Kinnikuman: Perfect Origin Hen Anime Reveals Three New Cast Members
The anime will premiere in July.
On Sunday, the upcoming anime series Kinnikuman: Perfect Origin Hen revealed three new cast members.
The new members are:
- Hiroshi Kamiya as Asuraman
- Tomokazu Sugita as Neptuneman
- Shinichiro Ota as announcer
The previously revealed cast members include:
- Sumire Uesaka as Meat
- Daisuke Ono as Terryman
- Katsuyuki Konishi as Robin Mask
- Yuki Kaji as Warsman
- Tomokazu Seki as Ramenman
- Jun Kasama as Brocken Jr.
- Kensho Ono as Geronimo
- Toshio Furukawa as Chairperson
- Hiroki Yasumoto as Buffaloman
- Toshiya Miyata as the Black Hole
- Tetsuya Kakihara as Stecasee-King
- Hiroyuki Yoshino as Springman
- Kisho Taniyama as Mr. Khamen
- Yasuhiro Mamiya as Atlantis
- Mitsuaki Kanuka as the Mountain
The anime will premiere in July and air every Sunday at 11.30 p.m. JPT.
It stars Mamoru Miyano as Kinnikuman, with Akira Kamiya voicing Mayumi Kinniku and Prince Kamehame.
In previous anime adaptations, Akira Kamiya gave her voice to Kinnikuman.
The staff for the anime includes:
- Director: Akira Sato
- Scripts: Makoto Fukami
- Character Design: Hirotaka Marufuji
- Music: Yasuharu Takanashi
- Studio: Production I.G.
The new anime commemorates the 40th anniversary of the original television anime, which premiered in April 1983.
Kinnikuman, also known as Ultimate Muscle in English, was published in Shueisha’s Weekly Shonen Jump magazine from 1979 to 1987.
In 1983, the manga also inspired an anime adaptation. Later in 2011, the series was republished in Shueisha’s web magazine, Shu Play News, and also has spin-off manga series, anime films, video games, and merchandise.
The manga has released 83 volumes in Japan, and the latest volume will be in Japanese bookstores on September 29.
Source: Mantan Web
