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    Kinnikuman Manga Celebrates 45th Anniversary

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    Yudetamago’s Kinnikuman manga series is celebrating its 45th anniversary and they have some things in store for fans of the series!

    Kinnikuman will receive a special exhibition in Tokyo next month along with a 45th-anniversary figure in Kinnikuman’s iconic pose:

    Kinnikuman

    The manga has been serialized in Shueisha since 1979 and is known as Ultimate Muscle here in English. The story of Kinnikuman is about a clumsy and foolish superhero who discovers that he is actually the prince of Planet Kinniku, a world of mighty superhumans, and who eventually grows to become the strongest wrestler in the world.

    Source: Crunchyroll

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