Kinnikuman: Kanpeki Choujin Shiso-hen Episode 0

Synopsis:

Trailer:

Characters:

• Alexandria Meat (Main) - Voice Actors: Uesaka, Sumire
• Kinniku, Suguru (Main) - Voice Actors: Miyano, Mamoru
• Akuma Shougun (Supporting)
• Ashuraman (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Kamiya, Hiroshi
• Atlantis (Supporting)
• Big the Budo (Supporting)
• Brocken Jr. (Supporting)
• Buffaloman (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Yasumoto, Hiroki
• Iwao (Supporting)
• Kinkotsuman (Supporting)
• Kinnikuman Super Phoenix (Supporting)
• Neptuneman (Supporting)
• Ramenman, Victory (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Seki, Tomokazu
• Robin Mask (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Konishi, Katsuyuki
• Springman (Supporting)
• Terryman (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Ono, Daisuke
• Warsman (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Kaji, Yuuki
• Wolfman (Supporting)

Staff:

• Kinoshita, Tetsuya (Producer)
• Kuroki, Rui (Producer)
• Oowada, Tomoyuki (Producer)
• Satou, Akira (Director, Episode Director, Storyboard, Key Animation)
• Imaizumi, Yuuichi (Sound Director)
• Soga, Jun (Episode Director, Assistant Director)
• Fukami, Makoto (Script, Series Composition)
• Marufuji, Hirotaka (Storyboard, Key Animation, Chief Animation Director, Character Design, Animation Director)
• Yokota, Mamoru (Storyboard, Animation Director)
• APAZZI (Theme Song Arrangement)
• Miyano, Mamoru (Theme Song Performance)
• Mori, Yukinojo (Theme Song Lyrics)
• Serizawa, Hiroaki (Theme Song Composition)
• Hayama, Junichi (Key Animation, Assistant Animation Director)
• Higashide, Futoshi (Key Animation)
• Hirayanagi, Satoru (Art Director)
• Ii, Osamu (Background Art)
• Kagawa, Hisashi (Assistant Animation Director)
• Kotobuki, Tsukasa (Key Animation)
• Maruyama, Shuuji (Key Animation)
• Miki, Tatsuya (Key Animation)
• Moroyuki, Sara (Key Animation)
• Motegi, Sayo (Color Design)
• Murakami, Yoshinori (Editing)
• Nagata, Nobuhiro (Key Animation)
• Ozawa, Kazunori (Key Animation)
• Saitou, Takuya (Key Animation)
• Saitou, Keiichi (Director of Photography)
• Sakai, Satoshi (Key Animation)
• Sugie, Toshiharu (Key Animation)
• Takanashi, Yasuharu (Music)
• Tomino, Kie (Key Animation)
• Yudetamago (Original Creator)

Reviews:

• User RealYRC (Score: 10/10):
  This is a great recap of past Kinnikuman Arcs , with some minor changes of the Kinnikuman Wedding chapther , like Kinnikuman only fighting Terrman , where in the manga Niku fight all his friends , this is a good start for Kinnikuman Fans Flaws are the lack good pacing , and giving its a recap there no new story in here , its a bummer , the animation is good , the characters don't shine at all , nor get the spotlight in currect time , its all lack that Kinnikuman Magic , that Kinnikuman Spark is nothere , shame better luck next episode nThere will be 12 other episodes for this anime
• User MarioCanFly (Score: 6/10):
  I remember Kinnikuman as airing on Toonami in the early 2000s when I was around 10, under the name 'Ultimate Muscle', and thought I could use this series as a jumping off point to get back into it (or get into it for the first time, really). This episode 0 clearly is attempting to serve as a kind of quick recap of the original series for anyone who hasn't seen it in some time, and while I can assume it does that quite capably, for someone who hasn't seen much of the original series, it kind of feels like someone explaining a long and involveddream to you. Much of it feels like it only makes sense to the person who had the dream (or watched the original series). I now kind of understand how my girlfriend feels when I try to recap Chainsaw Man to her. nnThat being said, the episode did flaunt a lot of very gaudy and interesting looking characters, lots of insane storylines, and a promise for more. I'm planning to watch the Perfect Origin Arc next, but this episode does make me wonder if I am losing out on not going and watching the 100 or so episodes of the original series. If someone did watch this episode, and decide not to continue with Kinnikuman in any way, I would totally understand though.
• User imaloony (Score: 4/10):
  It's definitely a disappointing decision that the return of Kinnikuman is a continuation of where the previous anime left off rather than a full remake. The original series isn't even available to legally stream anywhere, and the last part of the anime never even got an official sub, meaning that most people watching this show will not have watched the original and have no legal way to do so even if they're interested. So the circumstances for a full remake seemed perfect. Instead we spend a whole episode explaining all of the stuff we're not going to see (a lot of which looks really cooland interesting), before jumping neck deep into a story with characters we barely know. Sure, it's a very long story and the likelihood it would have gotten all the way to this arc was low, but dropping viewers this deep into the story with only a recap episode as context is a much, much worse solution.nnThe episode itself was just a recap. Which is generally not very compelling anime. And it holds true here as well. It's made a little bit better by virtue that this is all new to viewers like myself, but the breakneck pace makes it hard to appreciate any of the story, characters, or action. In essence, this episode is just a slap in the face to any viewers who actually wanted to see the full story.
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Related Anime/Manga:

• Kinnikuman: Kanpeki Choujin Shiso-hen (anime - Sequel)
• Kinnikuman (manga - Adaptation)