In An Illusion. Jeager's Attack On The Protector's Vulnerable Spot Causes The Protector To Shut Down. Dazz-Ling Creates A Hole In The Ring Causing Them To Fall Hanging On To The Branches Over A Deep Pit. Jeager Swings Terry Kenyon Upward And He Grabs Dazz-Ling. From A High Altitude, Terry Kenyon Slams Dazz-Ling Face First Onto The Wrestling Mat Defeating Them And Freeing Trixie. The French-Accent Kid Muscle Imposter Said He'll Fight Next Along With Another Poison Six-Pack Member In A Match Against Dik Dik Van Dik And Wally Tusket [While Making Fun Of Them] At A Big Lake To Determine Kiki's Fate And The Six-Pack's Transport Dep
E21
Cheek to Cheek
2002-11-27 · 24 min
Wally and Dik Dik vs. Mr French (A frog) and Moisseur Cheeks (A butt). They fight to rescue Kiki who is in the jester head and the odds arent good.
E22
On Poison Pond
2002-12-04 · 24 min
After Mr. French Knocked Wally Tusket In To The Lake And Drip Ooze Into It, Wally's Mom Reminds Him Of The Time She Taught Him How To Move Through The Cold Water. Wally Remembers And Uses His Strength To Move Through The Lake And Returns To The Ring. Mr. French Uses His Tongue-Whip Attacks On Him, Even If It Involves Knocking Wally's Mom And His Sister Dorothy Into The Lake. Dik Dik Van Dik Wants To Tag In, But Mr. French Tells Him That If Wally Leaves, He And Monsieur Cheeks Will Beat Up Dik Dik. The Others Try An Attempt To Rescue Them, But No Success. Wally Finally Dives In To Rescue Him Despite Mr. French's Warning. When Wally Rescues Mom And Dorothy, Checkmate Appears And Weakens The Two Wrestlers [With Monsieur Cheeks' Wristbands Broken] With His Knight And Rook Mode. Checkmate Says That It May Be Illegal For Another Wrestler To Help, But They Didn't Say Anything About Friends And Then Checkmate Leaps Back To The Cliff. When Mr. French Leaps Toward Dik Dik Van Dik, Wally Appears
E23
The Final Grudge Match
2002-12-11 · 24 min
The final match of the Poison Six Pack between Kid Muscle and Kevin Mask vs. Jagg-Ed and Baron Maximillion to decide the fate of Roxanne is about to begin. Kevin Mask decides to go first, facing off against Jagg-Ed. The two begin their battle, and Kevin Mask soon takes charge of things, smacking Jagg-Ed around with his fists and doing all sorts of moves. Jagg-Ed finally musters a saw-blade attack by detaching both of his arms and hurling them like spinning blades at Kevin Mask, but Kevin is too quick and dodges them. Then, with Jagg-Ed weakened badly by Kevin Mask's barrage of attacks, Kevin goes in to finish Jagg-Ed off. Unfortunately, the time for Kevin Mask being in the ring, and with twenty seconds left, Kevin grabs Jagg-Ed and goes for a Mile-High Pile Driver. He leaps into the air, and comes down, taking Jagg-Ed out of the match. With Jagg-Ed beaten, only Baron Maximillion remains. However, everyone is disappointed to hear that Kevin Mask was one second too late with his attack,
E24
Kid Muscle Max'd Out
2002-12-18 · 24 min
With Baron Maximillion and Kid Muscle ready to square off, Kid Muscle laughs at the boniness of the Baron's body, as he is the skinniest wrestler anyone has ever seen. The Baron says that strength isn't the only way to win a battle, and Kid Muscle soon learns this as he charges toward the Baron and misses every time. Maximillion is too fast for him, and zips around the ring, striking Kid Muscle repeatedly. Meat comes up with a strategy for Kid Muscle, saying that he should grab onto the Baron when he gets close. Kid Muscle does this, and grabs onto the Baron's leg, stopping him from attacking. The Kid then says he only wishes the Baron was a real competitor, and Maximillion fulfills his wish by growing into a large wrestler in black armor, with huge hair. Now the same size as the Kid, the new Baron tosses Kid Muscle around the ring like a rag doll. As the Baron's about to finish him off for good, King Muscle shows up on the scene, looking pumped up. Everyone is shocked to see the veter
E25
Sleep Fighter
2002-12-25 · 24 min
At the end of the last episode, Kid Muscle was down after suffering Baron Maxamillion's devastating finisher - the Baron Wasteland. The episode begins with Kid still unconscious and his friends doubting his victory, when suddenly, much to the chagrin of the Baron, Kid comes to his feet. As excited as everyone is that Kid Muscle is standing again, Meat informs everyone that Kid Muscle may be standing - but he is sound asleep on his feet as a result of all the punishment that Maxamillion has inflicted!
Meat is of course disheartened as the Baron begins to assault the dozing hero, but King Muscle informs everyone that he and Kid Muscle used to share a bed together and that, because both kicked in their sleep, they developed a system of ""Sleep Fighting"". Meat finds this hard to believe at first, but then Kid starts blocking all of the Baron's hits. Unaffected by the Kid's ""sleep fighting"", Baron Maxamillion tosses him into the air and prepares to put the Kid away with the Honor Drop, a
