Ultimate Muscle: The Kinnikuman Legacy

tv show

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77 total episodes

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3 seasons

First Aired January 09, 2002

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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Like Father, Like Son

Season 3 - Episode 21 - 0h 24m

Air Date

February 22, 2006

Overview

The chojin finals are finally about to begin! Kevin Mask and Kid Muscle each prepare for the most important match of there lives. While the two wrestlers prepare, four of the mightiest wrestlers square off in a two on two exhibition match. King Muscle and Terryman vs. Ramanman and Buffalo man. In the end Terryman and the King win over their fellow muscle leaguers. As the match draws closer Kevin Mask sits in his room thinking about his father. The Kid's dad drops off a little gift for his son giving him his old battle uniform to where during the match. Soon the match is to begin and the kid enters in his father's old battle outfit to cheers. Then Kevin enters, drawing gasps from the audience, as he is wearing the scarred mask that his father lost to King Muscle in. He claims that he will make this mask of failure into a mask victory. Will the masked knight be able to defeat the kid and regain the family's heritage of champions? Or will the kid triumph over the the masked one just as hi