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Awesome info, you're a living encyclopedia of MANLY anime haha! My goal will be to finish the OG Kinnikuman, then Scramble for the Throne before July 7th!

Awesome profile. Can you fight?

I can always count on you, dude! So from my understanding, this means that preparation for the new series exempts me from watching Kinnikuman Jr. right away.

Ain’t lie, kinda curious on it

Nice!! I'm over halfway through the OG Kinnikuman so far (around 70 episodes in.) I took a little break, but I'll be back on board sooner than later. Episode 0 sounds like a dream come true for anyone who has been following the series for decades. I must ask though, what are the absolute essential things I need to watch before July, beyond the original 80's show? I probably shouldn't waste any more time on non canon OVAs or movies at this point. I worry that I might not be able to fit all of it in before the new show. By the way, I know it's taken me many months, but I'm almost finished with HnK as well. As soon as I'm finished I'll have an open slot that I can devote to catch up on Kinnikuman.

It sounds awesome, thanks allot. I will give it a watch soon enough. I watched Lupin 5 years ago it was great, although back than i was finishing elementary school so i should probably gave it a rewatch.

Thanks allot bro, i really appreciate it. I remembered when i added you here that 2 of your favourite animes were Hnk and Gatchaman, so i wondered whats Gatchaman about. Also, is Space Cobra worth watching.

What is Gatchaman about?

DUDE! Kinnikuman Episode #41....I just witnessed the very first Kinniku Buster!! Which was executed against a friggin' BEAR during a training arc in the snow! One either marks out from this event, or they don't follow wrestling. I wonder if Samoa Joe actually watched this episode before adopting the move. This anime (which has quite a few critical flaws so far, which we can discuss at a later date,) is extremely rewarding if the viewer happens to be well versed in pro-wrestling. I'd like to consider myself someone who has a strong, to quite strong grasp on pro wrestling history. The WWF during the time that Kinnikuman aired was very embarrassing in a technical sense. It was 90% kicks, punches, and standard body slams. Japanese wrestling was so far ahead of its time.

Hey man hope you been doing well I see that you have been rereading Toriko, and it reminded me of something I wanted to ask you should I read the Toriko manga or watch the anime. Maybe even do both at the same time, Toriko is one of the last big Shonen series I have yet to dive into I watched a couple eps a really long time ago and even watched the special it did with One Piece and Dragonball and thought it was interesting but I never got around to continuing it what are your thoughts on the manga and anime and what would you recommend.

Thanks for the info, man. Very cool to be able to witness your extensive knowledge on just about anything we discuss. I started watching Kinnikuman a few days ago, before I even finished HnK. I'll give you a little break, and get back to you down the road when I've made more progress on these series. When I'm not watching anime, I've been mining your YouTube channels for useful, reliable info. Keep doing what you're doing, dude!

Very cool finds, dude. Any idea what team or studio worked on the animation for those pachinko games? That style was almost exactly like I imagine a reboot would look like. Definitely has some JoJo feel to it that would translate perfectly if they were to do a continuation one day. I was also pleasantly surprised to see that there were (what looks to be) Famicom and Gameboy games.

The trading cards were really interesting because I got to see a ton of characters that didn't turn up on the show. When I ran them through Google Translator I was surprised to see that they appear to be part of a game like Magic the Gathering and those stats were actually more than just for show. Some of the non-character cards even explained the rules about what their function was when played. I translated all of the cards and it seems to be quite elaborate. I wonder how much information (if any) still exists about that game. I'm sure they can be traced back to a particular card company that specialized in collectable card games like that. Unless I'm wrong and that was simply a common trait of collectible cards in Japan at the time, or some kind of meta joke like the Minmei Publishing Company. If it was indeed a game, that predates MtG (which is touted to be the very first collectable card game) by 3 years. Just thought I'd point that out. There's a good chance that you've already translated the cards, but in the event that you haven't, I'll include one just to show what I'm looking at here:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1n3K7iouSHHj6HlLpJGSxA-lVmAlDMB3V/view?usp=drive_link

Hey man, so I just finished watching Sakigake!! Otokojuku. Only took a few days to breeze through it. You weren't kidding when you were saying how the craziness really ramps up as it goes on! While there were some issues with it, it's certainly an unforgettable show that I'm really pleased to have watched. It's quite surprising that it's barely mentioned in the same conversations as its peers of the time, although it seems to have a few things working against it (notably the official English title doesn't really roll off the tongue, and seemingly no attempt at a reboot of any sort, among other more critical issues.)



I want to spend as little time as possible talking about the cons, because the pros tremendously outweigh them and are much more fun to discuss, so I'll make it quick. Obviously the biggest "flaw" that I'm sure everyone talks about, is that any character who is even remotely a "good guy" at any point has complete immunity from death, even if we clearly see it on screen. Like Looney Tunes level of plot armor, but executed in a very serious manner. It allows for dramatic scenes of manly tears being shed, tributes being paid, etc., only to have all of that be taken away in an instant when said characters just show up again unscathed in the next episode. It ends up becoming a calling card of the series, where by the 3rd or 4th time one has fallen for the trick, you can essentially stop worrying about the consequences for any character with a name. However, some of the characters are so special that by not resurrecting them we would have missed out on a lot of great moments. It just felt like the author kept writing himself into a corner time after time, as if he was expecting things to go south at any moment. Then it seems like he realized he had to undo important events just to get things back on track when he was allowed to continue. Other than that, the other obvious issue was the show running out of gas at the very end and doing the unthinkable. Having important events that we never get to see simply being summarized by one character to another. This was clearly a budget issue where you probably can't fault anyone involved who actually cared about creating the show. That being said...


This show directly hits the midpoint between HnK and JoJo. Dead serious high stakes battles (but not really!,) emotions, blood and tears shed every episode, but combined with off the wall humor and complete insanity. All falling under the umbrella of true manliness, possibly outshining each of the other shows in one aspect or another. There were treadmills of doom, an "unraisable banner," a "ten-thousand man bridge" and a sword that was known for cutting an elephant in half!! Group chants that gave crucial assistance to battles that were miles away, people flying on a giant kite, lakes of acid galore, fights on flaming spider-webs, and that only covers the first few things that popped into my head. I found it far more imaginative than HnK in this regard. Speaking of that comparison, I took note that the title cards mirrored (or parodied) those of HnK, with the narrator speaking the long winded title cards (but that could have just been a Toei thing for all I know.)


My personal favorite running gag of the series was the narrator providing us with "historical facts" regarding martial arts secrets, all under the guise of "The Minmei Publishing Company." Early on they are plausible enough for one to acknowledge them as either true facts or the lore of legendary tales of ancient times. Then at some point the threshold of believability becomes stretched so far that you realize that this is a running gag that we have been lulled into. My personal favorite: "It is said that pro wrestling tag team matches have their roots in the Forest of a Hundred Magnetic Columns," where we had just been given the outlandish scenario of trees being adorned with magnetic plates, while combatants wearing special magnetic shoes can have the polarity deactivated, while deferring to their Battle partner. A close second tells the tale of "Undefeated boxing champion Ronny Hampshire, who once punched 10 eggs before they hit the ground, which subsequently tore all of the muscles in his arm and ended his career." Late in the series they actually cast the gag out ever further, just in case anyone hadn't noticed yet by throwing out the title of a historical book titled "Chinese Martial Arts For When You Can't Sleep at Night." Classic stuff, absolutely my kind of humor.


I could go on longer, but this is probably already more than you needed to hear about how I felt about the show. I think I learned my lesson when I had previously attempted to tell you about my experiences with M.U.S.C.L.E. figures and TMNT. Which then turned into embarrassment when I watched your YouTube channel and came to realize that you're like THE GUY when it comes to these topics haha! Oh well, it's obvious that we both like writing (I almost could have taken parts of this and turned it into a MAL review if I didn't feel anxiety about negative criticism) so I'll send it back to you and see what you have to say! Thank you for recommending this show to me, my friend!

Hey man, I'm almost halfway through Sakigake!! Otokojuku. It's been a really dirty, grimy, manly ride so far. It has just entered what I believe you were referring to as the "Battle oriented" part, where the Americans are brought in to join the school, to the chagrin of the OG students. Looks like a tournament arc is about to begin!

Joe is the GOAT