キン肉マン　キン肉星王位争奪編

KINNIKUMAN: KINNIKUSEI OUI SOUDATSU-HEN

ANIME

STATUS
COMPLETE
EPISODES
46
RELEASE
September 27, 1992
LENGTH
20 min

DESCRIPTION

Kinnikuman has proven himself worthy to be crowned the next king of Planet Kinniku. But at the ceremony, five other Kinnikuman's arrive, all claiming to be the true prince of Planet Kinniku. Now, a Royal Survivor Tournament is being held to decide the true successor to the throne, and with the help and support of his friends and with his recently acquired knowledge of the Ultimate Technique (The Muscle Spark), Kinnikuman fights for what is rightfully his.

CAST

Suguru Kinniku
Akira Kamiya
Warsman
Hirohiko Kakegawa
Robin Mask
Michihiro Ikemizu
Ramenman
Yuji Mikimoto
Terryman
Shou Hayami
Brocken Jr.
Hirohiko Kakegawa
Buffaloman
Kazuo Oka
Ashuraman
Ken Yamaguchi
Ataru Kinniku
Shigeru Chiba
Alexandria Meat
Minori Matsushima
Neptuneman
Yukitoshi Hori
Geronimo
Nobutoshi Kanna
Kinnikuman Zebra
Hirohiko Kakegawa
Kinnikuman Big Body
Masato Hirano
Kinnikuman Super Phoenix
Michihiro Ikemizu
The Ninja
Shou Hayami
Wolfman
Yasuhiko Kawazu
Kinnikuman Mariposa
Masaharu Satou
Mammothman
Masaharu Satou
Bibimba Kinniku
Michie Tomizawa
Kazuo Nakano
Shigeru Chiba
Harabote Muscle
Takkou Ishimori

EPISODES

Dubbed

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REVIEWS

Takagshileader53331
80/100
A short review of Toei's adaptation of the Scramble for the Throne arc.
One of the best final arcs in Shonen. It was done much better in the manga, but the voice works (despite Toei replacing 98% of the original cast), animation, and stakes made this a very memorable watch. The culmination of the entire original run of Kinnikuman. A forgotten, goofy buffoon sent to Earth because of his foolish father slowly developed to become the GOAT of chojin wrestling over the course of 300+ chapters. After defeating several deadly foes focuses on ruling the world: Robin Mask, Warsman, Satan (Through empowering Buffalo man's body), Akuma Shogun (Goldman), and Neptune Man/Big The Budo; Kinnikuman earned the respect of the world and the undying loyalty of his fellow justice chojin.

In Suguru's coronation to become King Kinniku, 100 gods allowed him to ascend to the title, but the last 5 refused, using the incident in the hospital where Kinnikuman was born to question Suguru's worthiness. 5 Planet Kinniku members empowered by those 5 evil gods would challenge Kinnikuman's worthiness and impose a tournament for the throne. The reason why is because they were afraid of Kinnikuman's inevitable transcendence to surpass all the gods themselves in power. This arc encapsulates all what makes the Kinnikuman franchise so special. Sacrifice, Gags, Hardship, Competition, Passion, and Friendship!

Another thing that makes this arc so special is the stakes. Kinnikuman would fight in the tournament with his biggest friends/rivals/enemies. Due to the removal of Kinnikuman's inner burning strength, he loses a lot of his overpowered strength and is forced to rely on his friends and quick thinking to win. A lot of iconic battles would occur where the loyalty and skills of the chojin are tested. Very brutal matches that leave some dead (unfortunately not permanent cause this is an 80's battle shonen).

Every major character is facing their own drama and even the side characters have major influence in the story. The 5 groups in the tournament have very interesting progression similar to Kinnikuman despite only really appearing in this arc. I have to give my hats off to Toei cause despite them cutting important scenes and altering plot points on occasion like in the previous Kinnikuman anime, they stopped bloating the pacing with pointless gags to increase watch time for syndication purposes and switched animation teams to properly convey the most heart-wrenching scenes in all of Kinnikuman. The single greatest example being Robin Mask's sacrifice. The team who worked on Hokuto no Ken did wonders for this moment.

8/10 arc, 9/10 in the manga. Yudetamago and Toei outdid themselves. Nuff said.
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