Kinnikuman Retrospective: 7 Akuma Chojin Arc: Part 4

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Kinnikuman Retrospective: 7 Akuma Chojin Arc: Part 3

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Kinnikuman Retrospective: 7 Akuma Chojin Arc: Part 2

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Kinnikuman Retrospective: 7 Akuma Chojin Arc: Part 1

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1981 was a time for transition for Kinnikuman, The action became more violent, Kinnikuman won 3 tournaments, the characters became more surreal and fantastical. and when the just as innovative Ring ni Kakero was drawing to a close, Kinnikuman got crazier, and nowhere was this more present than with introduction of gods and demons to the series...

Kinnikuman Retrospective: 21st Chojin Olympics Arc Part 4

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Kinnikuman Retrospective: 21st Chojin Olympics Arc Part 3

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Kinnikuman Retrospective: 21st Chojin Olympics Arc Part 2

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Kinnikuman Retrospective: 21st Chojin Olympics Arc Part 1

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I could only imagine what was going on in Yudetamago's heads when they wrote the last arc of Kinnikuman up to this point... Was it to reset the status quo? was it an experiment? Frak if I know, but this arc will be a revisit to the Wrestling Tournament that started it all, only with subtle hints at what the future might hold. More Violent Battles, longer fights, and improved artwork, but little did they know at the time that this was the arc that would change things forever...

Kinnikuman Retrospective: 2nd Era of Kaiju Fighting/Bibinba/Planet Rakka Arc

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As 1980 was coming to an end, Kinnikuman was gaining some serious ground, Even going to be in the top 3 along with Shonen Jump's New Golden Boy Dr. Slump and other Shonen Jump titles several times throughout the 1980s, but a new year brought new big plans for Kinnikuman, Like reverting back to it's Ultraman roots. It went as well as you'd expect, did anyone in 1980 go "This story's good, but you know what'd be AWESOME? If it reverted back to it's goofy episodic nature..." Yeah, me neither, and I was -15 years old that year...

Kinnikuman Retrospective: American Tour Arc: Part 3

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Kinnikuman Retrospective: American Tour Arc: Part 2

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In case you haven't read the counter next to this post, I made it to 300 blogs, I won't be celebrating festively, but I'd like to thank you for making me this successful, I'll be focusing my energy on my 300th blog which'll be THE KAMEN RIDER WIZARD MOVIE!!!!! So here's the actual blog itself...

Manga Recommendation: Hinomaru-Zumou

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ATATATATA!!!!!! 2-HIT COMBO!!!!!!

Are you looking for a good Shonen Jump manga to read, and disappointed that Toriko's anime ended? THEN READ HINOMARU ZUMOU!!!!!

Kinnikuman Retrospective: American Tour Arc: Part 1

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So Kinnikuman Completed a year of serialization in Weekly Shonen Jump, It had a tournament, a goofy beginning arc, and sense of adventure in areas, I bet Yudetamago was asking themselves a simple question...


Now What?

I feel like that Kinnikuman wasn't supposed to go on past the Kaiju arc, then the chojin olympics, but it became a sensation all over japan, inspiring Akira Toriyama to put aspects of it in series like Dr. Slump and Dragon Ball. Kinnikuman could've gone just about anywhere under the weight of it's own wrestling nature, for that it went to the then rising in popularity american wrestling scene. It won't be as unique as the zany characters of the Chojin Olympics, but it gives it a sense of realism that we won't see in future arcs. This is the Kinnikuman American Tour Arc...

Kinnikuman Retrospective: 20th Chojin Olympics Arc: Part 2

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Kinnikuman Retrospective: 20th Chojin Olympics Arc: Part 1

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I think it was safe to say before (and for a lot of) 70s, The tournament arc in shonen fight manga was relatively non existent, but it was extremely prevalent in Sports manga like Hoshi no Kyojin. Sure there was fighting in manga like Ashita no Joe and Tiger Mask, but those were more sports than fighting. You could say the same for Kinnikuman, but as the series goes on, it gets more and more surreal. It becomes less and less about normal Pro Wrestling. But where did the Wrestling angle come from? Short answer the Author's (Yudetamago) passion for Wrestling. Long answer, no one, at least outside of japan, knows for sure... If anyone has any translations of the author's interview pages (you know the ones that come with every manga or even american comic book ever made), please tell me so I can confirm any info. Back to the trournament arc, Shonen fight anime like the obsure but influencial Otoko Ippiki Gaki Daisho were largely episodic, heck Tiger Mask, despite being about an overarching tournament, was largely a fight of the week series. But things would later change when japan and many other western nations decided to boycott the Moscow Olympics...

Kinnikuman Retrospective: An Introduction (AKA My 20,000 View SPECTACULAR!!!!!!)

Well this sucks I'm stuck in a room with Duck Nukem while Joe Tokugawa's in jail, Yoshiette 1 is Prepping for a Victoria Secret photo shoot, and Yoshiette 2's watering pot...

Duck Nukem: Pots of what?

A. Yoshi: Not that kind of Pot!!!!

DN: Is it the Pot I'm Seriously thinking of?

AY: Ye....

DN: Yoshiette's Community Garden HERE I COME!!!!!!!!!!!! *runs to the garden*

Again, We here at Anonymous Yoshi don't condone drug use, but this is just a joke...
Aslo Apologies to any Parents who now don't Want to show their kids this blog, and for the kids who want to know what pot is, Ask your Parents...

Welp, Now I'm forever alone, So let's celebrate 20,000 views and Valentine's Day with the (blundering) super strong (wannabe) Lovable loser known as Kinnikuman...