Ultimate Muscle: The Kinnikuman Legacy (2002): cast, story & where to watch

Released in 2002, Ultimate Muscle: The Kinnikuman Legacy is an animation, action & adventure, comedy and sci-fi & fantasy series.

What it’s about. 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.

Who’s in it. Ultimate Muscle: The Kinnikuman Legacy stars Konami Yoshida as Alexandria Meat, Masaya Onosaka as Mantaro Muscle, Toshiyuki Morikawa as Terry / Ricardo (voice) and Takumi Yamazaki as Seiuchin, among others.

How it landed. With an audience score of 7.6/10, Ultimate Muscle: The Kinnikuman Legacy has been warmly received by audiences.

Where to watch. Streaming options change often. See the full, country-by-country breakdown on our where to watch Ultimate Muscle: The Kinnikuman Legacy page.

If you liked it. Fans of Ultimate Muscle: The Kinnikuman Legacy tend to enjoy Rick and Morty, Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba, Attack on Titan and Attack on Titan: No Regrets.